Fake MetaMask App That Hijacks Ethereum dApps Removed By Google
Google, at the start of the month, removed yet another malware app used by hackers to steal cryptocurrencies. Experts at IT security firm, Eset tipped off the company to the presence...
US Gov’t Sanctions First Bitcoin Addresses
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has taken action against two Iranian ransomware “facilitators.” The actions include publishing the perp’s...
Malwarebytes Forum User Discovers a Crypto Tracker App That Secretly...
An astute Malwarebytes forums user recently noticed that a crypto price tracker application, called CoinTicker, covertly installed backdoors in Mac computers. A recent blog post from...
Adobe Flash Player Updates Could Contain Crypto Malware
Palo Alto Networks warned this week that fake Adobe Flash Player updates carrying cryptocurrency mining malware are on the increase. In its latest blog post, the cybersecurity company...
Controversial Malware Targets MacOS Users Through Slack and Discord
Security researchers have revealed that a controversial malware is targeting MacOS users talking about cryptocurrencies on Slack and Discord. “Dumb” MacOS Attack The...
2.3 Million Cryptocurrency Addresses Monitored by Clipboard Hijacking...
CryptoCurrency Clipboard Hijackers — malware which replaces cryptocurrency wallet addresses with attacker’s addresses via Windows’ copy and paste mechanism — are not...
Syscoin Hacked, Malware Inserted into GitHub Account
Syscoin, an instant payment cryptocurrency, has fallen victim to a malware attack after a hacker reportedly inserted a tainted Syscoin Windows client into the project’s GitHub...
New Malware Uses Chrome Extensions for Crypto Mining
Researchers were able to detect malicious Chrome extensions that could be used for secret cryptocurrency mining. Hackers Targeting Cryptocurrency Users With the recent rise of digital...
Warning: This Wallet App is Stealing Bitcoin
Electrum, the popular Bitcoin wallet, has released proof that a copycat wallet is stealing users’ bitcoins. According to Electrum, the malicious knockoff, Electrum Pro, is designed...
Cryptocurrency Malware ComboJack Targets Clipboard Data –...
Malware identified by Palo Alto Networks targets data held on user clipboards from cut, copy and paste actions. ComboJack is a trojan able to replace unsuspecting user’s wallet data...
Bitcoin Cash Gaining Acceptance in Ransomware Community
Bitcoin Cash has started to gain more acceptance – at least, in the field of ransomware. Fork Over Your Bitcoin… Cash Security researcher MalwareHunterTeam has recently...
Government Websites Attacked by Mining Malware
Reports of mining malware infestations are an almost weekly occurrence now. With cryptocurrency mining becoming more lucrative than ransomware, hackers are upping their game and...