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.
Tag Archives: bitcoin
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.
S2 Ep16: BlueKeep, ransomware and sextortion – Naked Security Podcast
BlueKeep’s back, ransomware batters Spain, and yet more sextortion – listen now!
Facebook scam steals famous faces and BBC branding
An email scam from earlier this year has resurfaced on Facebook – don’t fall for it!
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.
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.
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.
Twitter’s new policy bans financial scams
“Oh no! However shall I give away Bitcoin to all my followers?” sobbed a bunch of crooks.
US city balks at paying $5.3 million ransomware demand
The attack quickly encrypted 158 workstations – and would have been worse had it struck later in the working day.
Blackmailed for Bitcoin – exchange rebuffs $3.5m ransom demand
Here’s a story of super-sized digital blackmail aimed at one of the biggest cryptocoin exchanges out there.