hacking

216 Articles 0 Followers


Warning - Metamask malicious Chrome extension

3 Dec 2020 1 minute read 5 comments Heruvim78

On November 28, Diegomazo.eth Twitter user found a suspicious Metamask Chrome extension (see tweet bellow): Despite tagging Metamask on their twitter account, there was no reply. Few days later CypherTrace alerted Metamask team and tried to take out...

Intel in Denial of the Latest SGX Secure Enclave Vulnerability

19 Nov 2020 1 minute read 8 comments Matthew Rosenquist

Another vulnerability and exploit named VoltPillager has been published for Intel Corporation's SGX security technology.  The attack itself is simply a hardware version of a previously discovered PlunderVolt software vulnerability where voltage to t...

Warning - Bitcoin SV vulnerability making your wallet prone to hacking

10 Nov 2020 1 minute read 3 comments Heruvim78

Bitcoin SV (BSV) is a fork from Bitcoin Cash (BCH), aiming to create a version of Bitcoin much faster, oriented towards online payments. But, in order to achieve the much needed speed, they eliminated some of the key features of the Bitcoin. In doin...

U.S. Dept of Justice seizes $1 billion in Bitcoin

9 Nov 2020 1 minute read 11 comments Matthew Rosenquist

Bad news for cryptocurrency criminals! Cryptocurrency watchers were stunned when they recently saw a billion dollars of Bitcoin being moved from a very old account that has been inactive for years. The mystery was solved as the U.S. Dept of Justice...

Bahamas new digital currency will be the next testbed for innovative cybercrime attacks

30 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist

The government’s Central Bank of the Bahamas has released the world’s first Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) - the “SAND DOLLAR”. This is attracting the interest of cybercriminals as well as security professionals.  As national currencies transf...

Harvest finance hack - case analysis

26 Oct 2020 3 minute read 3 comments Heruvim78

I am keeping an eye at FARM and Harvest Finance Project. And this morning i've seen this: So, i was like, hacker?!? Yes, apparently Harvest Finance was hacked using the Curve y pool, and, to quote them, this was the strategy used: ''Like other arbi...

The NSA knows something you don't

23 Oct 2020 1 minute read 8 comments Matthew Rosenquist

The U.S. National Security Agency knows which vulnerabilities China backed hackers are exploiting the most to gain access to sensitive data. The Chinese state-sponsored information gathering engine is a vacuum when it comes to acquiring information...

Charges Against Russian Nation-State Hackers Sends a Message

22 Oct 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Matthew Rosenquist

The U.S. Department of Justice filed charges against six Russian agents, identified as members of the APT group known as Sandworm.  The unsealed documents reveal that the six suspects are all current or have former ties to the Russian foreign intell...

Cyber Threats Enhance Phishing with AI and Worm Functions for Rapid Disruption

20 Oct 2020 1 minute read 4 comments Matthew Rosenquist

New phishing malware leverages Artificial Intelligence and worm functionality to rapidly spread to contacts of victims.  By leveraging previously established relationships the malware can bypass technical controls and easily fool new targets into be...

Sophisticated Andriod Ransomware MalLocker With New String

10 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments NRWRecords

  Cybersecurity researchers at Microsoft have detected a risky new string of MalLocker, an ever-changing Smartphone ransomware descent that has swamped in the wild ever since least 2014.   The new version is notably designed to cover the ransom dema...