Thousands of PS4s Seized, Employed in Mining Cryptocurrency Illegally – E Hacking News
In Vinnytsia city located along the Southern Bug river, a large-scale electricity theft was revealed and recorded by the SBU. In one of...
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Experts: the volume of cryptocurrency fraud in the world has reached $1 billion in a year – E Hacking News
In the last year, at least $1 billion worth of digital currency was stolen worldwide. The number of extortion cases since the beginning of...
Does cybercrime impact cryptocurrency prices? Researchers find out
As the price of cryptocurrency increases so does the volume of illicit mining detected in the wild, researchers say. Cryptocurrency has become a favored...
Thousands of PS4s seized in Ukraine in illegal cryptocurrency mining sting
SBU Thousands of PlayStation 4 gaming consoles have been seized after their discovery in an old warehouse, used to illicitly mine for cryptocurrency. Ukraine’s...
$350,000 Stolen from Users by Fake Cryptocurrency Mining Apps – E Hacking News
The year 2021 will be remembered as a watershed moment for cryptocurrencies. Despite its ups and downs, Bitcoin is still valued at over...
Seizing Cryptocurrency: How is Law Enforcement Tracing and Recovering Bitcoin Payments?
A look into recent cryptocurrency tracing and recovery operations by the FBI and UK’s Metropolitan Police On June 7, 2021, the U.S. Department of...
Israel Says It’s Targeting Hamas’ Cryptocurrency Accounts
Israel said Thursday it will begin seizing cryptocurrency accounts used by the Palestinian Hamas group to raise money for its armed wing. Israeli Defense...
170 Android cryptocurrency mining scam apps steal $350 000 from users
Over 170 mobile apps in the Android ecosystem have been identified as scam services designed to jump on the cryptocurrency bandwagon. Lookout researchers said...
Crackonosh Malware Exploits Windows Safe Mode to Mine Cryptocurrency Secretly – E Hacking News
Researchers have uncovered a variant of cryptocurrency-mining malware that exploits Windows Safe Mode during attacks. Researchers at Avast have termed the malware Crackonosh,...
Crackonosh malware abuses Windows Safe mode to quietly mine for cryptocurrency
Researchers have discovered a strain of cryptocurrency-mining malware that abuses Windows Safe mode during attacks. The malware, dubbed Crackonosh by researchers at Avast, spreads...