‘Sophisticated’ cyber criminals attack Australia networks
Australia has been the target of ‘sophisticated state-based cyber actor’ that targeted government, industrial and health systems using a cryptojacking exploit.
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Blue Mockingbird malware processes Monero from enterprise systems
A group of hackers known as Blue Mockingbird has been targeting enterprise systems and infecting them with Monero-mining malware without their knowledge.
Hacker behind largest-ever data heist arrested in Ukraine
Ukrainian authorities have arrested a man they accuse of being behind the largest data heist ever, leaking emails, password and digital currency wallet info.
Hackers take over supercomputers in Europe to process Monero: report
The past week has seen several supercomputers in Europe hacked to mine Monero, including research institutions in Spain, the U.K., Switzerland and Germany.
Crex24 exchange hack sparks row with angry users
Crex24 was hacked recently, with the hackers mostly stealing HTMLcoin. The exchange denied the hack first, accepted it later, but the stolen amount is unknown
Maltese crypto investment fund hacked, data for 260K users exposed
Trident Crypto Fund was reportedly hacked by unknown criminals who exposed data belonging to 266,000 users, including passwords, phone numbers and IP addresses
Outlaw Monero hacking group returns with updated tools
The Outlaw hacking group has resurfaced, this time expanding beyond China to target American and European businesses with new and advanced hacking tools.
Weekly update: Important developments in cryptocurrency space Dec 14, 2019
We’re just a couple of weeks away from the start of a fresh year, and fresh opportunities for the cryptocurrency world to grow.
1.4 million GateHub crypto wallet passwords dumped online
The GateHub data includes emails, passwords, 2FA keys and wallet hashes for over 1.4 million users.
Blockchain and cybersecurity: How the two are a perfect match
Blockchain is disrupting cybersecurity through decentralized storage, secure messaging, mitigating DDoS attacks and more.
We shall not pay the ransom, Johannesburg tells hackers
While it admits that it has been adversely affected, Joburg insists that it shall not comply with the demands made by the hackers.
Hackers take over Johannesburg’s systems, demand ransom in BTC
Joburg is under attack from hackers who claim to have sensitive information and will release it if their ransom demands aren’t met.