Iran Devises Way to Convert Oil to Bitcoin

Iran Devises Way to Convert Oil to Bitcoin

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Report: Oil Provides Electricity for Cryptomining Servers Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • May 25, 2021     Iran is using its abundance of oil to generate electricity that powers a massive bitcoin cryptomining operation that enables the country to turn its greatest natural resource…

The Rise of Hydra Dark Web Marketplace and Its Cryptocurrency Ecosystem

The Rise of Hydra Dark Web Marketplace and Its Cryptocurrency Ecosystem

According to new research published by Flashpoint analysts, Hydra marketplace has revealed increasing transaction volumes and a booming cryptocurrency ecosystem. The Russian dark web marketplace, mainly known for its illicit, high-traffic narcotics market, is now conducting illegal sales of stolen credit cards, SIM cards, counterfeit documents, and IDs, as well as covering its own digital…

Critical RCE Vulnerability Found in VMware vCenter Server — Patch Now!

Critical RCE Vulnerability Found in VMware vCenter Server — Patch Now!

VMware has rolled out patches to address a critical security vulnerability in vCenter Server that could be leveraged by an adversary to execute arbitrary code on the server. Tracked as CVE-2021-21985 (CVSS score 9.8), the issue stems from a lack of input validation in the Virtual SAN (vSAN) Health Check plug-in, which is enabled by…

Russia Profiting from Massive Hydra Cybercrime …

Russia Profiting from Massive Hydra Cybercrime …

An analysis of Bitcoin transactions from the Hydra marketplace show that the operators are locking sellers into Russian exchanges, likely fueling profits for local actors. Sales on a Russian-language Dark Web marketplace known as Hydra have skyrocketed in the past four years—with more than $1.4 billion in transactions in 2020, up from less than $10…

A Survey of Bluetooth Vulnerabilities Trends, (Wed, May 26th)

A Survey of Bluetooth Vulnerabilities Trends, (Wed, May 26th)

A Survey of Bluetooth Vulnerabilities Trends, (Wed, May 26th) | IT Security News SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green 26. May 2021 This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green As usage of fitness trackers, wireless headsets and smart home devices become increasingly popular in our daily lives, a growing reliance…

OnePlus Co-Founder Carl Pei Targeted in Twitter Hack

OnePlus Co-Founder Carl Pei Targeted in Twitter Hack

Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management , Social Media Account Used to Attempt Cryptocurrency Fraud Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • May 25, 2021     (Source: Tom Raftery via Flickr/CC) Carl Pei, co-founder of OnePlus, a smartphone company, said Tuesday that his Twitter account had been compromised via a third-party app called IFTTT and…

Apple fixes three zero-days, one abused by XCSSET macOS malware

Apple fixes three zero-days, one abused by XCSSET macOS malware

Apple has released security updates to patch three macOS and tvOS zero-day vulnerabilities attackers exploited in the wild, with the former being abused by the XCSSET malware to bypass macOS privacy protections. In all three cases, Apple said that it is aware of reports that the security issues “may have been actively exploited,” but it…

7 уязвимостей Bluetooth позволяют изображать легитимное устройство

7 уязвимостей Bluetooth позволяют изображать легитимное устройство

В спецификациях Bluetooth Core и Mesh Profile выявили уязвимости, позволяющие злоумышленникам выдавать себя за легитимное устройство при создании пары. За счёт эксплуатации обнаруженных брешей киберпреступники могут запустить атаки вида «Человек посередине» (man-in-the-middle, MitM).

CNA Financial Paid Hackers $40 Million in Ransom After Cyberattack

CNA Financial Paid Hackers $40 Million in Ransom After Cyberattack

CNA Financial, one of the largest insurance companies in the US, reportedly paid hackers $40 million after a ransomware attack blocked access to the company’s network and stole its data, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Kartikay Mehrotra and William Turton.  CNA first announced the hack in late March, stating that it had seen a…