Cyber Security

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the local Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have uncovered a large criminal organization involved in identity fraud and money laundering through cryptocurrencies. This was reported on the ASIC website. According to authorities, fraudsters bought personal data of people on the Internet, and then used them to steal money from retirement […]

Cyber security company Varonis has discovered a new miner virus that stealthily extends Monero cryptocurrency (XMR) on users' devices. The company’s report said that a feature of the miner called Norman is that it is difficult to detect in the system. So, when you open the task manager on a Windows device, the program ends the mining process. Accordingly, after closing the task manager, the miner restarts. […]

As a result, the “sophisticated” DoS attacks against the servers of the popular Electrum Bitcoin Wallet, which have been going on for about a week, have already lost “millions of dollars”. About this with reference to the statement of an unnamed security expert writes The Next Web. Earlier, representatives of Electrum confirmed the fact of the attack, but did not make any statements regarding the possible loss of users. Electrum servers are currently under a DoS attack. […]