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Army's YouTube and Twitter accounts hacked

The British Army says it is investigating after videos and posts for cryptocurrency appeared on its accounts.

Americans report losing over $1 billion to cryptocurrency scams

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says over 46,000 people Americans have reported losing more than $1 billion worth of cryptocurrency to scams between January 2021 and March 2022.

Ferrari subdomain hijacked to push fake Ferrari NFT collection

One of Ferrari's subdomains was hijacked yesterday to host a scam promoting fake Ferrari NFT collection, according to researchers. The Ethereum wallet associated with the cryptocurrency scam appears to have collected a few hundred dollars before the hacked subdomain was shut down.

New BHUNT Password Stealer Malware Targeting Cryptocurrency Wallets

A new malware gaining access to cryptocurrency wallets by exfiltrating content, passwords stored in the browser, and passphrases captured from the cli

Hackers rob thousands of Coinbase customers using MFA flaw

Crypto exchange Coinbase disclosed that a threat actor stole cryptocurrency from 6,000 customers after using a vulnerability to bypass the company's SMS multi-factor authentication security feature.

Coinbase seeds panic among users with erroneous 2FA change alerts

Coinbase, the world's second largest cryptocurrency exchange with approximately 68 million users from over 100 countries, has scared a significant amount of its users with erroneous 2FA warnings.

Crackonosh: How hackers are using gamers to become crypto-rich

Crackonosh malware, which mines for cryptocurrency, is being hidden in free versions of popular games.

Norton 360 antivirus now lets you mine Ethereum cryptocurrency

NortonLifelock has added the ability to mine Ethereum cryptocurrency directly within its Norton 360 antivirus program as a way to "protect" users from malicious mining software.

Mac Cryptocurrency Traders Targeted by Trojanized Apps

Four trojanized cryptocurrency trading apps have been found spreading malware that drains cryptocurrency wallets and collects Mac users' browsing data.

Cerberus Malware Emerged On Play Store As Cryptocurrency Converter

Cerberus malware, the banking trojan, recently appeared on Play Store targeting Spanish users by mimicking a Spanish cryptocurrency converter app.

Don't Open That 'Winky Face' Email

A highly successful email spam campaign is infecting computers with ransomware and other malware like cryptocurrency miners and botnet software that can send spam messages from your accounts without you noticing.

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