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Cyber Criminals Are Using YouTube To Install Cryptojacking Malware

Slovakian software security firm Eset has uncovered that cyber criminals behind the Stantinko botnet have been distributing a Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency mining module via Youtube.On Nov. 26, the major antivirus software supplier Eset reported that the Stantinko botnet operators have expanded their criminal reach from click fraud, ad injection,

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FATF’s Regulations to Push Criminals to Privacy Coins: CipherTrace CEO

The Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) crypto regulations will trigger a shift of criminal activity from Bitcoin (BTC) to privacy coins, it has been claimed.Criminals mostly use BTC and ETH to dateDavid Jevans, CEO of major crypto transaction tracking firm CipherTrace, shared his remarks about criminal use of cryptocurrencies

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Sextortion Criminals Switch to Altcoins from Bitcoin to Bypass Email Security

A new version of sextortion Phishing scams is using alternative cryptocurrency wallet adresses other than Bitcoin(BTC)trade in an attempt to bypass email protections i.e. Secure Email Gateways (SEGs), according to a new report.On Tuesday, Cofense, a leading provider of human-driven phishing defense solutions, revealed that a new malicious technique has

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Cryptocurrency Makes Criminals Harder to Catch

Neil Wals, chief of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Global Cybercrime Program, warned that cryptocurrencies have made combating money laundering significantly harder.Australian news outlet ABC reported on Aug. 29 that Wals said cryptocurrencies make fighting cybercrime, money laundering and financing of terrorism harder. Wals expressed the idea

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