TL;DR Chainalysis says cyber attackers are increasingly storing malware instructions on public blockchains. It calls the technique “Blockchain Dead Drops.” The blockchain itself is not compromised; attackers are using its public, persistent data layer. Cybercriminals […]
Summary Cyber threat actors are using public blockchains to hide malware instructions on blockchains, making it nearly impossible to seize or take down. We call these attack techniques Blockchain Dead Drops (BDD). Our research finds […]
A newly uncovered Android malware strain is using artificial intelligence to take over infected phones and steal banking credentials. Zimperium’s zLabs team says the malware, called RatHat, appears linked to threat actors that appear to […]
Authorities are charging a South Florida man after he allegedly ran a campaign that drained hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of crypto from gamers. Zyaire Dontaevious Zamarion Wilkins, a 21-year-old North Lauderdale resident, is […]
A massive pile of data stolen from millions of people’s devices has just been added to a major breach database. The dataset contains 56 million unique email addresses and 124 million unique passwords across hundreds […]
A banking malware that is “well-camouflaged” and “nearly invisible” to cyber threat detection systems is on the loose in Latin America, according to tech giant IBM. Senior threat researcher Itzhak Chimino says IBM uncovered a […]
A new Android banking trojan is targeting 217 banking and cryptocurrency apps while giving attackers broad control over infected devices. The malware is called Rokarolla and is distributed through malicious websites that disguise it as […]
Dubbed “Access Mining,” TAU’s discovery demonstrates how cryptomining malware has been enhanced to steal system access information for possible sale on the dark web By some estimates, attackers could theoretically pull in $1.6 million annually […]
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