Aark Digital Offers 15% Bounty to Hacker Responsible for $1.5M Attack on Vaults

Tortola, British Virgin Island, 25th October 2024, Chainwire

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Bitcoin defi tool developer ALEX Lab says Lazarus Group likely behind $4m hack

The developer of Bitcoin-focused defi platform ALEX Lab says North Korean hackers are likely behind the latest $4 million attack. North Korean hacker group Lazarus Group is very likely responsible for the attack that left Bitcoin-focused defi platform ALEX Lab…

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DEA gets duped: Agency loses $55K in address poisoning scam

The DEA, the country's lead drug enforcement agency, is yet to find those responsible for the attack but has enlisted the help of the FBI.

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Jimbos Protocol turns to law enforcement after hacker ignores $800K bounty

Jimbos Protocol said May 31 that the hacker responsible for a recent attack has not responded to its bounty offer and it will now turn to law enforcement. The protocol was hacked for 4000 Ethereum (ETH), or roughly $7.

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French Police Nab Suspects in $9M Platypus DeFi Exploit

French police confirmed in a tweet that two individuals suspected of being responsible for an attack on DeFi protocol Platypus were detained on Feb. 24. The post French Police Nab Suspects in $9M Platypus DeFi Exploit appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Trust Wallet Responds to $4M Social Engineering Hack

Trust Wallet revealed that a recent $4 million social engineering attack originated from a European syndicate responsible for at least two prior incidents. The post Trust Wallet Responds to $4M Social Engineering Hack appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Lazarus Group may be responsible for Harmony Bridge hack

Harmony Bridge fell victim to an attack that saw them lose about $100 million. Recent reports show that the notorious North Korean hacker organization Lazarus Group may be involved.

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Huge Transaction Brought Down LND For The 2nd Time. Is Blockstream Responsible?

Is LND broken? Or was the ridiculously large transaction that unsynched it a direct attack on the LND implementation? Does all of this affect the larger Lightning Network? And what about the bitcoin network? This story starts with all kinds of questions and can’t promise to answer them all. The game is afoot. Something’s going […]

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Is This the Trader Who Exploited Mango Markets for $100M?

One sleuth believes he knows the identity of the person responsible for Mango Markets $100 million attack, but how reliable is his evidence? Mango Markets Exploited Crypto trader Avraham Eisenberg...

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Oman's Indian embassy Twitter account compromised to promote XRP scam

The hackers behind the attack may have been responsible for breaching India-based crypto exchange CoinDCX’s Twitter account given the similar fake XRP giveaways.

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Harmony Steps Up “Global Manhunt” for $100M Thief as Lazarus Group Blamed

Elliptic has said that there are strong indications that North Koreas Lazarus Group is responsible for the attack. Harmony Offers $10M Bounty Harmony says it has begun a global manhunt...

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Solana Co-Founder Clarifies No Network Failure or DDoS Attack

Multiple reports have said that Solana experienced a network outage and DDoS this month. However, co-founder Raj Gokal claims that neither was the case and that the NFT game SolChicks was responsible for the low performance.

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Has the Latest DarkSide’s Ransomware Been the Result of a Miscalculated Risk?

Over the course of this year, DarkSide, a group of Russian hackers got the attention of the U. S. Department of State. In May 2021, DarkSide was responsible for a ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline, extorting $5M for not leaking data they had on the Pipeline’s network.

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US state dept urges El Salvador to be 'responsible' about Bitcoin adoption

Victoria Nuland said the United States was taking a "tough look at Bitcoin" following a major ransomware attack and suggested El Salvador take a similar approach.

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Bitfinex Offers up to $400M for Information Leading to BTC Stolen in 2016

Bitfinex wants to recover Bitcoin stolen from it in 2016, even if that means paying to find the hackers responsible for the attack.

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Bitmain’s Wu Jihan, and Micree Zhan Continue Spat As A Mob Brawls With Co-Founder Over Corp License

Luyao Liu, Bitmain’s Chief Executive, and the former legal representative has been arrested for his part in a ‘mob-like attack' conducted on Micree Zhan, the exiled co-founder of Bitmain. Bitmain's Beijing subsidiary business license was apparently stolen, and the police held Liu responsible for what happened, together with others.

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Monero-mining Panda threat group resurfaces as Cisco’s Talos research team identify latest attack

The Panda threat group responsible for the “MassMiner” cryptomining malware attack in 2018, has resurfaced. The Monero mining group make use of remote access tools (RATs) and various other crypto-mining malwares to access and exploit vulnerable computers for mining cryptocurrencies.

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Chinese Stocks Fall, U.S. Bonds Rise as Trump Administration Weighs Iran Retaliation

Asian stocks tumbled on Tuesday, as the flight from risk assets continued in the wake of devastating weekend attacks on Saudi Arabia‘s oil industry. Latest U. S. intelligence has been persistent in claiming that Iran was responsible for the attack.

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Ransomware gang breach data backup software used by hundreds of US dental offices

Hundreds of dental offices across the US have been crippled by a ransomware attack targeting a remote data backup service offered by a third-party. PerCSoft and Digital Dental Record (DDR) — the two Wisconsin-based software companies — provide a solution called DDS Safe that delivers triple-layer protection by backing up sensitive medical records to the cloud, an offline workstation, and an in-office hard disk drive.

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Deepnudes developer shuts it down, but the damage is done

There’s no positive use case for developing an app with the sole purpose of using AI to predict what a clothed woman, in an image, would look like nude – full stop. Developing such an app, as did the person(s) responsible for Deepnudes, is an act of hate and an attack on women.

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Russian Hackers May Be Responsible for Coincheck Heist

Investigators looking into the more than half a billion dollar Coincheck heist of 2018 have revealed that Russian hackers may have been responsible for the attack. Reports indicate that two malicious malware written in Russian, “mokes and “netwire,” have been discovered in the previously hacked Coincheck employee’s computer.

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Yet another cryptocurrency mining botnet caught targeting China

It seems we can’t go more than a week without news of a new cryptocurrency mining malware or botnet being discovered. This time, security researchers have uncovered another Monero mining botnet that’s targeting China.

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5 Most Cringeworthy Theories for the Bitcoin Price Surge

By CCN: The bitcoin price moves in mysterious ways. Many theories have been put forth in an attempt to explain its meteoric rise this week. From the alignment of the contents of the solar system, to the magic touch of Justin Sun, here are the five most cringeworthy.

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It Looks as if Another Darknet Market Era Is Coming to an End

Major darknet markets come and go in eras, so it seems, and the current one may be ending. Two of the biggest digital black markets seem to be disappearing, both at the same time.

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Lazarus Hacker Group Continues to Target Crypto Using Faked Trading Software

This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Lylian Tang. The Chinese security service provider 360 Security has issued a warning that a large number of crypto exchanges have been targeted by the North Korean hacker group Lazarus and that the number is still rising after the recent hacks of crypto exchanges DragonEx, Etbox and BiKi.

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BetterHash Protocol Lets Pool Miners Regain Control Over Their Hash Power

One problem that concerns many is the centralization of mining within the Bitcoin ecosystem. Fortunately, there are talented developers working to solve this problem and Matt Corallo, full-time Bitcoin developer at Chaincode Labs, is one of them.

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Hacker Responsible for 51% Attack Against Ethereum Classic Returns Part of the Stolen Funds

The hacker or organization responsible for the 51% attack against the Ethereum Classic blockchain returned 100k USD worth in tokens. According to an article published in the official blog of the cryptocurrency Exchange Gate.

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Security Researchers Reveal Wallet Vulnerabilities On Stage at 35C3

In a demonstration titled “Wallet. fail,” a team of security researchers hacked into the Trezor One, Ledger Blue and Ledger Nano S. Unfortunately, it appears as if their findings were first put on display at the 35th Chaos Communication Congress (35C3) in Leipzig, Germany, rather than through accepted Responsible Disclosure practices, which would have allowed the manufacturers to patch the vulnerabilities and protect their customers from any potential attack.

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Hardware Bitcoin Wallets Hacked: The Importance Of Responsible Disclosure

Following yesterday’s article regarding vulnerabilities uncovered in hardware wallets, both Trezor and Ledger have called ‘foul play’ over irresponsible disclosure. Hardware hacking group, wallet.

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Report Links 74% of Bitcoin Mining to China, Sees Threat to Network

Bitcoin, the world’s most sought-after cryptocurrency, could be at the wish and whim of Asia’s economic giant. A recent study titled “The Looming Threat of China: An Analysis of Chinese Influence on Bitcoin,” jointly researched by Princeton University and Florida International University researchers, suggests China’s mining scene has an overwhelming influence over Bitcoin, something that could invite network manipulation.

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Study Reveals Growing Sophistication in Malicious Mining of Cryptocurrency

Several Chinese researchers from Fudan University, Tsinghua University and the University of California Riverside have produced the first systematic study of the malicious mining of cryptocurrencies, known as cryptojacking, unveiling increasing complexity over time.

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It took hackers just 22 lines of code to steal British Airways’ customer data

Last week, British Airways acknowledged that its website had been hacked – leading to 380,000 customers‘ data being compromised. It seems like it wasn’t too difficult either: Cybersecurity firm RiskIQ has found out that it took hackers just 22 lines of code to get a hold of the data.

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San Francisco judge orders bail payment in Bitcoin

A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered a cyber-criminal to pay their bail charges in Bitcoin, inadvertently stimulating cryptocurrency mainstream adoption. The Daily Post – a local Palo Alto newspaper – reports Martin Marisch has been charged with hacking the well-known video games company Electronic Arts, responsible for popular titles like FIFA, The Sims, and Battlefield.

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EU’s European Blockchain Observatory and Forum to Host Blockchain AMA

The European Union (EU) has announced that it will host an online Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on June 18, 2018, at 6 p. m. CEST. The event, organized and hosted by the European Blockchain Observatory and Forum of the EU, will last for 90 minutes and cover blockchain technologies with in-depth explanations, interactive discussions with panelists and public questions answered live.

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