On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the indictments of Russian citizens Roman Vitalyevich Ostapenko, Alexander Evgenievich Oleynik, and Anton Vyachlavovich Tarasov, accusing them of operating services that helped criminals launder cryptocurrency. The three…
A venture capitalist, a recruiter from a big company, and a newly hired remote IT worker might not seem to have much in common, but all have been caught as imposters secretly working for the…
The U.S. government announced charges against five individuals accused of carrying out a multi-year hacking spree targeting tech giants and cryptocurrency owners, which security researchers dubbed 0ktapus. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice published…
The ransomware industry is thriving, not losing. Despite various law enforcement wins against ransomware actors, like the sweeping takedown of LockBit and the seizure of Radar, hackers continue to reap the rewards of these data-theft…
Remember Flappy Bird? You know, that mobile game that became an overnight sensation for its simple-yet-frustrating setup, and disappeared almost as quickly? I was never a fan, but I found myself fascinated by the original…
Getty Images Researchers have discovered more than 280 malicious apps for Android that use optical character recognition to steal cryptocurrency wallet credentials from infected devices. The apps masquerade as official ones from banks, government services,…
A North Korean hacking group earlier in August exploited a previously unknown bug in Chrome to target organizations with the goal of stealing cryptocurrency, according to Microsoft. In a report published on Friday, the tech…
Japanese crypto exchange DMM Bitcoin confirmed on Friday that it had been victim of a hack resulting in the theft of 4,502.9 bitcoin, or about $305 million. According to crypto security firm Elliptic, this is…
Ahmed Shakeeb, a cybersecurity engineer convicted of stealing around $12 million in crypto, was sentenced on Friday to three years in prison. In a press release, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New…
On Tuesday, hackers stole around $112 million of the Ripple-focused cryptocurrency XRP from a crypto wallet, Ripple’s co-founder and executive chairman has disclosed. Ripple’s Chris Larsen said on Wednesday that the stolen crypto was his.…