Twitter alarms users with messages that resembled phishing emails
Written by Tim Starks Apr 23, 2021 |...
A botnet named after Prometheus is also exploiting Exchange Server flaws
Written by Sean Lyngaas Apr 22, 2021 |...
Unpatched Microsoft Exchange Servers hit with cryptojacking
Written by Shannon Vavra Apr 14, 2021 |...
SEC issues first ever charges over phoney ‘insider information’ on darknet
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has announced charges against California resident James Roland Jones in the first-ever enforcement action from the commission to target securities fraud on the...
Twitter hacker pleads guilty, sentenced to 3 years
Written by Sean Lyngaas Mar 16, 2021 |...
Crypto criminals got away with $5B less in 2020 as scam revenue falls
Revenue from crypto-related crime dropped by more than half in 2020 according to Chainalysis’ annual report on the subject.Cybercriminals netted around $5 billion less than the $10 billion plus...
SIM-swapping gang busted for targeting ‘influencers, sports stars, musicians’
Written by Joe Warminsky Feb 10, 2021 |...
Darknet market link provider claims its Bitcoin donors’ accounts were frozen
The administrator of dark.fail, a website providing verified links to darknet markets, claims that exchanges are unfairly closing accounts donating Bitcoin to the service after implementing a Chainalysis transaction...
NetWalker ransomware investigation yields arrest, big cryptocurrency seizure
Written by Tim Starks Jan 27, 2021 |...
FBI to reform virtual currency practices following DoJ recommendations
A recently released U.S. Department of Justice audit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) practices in regards to darknet criminal investigations concluded that the law enforcement agency is...
