Cryptocurrency

Illicit crypto-miners pouncing on lazy DevOps configs that leave clouds vulnerable

To stop the JINX-0132 gang behind these attacks, pay attention to HashiCorp, Docker, and Gitea security settings

Security03 Jun 2025 | 6

Is Washington losing its grip on crypto, or is it a calculated pivot to digital dominance?

Analysis It's been a very busy week for Digicash Donald's administration

Security24 Mar 2025 | 17

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FCC stands up Council on National Security to fight China in ways that CISA used to

Infosec In Brief PLUS: Alleged Garantex admin arrested in India; Google deletes more North Korean malware

Security16 Mar 2025 | 6

Crypto takes a dip as Trump signs Bitcoin Reserve order

Comment With no allowance to sell and little room to buy, and markets on the slide, it's UB40 time: Red, red, whine

Personal Tech07 Mar 2025 | 108

FBI officially fingers North Korea for $1.5B Bybit crypto-burglary

Federal agents, open up ... your browsers and see if you recognize any of these wallets

Cyber-crime27 Feb 2025 | 22

Bybit declares war on North Korea's Lazarus crime-ring to regain $1.5B stolen from wallet

Up to $140M in bounty rewards for return of Ethereum allegedly pilfered by hermit nation

Cyber-crime26 Feb 2025 | 14

Two arrested after pensioner scammed out of six-figure crypto nest egg

The latest in a long line of fraud stings worth billions each year

Security20 Feb 2025 | 18

Indian authorities seize loot from collapsed BitConnect crypto scam

Devices containing crypto wallets tracked online, then in the real world

Cyber-crime18 Feb 2025 | 13

Twin Google flaws allowed researcher to get from YouTube ID to Gmail address in a few easy steps

Infosec In Brief PLUS: DOGE web design disappoints; FBI stops crypto scams; Zacks attacked again; and more!

Security17 Feb 2025 | 13

Man who binned 7,500 Bitcoin drive now wants to buy entire landfill to dig it up

More than a decade on, waste experts say the odds of finding those coins are next to nil

Bootnotes11 Feb 2025 | 113

US accuses Canadian math prodigy of $65M crypto scheme

Suspect, still at large, said to back concept that 'code is law'

Legal04 Feb 2025 | 24

DARPA asking for ideas on automating money laundering detection

With all the AI hype swirling around, you'd think someone would've cracked this one already

Software28 Jan 2025 | 22

CDNs: Great for speeding up the internet, bad for location privacy

Infosec in brief Also, Subaru web portal spills user deets, Tornado Cash sanctions overturned, a Stark ransomware attack, and more

Security27 Jan 2025 | 5

Trump's freshly minted meme coin passes $10B market cap

Crypto critics unhappy as BTC hits all-time high and Melania launches her own currency

Personal Tech20 Jan 2025 | 122

Crypto klepto North Korea stole $659M over just 5 heists last year

US, Japan, South Korea vow to intensify counter efforts

Cyber-crime15 Jan 2025 | 13

Pastor's divine 'dream' crypto scheme indicted by Uncle Sam

Plus: Man who tossed Bitcoin drive worth millions barred from digging in dump

Offbeat13 Jan 2025 | 32

Telemetry data from 800K VW Group EVs exposed online

Infosec in Brief PLUS: DoJ bans data sale to enemy nations; Do Kwon extradited to US; Tenable CEO passes away; and more

Security06 Jan 2025 | 45

Solana blockchain's popular web3.js npm package backdoored to steal keys, funds

Damage likely limited to those running bots with private PKI access

Cyber-crime05 Dec 2024 | 7

Binance accused of tax evasion by India's finance department

Minister reveals 17 crypto players owe $100 million – with Binance the baddest of the bad

Personal Tech04 Dec 2024 | 7

Interpol nabs thousands, seizes millions in global cybercrime-busting op

Infosec in brief Also, script kiddies still a threat, Tornado Cash is back, UK firms lose billions to avoidable attacks, and more

Security01 Dec 2024 | 8

Cryptocurrency policy under Trump: Lots of promises, few concrete plans

Analysis Pro-crypto lawmakers are in, but will that translate to action? Doubt it

Public Sector30 Nov 2024 | 64

Five Scattered Spider suspects indicted for phishing spree and crypto heists

DoJ also shutters allleged crimeware and credit card mart PopeyeTools

Cyber-crime21 Nov 2024 | 3

Bitfinex burglar bags 5 years behind bars for Bitcoin heist

A nervous wait for rapper wife who also faces a stint in the clink

Cyber-crime15 Nov 2024 | 3

LottieFiles supply chain attack exposes users to malicious crypto wallet drainer

A scary few Halloween hours for team behind hugely popular web plugin

Cyber-crime31 Oct 2024 | 11

'Newport would look like Dubai' if guy could dumpster dive for lost Bitcoin drive

To Wales now, where crypto bro sues to be allowed to excavate landfill site

Bootnotes16 Oct 2024 | 85

FBI created a cryptocurrency so it could watch it being abused

It worked – alleged pump and dump schemers arrested in UK, US and Portugal this week

Cybersecurity Month11 Oct 2024 | 53

Bitcoin creator suspect says he is not Bitcoin creator suspect

'If I was Satoshi I would have destroyed my ability to prove I'm Satoshi'

Offbeat09 Oct 2024 | 45

Asian crime gangs are growing – fast – thanks to AI and other tech

UN report finds Telegram, cryptocurrency are tools of a growing 'criminal service economy'

Cybersecurity Month09 Oct 2024 | 5

FBI claims corrupt LA cops helped crypto CEO's cash grab

Feds tell thrilling tale of crypto crooks, Facebook scams, fast cars, guns, betrayal … and leg extensions?

Legal02 Oct 2024 | 22

Binance claims it helped to bust Chinese crypto scam app in India

ASIA IN BRIEF Plus: SpaceX plans Vietnam investment; Yahoo! Japan content moderation secrets; LG offloads Chinese display factory; and more

Cyber-crime30 Sep 2024 | 5

Victims lose $70K to one single wallet-draining app on Google's Play Store

Attackers got 10K people to download 'trusted' web3 brand cheat before Mountain View intervened

Cyber-crime26 Sep 2024 | 22

US indicts two over socially engineered $230M+ crypto heist

Just one victim milked of nearly a quarter of a billion bucks

Cyber-crime20 Sep 2024 | 25

Prison just got rougher as band of heinously violent cybercrims sentenced to lengthy stints

Orchestrators of abductions, torture, crypto thefts, and more get their comeuppance

Cyber-crime16 Sep 2024 | 18

Cambodian senator sanctioned by US over alleged forced labor cyber-scam camps

Do not go on holiday to the O Smach Resort

Cyber-crime13 Sep 2024 | 8

Crypto boss finds fraud trial a serious pain in the neck

Thankfully his injuries are not life threatening

Legal30 Aug 2024 | 10

Unicoin hints at potential data meddling after G-Suite compromise

Attacker locked out all staff for four days

Cyber-crime16 Aug 2024 | 9

Billion-dollar bust as international op shutters Cryptonator wallet

Chap named 'Roman Boss' accused of being just that at a cryptocash laundering outfit

Cyber-crime06 Aug 2024 | 13

India migrates 25,000 small lenders to ERP in just five months

ASIA IN BRIEF Plus: Food poisoning hits ByteDance Singapore; Indonesia bans DuckDuckGo; and more

Public Sector05 Aug 2024 | 3

North Korea likely behind takedown of Indian crypto exchange WazirX

Firm halts trades after seeing $230 million disappear

Security19 Jul 2024 | 21

Craig Wright admits he isn't the inventor of Bitcoin after High Court judgment in UK

Aussie definitely not Satoshi Nakamoto, faces £6M legal bill and possible perjury trial

Security17 Jul 2024 | 86

Infoseccers claim Squarespace migration linked to DNS hijackings at Web3 firms

Company keeps quiet amid high-profile compromises

Security15 Jul 2024 | 3

A decade after collapsing, crypto exchange Mt Gox repays some investors

Asia In Brief Plus: Samsung strike; India likely upping chip subsidies; Asian nations link payment schemes

Security08 Jul 2024 | 18

US convicts crypto-robbing gang leader who kidnapped victims before draining their accounts

Said to have zip tied elderly crypto investors, held them at gunpoint, and threatened to kill them

Cyber-crime26 Jun 2024 | 13

Crypto scammers circle back, pose as lawyers, steal an extra $10M in truly devious plan

Business is more lucrative than you might think

Cyber-crime25 Jun 2024 | 18

Crypto exchange Kraken accuses blockchain security outfit CertiK of extortion

Researchers allegedly stole $3M using the vulnerability, then asked how much it was really worth

Security20 Jun 2024 | 4

Crypto-failure Terraform Labs to cough up $4.5B, liquidate self

South Korean outfit that triggered the world's 'Crypto Winter' will melt away after SEC order

Personal Tech17 Jun 2024 | 17

7-year-old Oracle WebLogic bug under active exploitation

Experts say Big Red will probably re-release patch in an upcoming cycle

Malware Month06 Jun 2024 | 6

FTX's $24B tax bill written down to just $200M

No, this isn't the weird logic of cryptocurrency infecting the IRS. It's a 'Fight us and everyone loses even more' kinda deal

Personal Tech06 Jun 2024 | 22

Alleged $100M dark-web drug kingpin, 23, arrested

DoJ claims he used platform's last days to extort its users

Legal21 May 2024 | 31

How two brothers allegedly swiped $25M in a 12-second Ethereum heist

Feds scoff at blockchain integrity while software bug said to have been at heart of the matter

Cyber-crime18 May 2024 | 50

Oklahoma saddles up bill of rights for crypto wranglers and miners

Bitcoin cowboys now have guaranteed freedoms

Offbeat16 May 2024 | 11

A Chinese crypto farm next to a nuclear missile base? Not on my watch, says Biden

White House contends MineOne's equipment could be used to for surveillance and espionage

Offbeat14 May 2024 | 32

Two cuffed in Samourai Wallet crypto dirty money sting

Suspects in Portugal and the US said to have laundered over $100M

Cyber-crime25 Apr 2024 | 4

Crypto conferences liquidated after biblical flooding in Dubai

There's something nice about seeing Web3 fanatics in ankle-deep water

Bootnotes17 Apr 2024 | 17

Alleged cryptojacker accused of stealing $3.5M from cloud to mine under $1M in crypto

No prizes for guessing the victims

Research16 Apr 2024 | 2

Google sues app devs, claims they're Play Store crypto scammers with 100k+ victims

The pair allegedly made 87 apps since 2019 and defrauded folks of tens of thousands of dollars

Applications05 Apr 2024 | 20

Software engineer helped put Sam Bankman-Fried behind bars, say prosecutors

CTO shared code from his laptop with investigation after FTX collapsed

Software03 Apr 2024 | 22

Singapore expands regulations for digital payment token service providers

More entities will need a license

Public Sector03 Apr 2024 | 2

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Illicit crypto-miners pouncing on lazy DevOps configs that leave clouds vulnerable

Feds gut host behind pig butchering scams that bilked $200M from Americans

DOGE worker's old creds found exposed in infostealer malware dumps

RSA cofounder: The world would've been better without cryptocurrencies

Bank of England flirts with offline digital dosh

Is Washington losing its grip on crypto, or is it a calculated pivot to digital dominance?

NARROWER TOPICS

NARROWER TOPICS

FCC stands up Council on National Security to fight China in ways that CISA used to

Crypto takes a dip as Trump signs Bitcoin Reserve order

FBI officially fingers North Korea for $1.5B Bybit crypto-burglary

Bybit declares war on North Korea's Lazarus crime-ring to regain $1.5B stolen from wallet

Two arrested after pensioner scammed out of six-figure crypto nest egg

Indian authorities seize loot from collapsed BitConnect crypto scam

Twin Google flaws allowed researcher to get from YouTube ID to Gmail address in a few easy steps

Man who binned 7,500 Bitcoin drive now wants to buy entire landfill to dig it up

US accuses Canadian math prodigy of $65M crypto scheme

DARPA asking for ideas on automating money laundering detection

CDNs: Great for speeding up the internet, bad for location privacy

Trump's freshly minted meme coin passes $10B market cap

Crypto klepto North Korea stole $659M over just 5 heists last year

Pastor's divine 'dream' crypto scheme indicted by Uncle Sam

Telemetry data from 800K VW Group EVs exposed online

Solana blockchain's popular web3.js npm package backdoored to steal keys, funds

Binance accused of tax evasion by India's finance department

Interpol nabs thousands, seizes millions in global cybercrime-busting op

Cryptocurrency policy under Trump: Lots of promises, few concrete plans

Five Scattered Spider suspects indicted for phishing spree and crypto heists

Bitfinex burglar bags 5 years behind bars for Bitcoin heist

LottieFiles supply chain attack exposes users to malicious crypto wallet drainer

'Newport would look like Dubai' if guy could dumpster dive for lost Bitcoin drive

FBI created a cryptocurrency so it could watch it being abused

Bitcoin creator suspect says he is not Bitcoin creator suspect

Asian crime gangs are growing – fast – thanks to AI and other tech

FBI claims corrupt LA cops helped crypto CEO's cash grab

Binance claims it helped to bust Chinese crypto scam app in India

Victims lose $70K to one single wallet-draining app on Google's Play Store

US indicts two over socially engineered $230M+ crypto heist

Prison just got rougher as band of heinously violent cybercrims sentenced to lengthy stints

Cambodian senator sanctioned by US over alleged forced labor cyber-scam camps

Crypto boss finds fraud trial a serious pain in the neck

Unicoin hints at potential data meddling after G-Suite compromise

Billion-dollar bust as international op shutters Cryptonator wallet

India migrates 25,000 small lenders to ERP in just five months

North Korea likely behind takedown of Indian crypto exchange WazirX

Craig Wright admits he isn't the inventor of Bitcoin after High Court judgment in UK

Infoseccers claim Squarespace migration linked to DNS hijackings at Web3 firms

A decade after collapsing, crypto exchange Mt Gox repays some investors

US convicts crypto-robbing gang leader who kidnapped victims before draining their accounts

Crypto scammers circle back, pose as lawyers, steal an extra $10M in truly devious plan

Crypto exchange Kraken accuses blockchain security outfit CertiK of extortion

Crypto-failure Terraform Labs to cough up $4.5B, liquidate self

7-year-old Oracle WebLogic bug under active exploitation

FTX's $24B tax bill written down to just $200M

Alleged $100M dark-web drug kingpin, 23, arrested

How two brothers allegedly swiped $25M in a 12-second Ethereum heist

Oklahoma saddles up bill of rights for crypto wranglers and miners

A Chinese crypto farm next to a nuclear missile base? Not on my watch, says Biden

Two cuffed in Samourai Wallet crypto dirty money sting

Crypto conferences liquidated after biblical flooding in Dubai

Alleged cryptojacker accused of stealing $3.5M from cloud to mine under $1M in crypto

Google sues app devs, claims they're Play Store crypto scammers with 100k+ victims

Software engineer helped put Sam Bankman-Fried behind bars, say prosecutors

Singapore expands regulations for digital payment token service providers

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