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49 malicious Chrome extensions caught pickpocketing crypto wallets

They were posing as crypto wallets in order to rip off users’ private keys and mnemonic phrases and drain real wallets. Google’s yanked them.

And no, Microsoft said, none of our verified accounts have been hijacked, vehemently denying early reports.

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.

Cryptojacking may not be entirely gone following the shutdown of notorious cryptomining service Coinhive – but it’s drastically diminished.

Ledger has warned users about a rogue Chrome extension that duped users into giving up the keys to their hardware crypto wallets.

Popular cryptocurrency IOTA has temporarily shut down its entire network after a hacker stole funds from ten of its highest-value users.

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.

Organizations were attacked for employees’ data, including names, addresses and birthdates used to set up hundreds of bank accounts.

Yes, there was a breach. But it’s an old one that the crooks are trying to use again.