June 09, 2020

Kingminer escalates attack complexity for cryptomining

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April 01, 2020

QR code generator scam steals thousands in Bitcoin

Every once in a while an attack comes along that is so simple to set up, and yet so effective, that it makes your jaw drop. Here's one.

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February 17, 2020

Police bust alleged operator of Bitcoin mixing service Helix

The Ohio man is charged with running a Bitcoin mixer to launder over $300m—now worth $3.6b—on behalf of Dark Net crooks trying to hide out.

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November 07, 2019

S2 Ep16: BlueKeep, ransomware and sextortion – Naked Security Podcast

BlueKeep's back, ransomware batters Spain, and yet more sextortion - listen now!

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November 07, 2019

Facebook scam steals famous faces and BBC branding

An email scam from earlier this year has resurfaced on Facebook - don't fall for it!

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October 30, 2019

Sextortion scammers are hijacking blogs – and victims are paying up

Sextortion scammers have started hijacking poorly managed or defunct blogs to expand an increasingly profitable business.

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October 28, 2019

Crypto Capital boss arrested over money laundering

Bitfinex says the payment processor has $880M of the cryptocurrency exchange's “lost” funds. Polish authorities seized $390m of it.

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October 18, 2019

Bitcoin money trail leads cops to ‘world’s largest’ child abuse site

The Darknet server running the site, "Welcome to Video", and the website's convicted admin were tracked down by a global police force.

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September 25, 2019

Twitter’s new policy bans financial scams

“Oh no! However shall I give away Bitcoin to all my followers?” sobbed a bunch of crooks.

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