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FBI Warns of Increased Use of Cryptocurrency ATMs, QR codes for Fraud The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns that victims of various fraud schemes are increasingly asked by criminals to use cryptocurrency ATMs and Quick Response (QR) codes, making it harder to recover their financial losses. The warning was published as a public service
Crypto Investors Lose $500,000 to Google Ads Pushing Fake Wallets Threat actors are using advertisements in Google Search to promote fake cryptocurrency wallets and DEX platforms to steal user’s cryptocurrency. These advertisements promote sites that install fake Phantom and MetaMask wallets used for Solana and Ethereum, and fake decentralized exchange (DEX) platforms, such as PancakeSwap
Alleged Twitter Hacker Charged With Theft of $784K in Crypto via SIM Swaps The US Department of Justice has indicted a suspected Twitter hacker known as ‘PlugWalkJoe’ for also stealing $784,000 worth of cryptocurrency using SIM swap attacks. SIM swap attacks are when threat actors take control of targets’ phone numbers by porting them to their
DarkSide Ransomware Rushes To Cash Out $7 Million in Bitcoin Almost $7 million worth of Bitcoin in a wallet controlled by DarkSide ransomware operators has been moved in what looks like a money laundering rollercoaster. The funds have been moving to multiple new wallets since yesterday, a smaller amount being transferred with each transaction to