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Discord Malware Campaign Targets Crypto and NFT Communities A new malware campaign on Discord uses the Babadeda crypter to hide malware that targets the crypto, NFT, and DeFi communities. Babadeda is a crypter used to encrypt and obfuscate malicious payloads in what appear to be harmless application installers or programs. Starting in May 2021, threat
Victims of $2 Billion BitConnect Fraud to Get back $57 million U.S. law enforcement authorities will start liquidating roughly $57 million worth of cryptocurrency seized from the now-defunct BitConnect crypto exchange to provide some restitution to defrauded investors. The amount pales compared to the $2 billion that BitConnect admins swindled from American and foreign investors during its
These are the Cryptomixers Hackers Use to Clean their Ransoms Cryptomixers have always been at the epicenter of cybercrime activity, allowing hackers to “clean” cryptocurrency stolen from victims and making it hard for law enforcement to track them. When threat actors steal cryptocurrency or receive it as a ransom payment, law enforcement or researchers can
US Sanctions Chatex Cryptoexchange Used by Ransomware Gangs The US Treasury Department announced today sanctions against the Chatex cryptocurrency exchange for helping ransomware gangs evade sanctions and facilitating ransom transactions. The Treasury also sanctioned the Russian-linked Suex crypto exchange in September for helping at least eight ransomware groups, with over 40% of its known transaction linked to