Popular Crypto Data Sites Targeted With Phishing Attack
Etherscan, CoinGecko, DeFi Pulse and other sites displayed a suspicious pop-up asking users to connect their wallets. Original Source
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Social Media Crypto Advice, Gamification Targeted by Global Standard-Setters at IOSCO
Monday’s report makes clear that crypto trading is first among the risky, and often unregulated activities focused on by the group. “Trading on crypto-asset trading platforms often occurs unaccompanied by investor and market protections against fraud, manipulation, insider trading and frontrunning, among other things,” the IOSCO report said, listing some
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China’s Digital Yuan Targeted in New Bill From 9 GOP Senators
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Metamask, Phantom Wallet Users Targeted in Crypto Phishing Scam: Report
Users of crypto wallets Metamask and Phantom, as well as the crypto swap platform Pancake have been targeted in a crypto phishing scam involving at least half a million dollars being stolen, according to a Check Point Research (CPR) report.CPR said that in the past few days there have been
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This Elusive Malware Has Targeted Crypto Wallets for a Year
Operating for a year now, insidious malware ElectroRAT is bringing 2020 into 2021 and targeting crypto wallets.A researcher at cybersecurity firm Intezer has identified and documented the inner workings of ElectroRAT, which has been targeting and draining victims’ funds.According to the researcher, Avigayil Mechtinger, the malware operation includes a variety of
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DeFi Founder Targeted in $8m Hack Says He Has His Hacker’s IP
The decentralized finance (DeFi) space was rocked last morning by news that Nexus Mutual founder Hugh Karp was
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Ledger Customers Targeted by ‘Convincing’ Phishing Attack
Customers of Ledger, the hardware cryptocurrency wallet, are being targeted by a phishing attack posing as an email from Ledger support. The fake email ostensibly informs users their Ledger assets may be compromised. It states, “Our forensics team has found several of the Ledger Live administrative servers to be infected with
Read MoreCoinbase wallet users targeted by new Android malware
A newly discovered trojan, known as Alien, is attacking crypto apps on Android phones, including Coinbase, Blockchain.com, and Luno. This new malware strain is based on the notorious Cerberus trojan, which wreaked havoc in the Google Play store until the team responsible became complacent. Lack of continued distribution allowed Google Play Protect
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North Korean Hacker Group Targeted Crypto Firm Using LinkedIn Ad: Cybersecurity Report
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Twitter Hackers who Targeted High-Profile Accounts Got $121K in Bitcoin
The hackers managed to receive over 400 payments in the scam, or $121,000 worth of Bitcoin. According to Tom Robinson, co-founder of cryptocurrency compliance firm Elliptic, the sum is quite low to become a historic one.On Wednesday, famous people and companies became victims of a big Bitcoin (BTC) scam. It
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