ESET specialists discovered the KryptoCibule malware, which has been active since 2018 and steals cryptocurrency from Windows users in the Czech Republic and Slovakia (these countries accounted for 85% of infections). KryptoCibule has three main functions and is capable of: installing cryptocurrency miners on victims’ systems (CPU and GPU miners are used to mine Monero… Continue reading KryptoCibule malware steals cryptocurrency from Windows users
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Ukrainian cyber police in cooperation with Binance detained operators of 20 cryptocurrency exchangers
Since January 2020, the Ukrainian cyber police began cooperating with one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance. The fact is that exchange experts often detect transactions that potentially are related to financial crimes and fraud, and in order to find and punish those responsible, they need the help of law enforcement agencies. For this,… Continue reading Ukrainian cyber police in cooperation with Binance detained operators of 20 cryptocurrency exchangers
NightLion hacker claims to have hacked DataViper information security company
A hacker, hiding under the pseudonym NightLion, claims that has exploded the service for monitoring and aggregating leaks DataViper and has already put on sale over 8 thousand company databases on the darknet. Specialists often scan hacker forums, insert sites and other sources in search of data, stolen from various companies. Such information is usually… Continue reading NightLion hacker claims to have hacked DataViper information security company
Analysts say that over 5 billion unique credentials can be found on the black market
Analysts at Digital Shadows have estimated that there are currently more than 15 billion stolen logins and passwords, including more than 5 billion unique credentials, on the black market (hacker forums, underground marketplaces, paste sites, file sharing, and so on). For more than a year, the company has been collecting data from the abovementioned sources,… Continue reading Analysts say that over 5 billion unique credentials can be found on the black market
Hacker forums show growing demand for credentials from YouTube channels
IntSights experts found that recently in the darknet there increased interest YouTube Channel Credentials, and also, as a “side effect”, this stimulates data verification activities. On hacker forums and sites that sale credentials, you can find more and more offers of this kind. It should be noted that cybercriminals for a long time were interested… Continue reading Hacker forums show growing demand for credentials from YouTube channels
Experts confirm data leak of 26 million LiveJournal users
In mid-May 2020, in the Telegram channel of the head of DeviceLock company Ashot Hovhannisyan appeared information on data leak of 33.7 million LiveJournal users. Now, experts have confirmed a data leak of 26 million users. It was reported that the detected text file contains 33,726,800 lines, among which you can find user IDs, email… Continue reading Experts confirm data leak of 26 million LiveJournal users