Tag: security
Millions of dollars in cryptocurrency has been confiscated as the DoJ cracks down on an infamous ransomware operator
Millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency has been seized by the DoJ The wallet belongs to a suspected ransomware operator The ransomware, Zeppelin, is functionally extinct The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced a cryptocurrency wallet containing over $2.8 million has been seized following charges of conspiring to commit…
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Are they brave or stupid? Malware targeting Russian crypto hackers found
Researchers uncover two packages carrying an infostealer The victims are apparently Russian, and attackers American This prompted the researchers to speculate if the targets were Russian crypto hackers Two malicious packages were recently discovered on the npm package manager platform targeting software developers on the Solana ecosystem. However the discovery,…
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A shocking amount of companies are knowingly shipping insecure code – and it might be hard to recover
Four in five companies knowingly ship vulnerable code, survey warns One-third say 60% of their code is now AI-generated Orgs need to use AI to identify vulnerabilities A study of 1,500 CISOs, AppSec Managers and developers conducted by Checkmarx has claimed four in five (81%) companies knowingly ship vulnerable code,…
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Colt forced to take services offline following apparent cyberattack
Colt Technology Services pulls services offline, confirms this was due to a cyberattack A ransomware group called WarLock claimed responsibility Independent researchers believe the attackers struck the company’s SharePoint servers Colt Technology Services has suffered a cyberattack which forced it to pull parts of its IT network offline for several…
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A popular fake Telegram Premium site has been flooding the web with malware – here’s how to stay safe
Lumma Stealer malware hides in a fake Telegram Premium site, launching without user clicks Executable uses cryptor obfuscation to bypass most traditional antivirus scanning techniques entirely Malware connects to real Telegram servers while secretly sending stolen data to hidden domains A malicious campaign is targeting users through a fraudulent Telegram…
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Major crackdown freezes over $300 million in cryptocurrency stolen from scams
Two separate law enforcement efforts cumulatively froze more than $300m in stolen crypto Crypto heavyweights are joining forces with law enforcement Freezing assets is not the same as retrieving them The very nature of the blockchain often makes retrieving money stolen through scams almost impossible, however two separate announcements have…
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