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.

Use of Crypto Mining Pools to Launder Ransom Funds Grows 100,000% Over 5 Years

Jun 29, 2023 1:18:18 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

New analysis shows sources of cryptocurrency being placed into mining pools with huge deposits that make it easier for cybercriminals to make their ransom funds untraceable.

Lost in Translation? New Cryptomining Malware Attacks Based in Turkey Cause Suspicion

Aug 31, 2022 9:30:07 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers at Check Point warn that attackers based in Turkey are distributing cryptomining malware via free software distribution websites, including Softpedia and uptodown. The ...

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.

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 ...

Timely “Help Ukraine” Online Crypto Scams Take in Millions

Mar 2, 2022 1:32:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new series of "help Ukraine" donation posts have sprouted up across the Internet, but are really a cryptocurrency scam enticing users send crypto donations to counterfeit addresses.

North Korean Cryptocurrency Theft Relies on Social Engineering

Jan 18, 2022 11:59:26 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

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

Jan 4, 2022 10:04:02 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

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

Oct 12, 2021 9:22:38 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

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 ...

Brand-New Ransomware Simulator Tool Now with Two New Ransomware Scenarios

Jul 11, 2019 7:44:54 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The bad guys are continuing to evolve their approach to evading detection. That’s why we’ve updated our Ransomware Simulation tool “RanSim” to include two new ransomware scenarios! These ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Cisco: "Cybercrime Swaps Ransomware For Cryptomining, Generating Millions"

Feb 5, 2018 7:14:15 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cisco's Talos Threat Intelligence team has a good observation. Cybercriminals can just steal CPU/GPU cycles and directly generate any cryptocurrency without infecting the system with ...

What are “WannaMine” attacks, and how do I avoid them?

Feb 1, 2018 7:50:39 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

It's suddenly all over the news. In hindsight, it was a matter of "not if, but when". Sophos just warned against a new hybrid worm that combines the ETERNALBLUE exploit and cryptomining. ...