Written by Tonya Riley Nov 23, 2021 | CYBERSCOOP When the Shiba Inu token, a meme-based virtual currency, hit its highest all-time value in October, it didn’t take long for…
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Google details cookie stealer malware campaign targeting YouTubers
Google attributed the malware campaign to a group of attackers recruited via a Russian-language hacker forum. Google has disclosed details of a new campaign involving phishing attacks launched against YouTube…
Google disrupts massive phishing and malware campaign
Google has blocked 1.6 million phishing emails since May 2021 that were part of a malware campaign to hijack YouTube accounts and promote cryptocurrency scams. According to Google’s Threat Analysis…
Google Crushes YouTube Cookie-Stealing Channel Hijackers
Google has caught and brushed off a bunch of cookie-stealing YouTube channel hijackers who were running cryptocurrency scams on, or auctioning off, ripped-off channels. Google has caught and brushed off…
Hackers Exploit OpenSea Bug to Perform Crypto Wallets Theft
The OpenSea NFT platform could be a new target in the hands of hackers. As per a new discovery, cybercriminals use malicious NFT art as bait, thus determining users to…
Romance scammers exploit Apple's developer program to spread fake cryptocurrency apps
Written by Tonya Riley Oct 13, 2021 | CYBERSCOOP Fraudsters are using the promise of love to lure victims into downloading fake cryptocurrency trading apps and then stealing their funds,…
Malicious Safepal Wallet Add-On Goes After Cryptocurrency
The crypto wallets have been lately a continuous target for hackers. Let’s remember the open-source repositories like PyPI and GitHub that were used to distribute malware related to crypto stealing…
Malicious Actors Hijacked Bitcoin.org
Bitcoin.org was hijacked by hackers and got altered in order to push a scam. Bitcoin.org is an information portal for the top cryptocurrency, founded in August 2008 by Bitcoin’s pseudonymous founder Satoshi…