2023-6-26 16:01 |
Cybersecurity experts say the crypto industry is a target for bad actors because it is a new technology that is rapidly evolving and growing. origin »
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Blockchain security analysts are urging crypto exchanges to scrutinize deposits closely as malicious actors escalate efforts to flood them with fake tokens on the TON network. Bad actors appear to be intensifying attempts to exploit crypto exchange deposit systems. Scammers…
2024-6-21 16:08 | |
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While it’s easy to blame the recent shift in the regulatory mood regarding crypto markets on certain bad actors, the real roots lie beyond the crypto ecosystem, says Noelle Acheson.
2023-3-14 23:56 | |
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DeFi remained a major target for bad actors in the crypto market, with total losses exceeding $20 million. The crypto industry also needs to be cautious of bridge attacks, which became popular The post DeFi and NFTs plagued by hacks worth millions in this time frame: Analyzing... appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2023-3-3 16:45 | |
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Despite the sanctions on the crypto mixing service, the bad actors behind January’s biggest exploit have deposited millions worth of funds into Tornado Cash.
2023-2-27 09:00 | |
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As the NFT market has continued to increase adoption, bad actors have also grown to prey on the developing market. Earlier today, the Crypto wallet ZenGo security team released a dashboard aimed at helping investors detect, track and monitor potential non-fungible token (NFT) hacks using offline signatures on the OpenSea NFT marketplace. Offline signatures […]
2023-2-23 23:00 | |
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According to Jesse Powell, U.S. regulators allowing bad actors in the crypto space to “suck up users, revenue and venture capital” could effectively destroy “the good guys.”
2023-2-21 20:58 | |
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A group of pseudonymous developers from DarkFi spoke with Cointelegraph about how crypto is evolving amid privacy challenges, bad actors and government oversight.
2023-2-19 16:00 | |
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Lately, the SEC has been focusing much of its crackdown on entities that many crypto veterans would consider honest actors after a year in which frauds destroyed tens of billions of dollars in investor funds.
2023-2-17 17:26 | |
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NFTs, like the rest of crypto, felt the influence of bad actors and market manipulators in 2022. Those launched after the start of the crypto winter did better.
2023-2-10 00:00 | |
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Bad actors are attracted to the blockchain space due to its anonymous nature; these individuals seek to scam and steal funds from investors. This time, a group of fraudsters targets the already embattled investors of the bankrupt crypto exchange FTX.
2023-2-4 01:00 | |
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Here’s what’s on my mind as Washington gears up to respond to the disasters of 2022.
2023-2-2 00:40 | |
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As the cryptocurrency industry continues to grow in adoption and bad actors, the market has yawned for regulation as never before seen, especially with recent crashes that affected the crypto market negatively but could have been curbed with proper regulation.
2023-2-1 15:00 | |
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What role will crypto regulation play, what type of regulation is required, and who will regulate crypto? These questions and more carried over into the discussions at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2023 in Davos, Switzerland, from 16-20 January under the theme of “Cooperation in a Fragmented World”.
2023-1-31 16:57 | |
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A self-styled crypto investigator going by the social media moniker ZachXBT claims that actors allied to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have laundered another tranche of funds stolen last year from Harmony’s Horizon Bridge.
2023-1-30 19:28 | |
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On Jan. 23, web3 security firm WalletGuard alerted the crypto community that bad actors took over Whalechart’s Twitter page to promote a fake giveaway. Twitter account promoting a malicious link The @Whalechart Twitter account, which has more than 223K followers,…
2023-1-24 13:41 | |
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Klaas Knot called the appealing localities with lax restrictions "sunny places for shady people."
2023-1-20 23:48 | |
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Just the top 10 major cryptocurrency exploits garnered over $2 billion for malicious actors in a year that was marred with bankruptcies and collapses.
2022-12-30 03:00 | |
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Bad actors are now almost synonymous with the crypto space given the number of scams and hacks perpetuated on an almost daily basis. So far in the year 2022, these bad actors have come out on top, beating out previous years’ records.
2022-12-30 02:00 | |
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong published a December 20 blueprint on regulating centralized actors in the crypto space while protecting decentralized innovations. The post Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong calls for regulation of crypto industry appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2022-12-20 13:30 | |
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Cryptocurrency users can now browse the web more safely thanks to a new suite of security features that Opera, a leading Web3 browser, announced on Thursday. According to Opera, the new browser features are part of its Web3 Guard and will help users add another security layer to their devices to protect against malicious actors.
2022-12-16 15:05 | |
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European commissioner for financial services Mairead McGuinness said that some actors in the crypto space are opposing regulation — but they are only true to crypto’s cypherpunk origins. McGuinness said that while some firms approve of upcoming cryptocurrency rules, others…
2022-12-8 21:52 | |
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The security team of Microsoft has uncovered threat actors targeting crypto startups and claims Telegram chat is being used to gain access and trust of other firms. The post Microsoft Warns of Scammers Targeting Crypto Startups With ‘Weaponized’ Excel Files appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-12-7 14:30 | |
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Cryptocurrency investment fund startups are being targeted by threat actors, according to a recent report by Microsoft
2022-12-6 21:44 | |
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The crypto exchange FTX collapse that occurred last week not only shattered the investors’ sentiment on cryptocurrencies but also alerted legal actors such as FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) against crypto companies.
2022-11-19 22:10 | |
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It is a sad but undeniable fact of life that wherever something of value exists, someone somewhere will try to steal, copy, or sabotage it. The crypto world has not escaped from this. According to expert reports, malicious actors are increasingly focusing on decentralized finance protocols, particularly those susceptible to hacking. Solana (SOL) has been […]
2022-11-18 18:50 | |
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The second crypto exchange in the world, FTX, collapsed taking down several companies in the fallout. The contagion negatively impacts companies, projects, and hedge funds and could have consequences for political actors in the U.
2022-11-19 18:42 | |
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Blockchain and decentralized finance (DeFi) focused security platform Certik’s investigation led to the discovery of the professional “KYC actors” who bypass KYC processes to scam crypto communities, according to a November 17 Certik blog post.
2022-11-19 17:47 | |
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CertiK, a blockchain security expert, unveiled a group of KYC actors for hire that rogue developers can use to scam crypto communities. The post Crypto Scammers Can Use ‘Professional KYC Actors’ to Avoid Getting Caught appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-11-18 09:23 | |
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A Tokensoft community manager published an excel sheet of "bad actors" on Discord with their personal details.
2022-11-14 09:42 | |
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The Yearn Finance founder suggested that several cracks have shown in the crypto sector this year, and that regulation is needed to “reign in irresponsible actors.”
2022-10-27 08:50 | |
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Flash loans have become a primary attack vector for malicious actors looking to exploit DeFi protocols, and they are on the rise. The post How Flash Loans Have Become the Bane of The Crypto World appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-10-25 11:50 | |
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In the crypto industry, issues of hacks and exploits have become one of the dreaded nightmares. The increasing expansion of the crypto space brews more exploitations as well. Despite the security measures most crypto protocols build around them, the bad actors never cease to scan for available vulnerabilities.
2022-9-28 22:56 | |
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Crypto market maker Wintermute has reportedly suffered an exploit, with roughly $160 million in digital assets stolen, the firm’s founder and CEO Evgeny Gaevoy has announced. This latest crypto news sees yet another instance where malicious actors have targeted a DeFi platform, stealing millions in crypto assets.
2022-9-21 12:36 | |
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In 2022, bad actors have turned their attention to crypto and the decentralized finance (DeFi) sectors. Cybercriminals have stepped up their efforts to steal funds from users by attacking different protocols.
2022-9-3 22:53 | |
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Sasha Ivanov, founder and CEO of the Waves smart contract blockchain, said the crypto industry needs regulation to deal with issues of market manipulation and to protect users against bad actors. The post Waves Founder: Crypto Needs Regulation to Deal With Market Manipulation appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-8-31 07:30 | |
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Crypto bridges have become a hot target for nefarious actors. However, not all malicious attackers make away with millions in stolen digital assets. Some actually lose money during their DeFi exploit attempts.
2022-8-24 00:47 | |
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The past actions of bad actors has forced the country's regulators to take a tough stance on crypto exchanges.
2022-8-11 00:20 | |
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Per a Bloomberg report, North Korean-backed hackers might be stepping up their efforts and attack vectors against the crypto industry. Bad actors seem to be stealing resumes and information from major job listings websites to apply for jobs in the nascent sector.
2022-8-2 23:48 | |
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The crypto industry is fraught with different malicious actors preying on unsuspecting users, especially the cryptojacking attackers. Many hacks and exploits occur in the industry, targeting crypto firms and individual investors.
2022-7-31 19:30 | |
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) needs to take action to protect consumers against bad actors in the crypto space, Senator Elizabeth Warren told Yahoo Finance on July 17.
2022-7-19 23:30 | |
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P2E and GameFi offer a glimpse into the types of financial crime complexities that will arise as tech companies work to usher in the metaverse, says a former CIA analyst.
2022-7-13 22:14 | |
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Caitlin Long said bankruptcies were inevitable the moment bitcoin “started being leveraged, rehypothecated, or financialized with debt.”
2022-7-2 21:44 | |
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The recent crypto market downturn can help weed out bad actors and unsustainable projects, a number of regulators and entrepreneurs said at a forum in Zurich last week.
2022-6-28 19:19 | |
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The firm said it was starting a "Crypto Incident Response" hotline to "help bring bad actors to justice and demonstrate that crypto is not the asset class of anonymity and crime.”
2022-6-23 19:15 | |
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Ransomware actors raked in all-time-high of $731 million in crypto payments in 2021 – and 2022 is on track to be another record year for crypto-enabled cyber crime.
2022-6-22 15:00 | |
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The European Union (EU) proposed a new approach to crypto regulation in October 2020. At that time, Bitcoin and other larger cryptocurrencies were about to begin an ascend into price discovery. This has attracted the attention of relevant actors within the EU and its central bank.
2022-6-22 01:00 | |
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Researchers have discovered a vulnerability in Intel and AMD CPUs that could be used by malicious actors to access cryptographic keys. The post Crypto Keys Could Be Compromised by Intel and AMD ‘Hertzbleed’ Chip Vulnerability appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-6-15 10:40 | |
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Bad actors have laundered billions of dollars worth of crypto with help of Binance, according to Reuters
2022-6-7 18:00 | |
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While crypto and the underlying blockchain technology hold potential for great innovation, regulators have become increasingly concerned that bad actors may take advantage of its hype to market high-risk products to uninformed and unsuspecting individuals.
2022-5-28 21:48 | |
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Pig butchering scams led to $3. 6 billion in crypto losses in 2024, emerging as the most significant fraud scheme of the year, according to a report by web3 security firm Cyvers. The long-term fraud method, where victims are groomed over time to make substantial investments, outpaced other forms of crypto scams in 2024.
The rise of crypto has become a breeding ground for financial scams in France, contributing to a surge in fraudulent activity that has authorities scrambling to protect consumers. The Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office, along with regulatory bodies like the AMF and ACPR, are particularly concerned about the growing number of schemes involving bogus crypto investments.
Crypto frauds and hacks in 2024 caused $2.3 billion in losses, with Ethereum and multisig wallets most affected, exposing critical vulnerabilities. The post Over $2.3 Billion Stolen in Crypto Hacks and Frauds in 2024 appeared first on BeInCrypto.
The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged three individuals on Dec. 11 with impersonating securities brokers and investment advisers to execute a scheme involving digital assets. The complaint names three Nigerian nationals and alleges that their actions diverted more than $2.
Democrat Ro Khanna, on a panel at Bitcoin MENA 2024, said being against Bitcoin is akin to rejecting other widely adopted technologies. He said Bitcoin represents freedom and cannot be ignored by a party claiming to champion the future.
Crypto companies are among the most affected by audio and video deepfake frauds in 2024, with more than half reporting incidents in a recent survey. According to the survey conducted by forensic services firm Regula, 57% of crypto companies reported being victims of audio fraud, while 53% of the respondents fell for fake video scams.
Some service providers are facilitating transactions for fraud outfits and high-risk gambling sites, the report said.