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Kroll’s Cyber Risk team has detected a growing trend in the use of banking trojans to launch ransomware attacks.
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The growing popularity of cryptocurrencies has forced cybercriminals to invest resources in the development of more robust mining technologies to replace the typical ransomware Trojans, reports Kaspersky Lab’s cyber threat research arm Securelist, November 28, 2018.
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Binance has issued a global alert about a rising malware threat targeting cryptocurrency users. Known as “Clipper malware,” the malicious software alters wallet addresses during transactions, leading to financial losses if the wallet user doesn’t catch on, according to Binance. …
The “Godfather” malware is also known to target 110 cryptocurrency exchange platforms and 94 cryptocurrency wallet apps.
Password-stealing malware is being spread by hackers through NFT airdrops purporting to be Solana Phantom security updates.
Dressed up as legitimate desktop software, this sneaky malware has infected thousands of machines across 11 countries, forcing them to unknowingly mine Monero (XMR).
The developer who found the vulnerability requested developers sign their revisions with the GPG key to ensure all their revisions on the project can be verified.
Blockchain security firm Halborn has warned users of the latest phishing emails doing the rounds.
As the crypto community notices and calls out such scams, the fraudsters tend to turn off replies to their tweets to prevent being exposed as scammers.