TikTok Impersonations of Elon Musk Scam Victims of Their Bitcoin

Sep 20, 2023 9:07:37 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

There’s been a surge of Elon Musk-themed cryptocurrency scams on TikTok, BleepingComputer reports. The scammers inform the victims that they can claim their reward after spending a small ...

Romance Scams That Run Your Crypto Wallet Dry

Sep 19, 2023 9:31:19 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Scammers are using dating sites to lure victims into phony cryptocurrency investment schemes, according to Sean Gallagher at Sophos.

Customers of Cryptocurrency FTX are Target of Phishing Emails

Aug 31, 2023 11:06:04 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Customers of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX are already receiving phishing emails following a breach of personal data held by several crypto companies, CoinDesk reports.

The Crypto Collapse Will Only Add Fuel to the Cyberattack Fire

Aug 25, 2022 9:14:22 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Despite the crypto market’s loss of over $1 trillion in value since the beginning of the year, the value of the digital currency isn’t what makes it a popular choice for cybercriminals.

FBI Warns of Phony Cryptocurrency Investment Apps

Jul 20, 2022 10:32:58 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cryptocurrency investors have lost nearly $43 million to fraudulent cryptocurrency investment apps, according to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Celebrity Crypto Scams Just Keep on Getting Worse

Jun 30, 2022 2:43:50 PM By Roger Grimes

Bloomberg News recently reported that fake celebrity-endorsed crypto scams have doubled in the UK this year, and on average scammed victims out of $14,540 in stolen value before they ...

Cryptojacking Phishing Attacks Target Enterprises With NSA-Linked Exploits

Apr 26, 2019 11:45:15 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Summary: Researchers at Symantec are tracking a cryptojacking campaign that —for now—seems mostly to affect businesses in China. They're calling the campaign "Beapy," and the worm ...

Cryptojacking 101: A First Look at Cryptomining Attacks

Sep 18, 2018 4:26:28 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Your organization might just be making someone else money by allowing them to mine for cryptocurrency on your computers… and not even know it.

Watch Out – Cryptojacking rises 1,180 percent!

Jul 5, 2018 6:37:52 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

As if ransomware wasn’t enough of a problem, the addition coin mining malware’s and a 1,189% mind-bending increase is enough to make you sit up and take notice. Cryptomining is a ...

Legacy Cybersecurity Defenses Won’t Keep Pace with New Ransomware and Cryptojacking Threats

Mar 25, 2018 2:50:58 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Findings from the 2018 Webroot Threat Report Reveal the Increasing Sophistication of Phishing, Malware, and Cryptojacking. Webroot, revealed results from their 2018 annual threat report, ...

MY TAKE: Why ‘cryptojacking’ is spreading faster than ransomware — and may be more insidious

Mar 20, 2018 5:32:27 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Has there ever been anything more tailor made for hackers than crypto currency? Is anyone surprised that hackers are innovating ways to crack into digital wallets and currency exchanges? ...

Ad Network Uses Advanced Malware Technique To Conceal Cryptojacking Ads

Feb 28, 2018 4:46:51 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

I blogged a few days ago about a method to embed a crypto-mining script in a Word doc. Turns out an ad network has done an even better job! Arstechnica wrote: "Domain-name algorithms are ...

Cryptojacking Scripts And Phishing Pages Could Soon Invade Your Word Documents

Feb 21, 2018 7:19:39 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Let's open that doc file and watch the Matrix again. Catalin Cimpanu at Bleepingcomputer had the scoop on this concerning news: "Cryptojacking scripts that mine Monero via JavaScript code ...

Tennessee Hospital Hit With Cryptojacking Attack Sends Out Databreach Notification

Feb 9, 2018 7:03:22 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Decatur County General Hospital is notifying 24,000 patients of cryptomining software on its EMR system. In what may be the first report I’ve seen of a hospital having their EMR server ...