LemonDuck botnet plunders Docker cloud instances in cryptocurrency crime wave
Operators of the LemonDuck botnet are targeting Docker instances in a cryptocurrency mining campaign. LemonDuck is cryptocurrency mining malware wrapped up in a botnet...
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Watch Out! Cryptocurrency Miners Targeting Dockers, AWS and Alibaba Cloud
LemonDuck, a cross-platform cryptocurrency mining botnet, is targeting Docker to mine cryptocurrency on Linux systems as part of an active malware campaign. “It runs...
US: Hackers Continue Aiding North Korea Generate Funds via Cryptocurrency Attacks
North Korean state-sponsored hacking group Lazarus continues to target blockchain and cryptocurrency organizations in recent campaigns, the United States government warns. Also referred to...
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U.S. Gov Blames North Korea Hackers for $600M Cryptocurrency Heist
The U.S. government says the recent $600 million Ronin Validator cryptocurrency heist was conducted by Lazarus Group, the notorious hacking outfit linked to the...
Cryptocurrency has overtaken bank transfers for payments into investment scams: ACCC
Image: Visuals6x — Shutterstock Losses from Australians to investment scams increased by 90% to AU$103 million from the start of the year to March...
Turkey seeks 40,000-year sentences for alleged cryptocurrency exit scammers
Turkey is pursuing colossal sentences of over 40,000 years for suspects allegedly connected to a fraudulent cryptocurrency exchange. A prosecutor seeks sentences of up...
New Malware Loader ‘Verblecon’ Infects Hacked PCs with Cryptocurrency Miners
An unidentified threat actor has been observed employing a “complex and powerful” malware loader with the ultimate objective of deploying cryptocurrency miners on compromised...
Experts Uncover Campaign Stealing Cryptocurrency from Android and iPhone Users
Researchers have blown the lid off a sophisticated malicious scheme primarily targeting Chinese users via copycat apps on Android and iOS that mimic legitimate...
Cryptocurrency Services Hit by Data Breach at CRM Company HubSpot
Cambridge, MA-based customer relationship management (CRM) company HubSpot over the weekend confirmed being targeted by hackers after several cryptocurrency services started informing their customers...
iPhone, Android users lose life savings to romance fraud, cryptocurrency operation
iPhone and Android users are falling prey to new and even more extortionate tactics by romance and cryptocurrency scam artists. Romance scams are nothing...