HAMILTONPOLICE In March of 2020, Hamilton Police entered into a joint investigation with the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the United States Secret Service Electronic Crimes...
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checkpoint – Deepfakes, Cryptocurrency and Mobile Wallets: Cybercriminals Find New Opportunities in 2022
Chek Point heck Point Software 2022 Cyber-security Predictions also anticipates an increase in supply chain attacks in the new year Check Point® Software Technologies released its cyber-security...
cisomag – Trick or Treat – Did You Fall for the Google Ads Crypto Scam?
Check Point Research has issued a warning about scammers exploiting Google Ads to steal crypto wallets. CISOMAG Check Point Research (CPR) has issued a warning about scammers exploiting...
nakedsecurity – S3 Ep56: Cryptotrading rodent, ransomware hackback, and a Docusign phish
Naked Security [00’29”] Don’t miss our cybersecurity podcast minisodes![01’46”] Bliss is a hill in wine country.[03’37”] Lessons from a cryptotrading hamster.[08’46”] Ransomware gang hacked back.[20’27”] Docusign phishers go after 2FA...
theregister – Ethereum dev admits helping North Korea mine crypto-bucks, faces 20 years jail
Also advised on how smart contracts could help DPRK in US nuke talks The Register A US citizen has admitted to helping the Democratic People’s Republic...
theregister – ASUS patches ROG Armoury Crate app after researcher spots all-too-common flaw
It tries to load a file from a location any old user can write to The Register A flaw in ASUS’s ROG Armoury Crate hardware management...
theregister – Attacks against Remote Desktop Protocol endpoints have exploded this year, warns ESET’s latest Threat Report
Security firm points to a ‘stalkerware’ epidemic, new Nobelium group activity The Register Security specialist ESET’s latest Threat Report warns of a massive increase in attacks...
nakedsecurity – Europol announces two more ransomware busts in Ukraine
Naked Security by SOPHOS Back in June this year, we wrote about a ransomware-related bust in Ukraine, featuring a police video in which a high-security door was dismantled...
threatpost – FreakOut Botnet Turns DVRs Into Monero Cryptominers
THREATPOST The new Necro Python exploit targets Visual Tool DVRs used in surveillance systems. Threat group FreakOut’s Necro botnet has developed a new trick: infecting Visual...
nakedsecurity – Romance scams with a cryptocurrency twist – new research from SophosLabs
Sadly, we’ve needed to write and warn about romance scams and romance scammers many times in recent years. Indeed, in February 2021 we published an article...
threatpost – CryptoRom Scam Rakes in $1.4M by Exploiting Apple Enterprise Features
The campaign, which uses the Apple Developer Program and Enterprise Signatures to get past Apple’s app review process, remains active. Pyramid-scheme cryptocurrency scammers are exploiting Apple’s...
cisomag – OpenSea NFT Marketplace Bug Allows Hackers to Steal Crypto Wallets
Critical security vulnerabilities on OpenSea’s platform allows hackers to hijack user accounts and steal entire crypto wallets by sending malicious NFTs. Over the past few weeks,...