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Security consulting giant Kroll disclosed today that a SIM-swapping attack against one of its employees led to the theft of user information for multiple cryptocurrency platforms that are relying on Kroll services in their ongoing bankruptcy proceedings. And there are indications that fraudsters may already be exploiting the stolen data in phishing attacks. Cryptocurrency lender BlockFi and the now-collapsed crypto trading platform FTX each disclosed data breaches this week thanks to a recent SIM-swapping attack targeting an employee of Kroll -- the company handling both firms' bankruptcy restructuring.

Hive tells us a lot about ransomware-as-a-service trends and the best ways to defend against attacks.

Between Monday and Tuesday, the FBI has traced approximately 1580 stolen Bitcoins

The U.S. Justice Department (DoJ) on Wednesday unsealed an indictment against two founders of the now-sanctioned Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixer service, charging them with laundering more than $1 billion in criminal proceeds

Founder Roman Storm cuffed on laundering, sanctions busting charges Two founders of Tornado Cash were formally accused by US prosecutors today of laundering more than $1 billion in criminal proceeds through their cryptocurrency mixer.…

Attacks targeting the now-patched bug have been going on since at least April 2023, security vendor says.

The most recent stolen bitcoin comes just after three major operations occurred in June, with millions stolen in each heist.

Those weapons programs aren't going to fund themselves Lazarus Group, the infamous cryptocurrency thieves backed by North Korea, may try to liquidate a stash of stolen Bitcoin worth more than $40 million, according to the FBI.…

The U.S. Justice Department charged two Tornado Cash founders with helping criminals, including the notorious North Korean Lazarus hacking group, launder over $1 billion worth of stolen cryptocurrency through their decentralized crypto mixing service. [...]

The FBI warned that North Koreans are likely readying to cash out tens of millions worth of stolen cryptocurrency out of hundreds of millions stolen in the last year alone. [...]

A WinRar zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-38831 was actively exploited to install malware when clicking on harmless files in an archive, allowing the hackers to breach online cryptocurrency trading accounts. [...]

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Tuesday warned that threat actors affiliated with North Korea may attempt to cash out stolen cryptocurrency worth more than $40 million

Developers are not the only people who have adopted the agile methodology for their development processes. From 2023-06-15 to 2023-07-11, Permiso Security’s p0 Labs team identified and tracked an attacker developing and deploying eight (8) incremental iterations of their credential harvesting malware while continuing to develop infrastructure for an upcoming (spoiler: now launched) campaign

Titan Global Capital Management to pay $1m to those it advised without admitting fault A New York fintech biz is set to pay $1 million in fines under a US Securities and Exchange Commission order that claims it advertised "annualized" returns on Titan Crypto of up to 2,700 percent, a number based on a "purely hypothetical account."…