North Korean Cryptocurrency Theft Relies on Social Engineering

A North Korean threat actor being called “BlueNoroff,” a subunit of Pyongyang’s Lazarus Group, has been targeting cryptocurrency startups with financially motivated attacks, researchers ...

Cryptocurrency Scam Profits Jump 81% in 2021 to $7.7 Billion

Despite a drop in crypto scams in 2020 due to the pandemic, a new report highlights the massive growth in crypto scams… and the profitable results they’re yielding.

Man Spends Thousands and is Exposed for Typosquatting with Cryptocurrency

A man in Brazil spent more than $200,000 on typosquatting domains between November 2020 and February 2021, the Washington Post reports. Typosquatting is a phishing technique in which ...

Cryptojacking Phishing Attacks Target Enterprises With NSA-Linked Exploits

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

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