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

20 Oct 2020 1 minute read 4 comments Matthew Rosenquist $2.32

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 $0.24

  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...

Cybersecurity Bulletin: IRS offers $1.25 million to crack privacy-focused crypto Monero

2 Oct 2020 3 minute read 0 comments FKlivestolearn $1.93

Other online breaches last month included the major U.S hospital chain & a well-known Crypto exchange It was only a few weeks ago that CipherTrace — a leading cryptocurrency intelligence company announced that it had developed forensic tools for the...

EC-Council Free Online Event for Cybersecurity Skills Development

13 Sep 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist $1.12

EC-Council is announcing the #TheNextBigThingInCyber skills development in a free online event on Sept 16th 9:30am EST.  EC-Council's CEO, Jay Bavisi will discuss what it means to Humanize firewalls, build a new era of ethical hackers, empower cyber...

Hackers attacked Tor users to steal bitcoins

12 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Danyakot $0.30

An unknown hacker group used the Tor network to attack users of cryptocurrency sites. This is reported by the security researcher Nusenu. Attackers took control of a significant share of the output nodes of the Tor network — by may 2020, they control...

Hackers broke into Canon's servers and demanded a ransom in cryptocurrency

6 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Danyakot $0.10

Criminals have encrypted data, photographs and other important documents of the users of the Corporation. Hackers threaten to publish information to the network if the money is not paid within a week. Canon Corporation was attacked by hackers belongi...

DeFi-platform Opyn lost $371 000 as a result of hacking

5 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Danyakot $0.01

Hackers withdrew about $371,000 of user funds from the Opyn DeFi platform, exploiting a vulnerability in the otokens project's internal оtoken. Hackers carried out a double-spending attack on Ethereum put options, gaining access to the collateral of...

PSA: Don't Be Like This Person! How to Secure Your Crypto!

4 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments cryptoforcanadians $2.18

I'm keeping this post short as it's more of a public service announcement. I recently came across a post on Reddit about how someone had lost 1.6 BTC. After learning about how the person had lost the BTC, I immediately knew that I had to write a post...

Chain analysis: 900,000 bitcoins linked to illegal activity

30 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Danyakot $0.03

The service for tracking transactions on the blockchain reported that almost $10 billion in cryptocurrency is stored on the wallets of criminals who steal digital money or use it to sell other people's personal data and prohibited substances The numb...

Twitter hackers employing ‘peel chains’ to launder the Bitcoin bounty

23 Jul 2020 2 minute read 0 comments FKlivestolearn $0.17

They have been using the technique to move the laundered BTC to Peer-to-Peer (P2P) and Gambling Platforms More details have now emerged on the Cybersecurity incident that happened last week when social media giant Twitter saw Bitcoin (BTC) scammers h...