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How Cryptocurrency Turns to Cash in Russian Banks

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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 21:38:48 +0000

A financial firm registered in Canada has emerged as the payment processor for dozens of Russian cryptocurrency exchanges and websites hawking cybercrime services aimed at Russian-speaking customers, new research finds. Meanwhile, an investigation into the Vancouver street address used by this company shows it is home to dozens of foreign currency dealers, money transfer businesses, and cryptocurrency exchanges — none of which are physically located there.

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Independent Krebs Security 

Battle with Bots Prompts Mass Purge of Amazon, Apple Employee Accounts on LinkedIn

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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 17:07:34 +0000

On October 10, 2022, there were 576,562 LinkedIn accounts that listed their current employer as Apple Inc. The next day, half of those profiles no longer existed. A similarly dramatic drop in the number of LinkedIn profiles claiming employment at Amazon comes as LinkedIn is struggling to combat a significant uptick in the creation of fake employee accounts that pair AI-generated profile photos with text lifted from legitimate users.

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MalwareBytes Security 

A week in security (August 22 – August 28)

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Categories: News

Tags: cryptojackers

Tags: CISA

Tags: Reddit

Tags: social engineering

Tags: Google

Tags: PLex

Tags: Hikvision

Tags: patch management

Tags: ChromeOS

Tags: Twitter

Tags: Binance

Tags: Gitlab

Tags: TrickBot

Tags: LastPass

The important security news of this week

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The post A week in security (August 22 – August 28) appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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MalwareBytes Security 

Binance chief says a “sophisticated hacking team” turned him into a deepfake hologram

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Categories: News

Tags: Deepfake

Tags: fake

Tags: binance

Tags: cryptocurrency

Tags: Linkedin

Tags: scam

Tags: Zoom

Tags: meeting

Tags: call

Tags: fake

We take a look at reports of a Deepfake hologram getting up to no good in bogus cryptocurrency Zoom calls.

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The post Binance chief says a “sophisticated hacking team” turned him into a deepfake hologram appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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MalwareBytes Security 

Airdrop phishing: what is it, and how is my cryptocurrency at risk?

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Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 03 May 2022 13:16:23 +0000

We take a look at the popular tactics used in Airdrop phishing to steal access to cryptocurrency users’ digital finances.

The post Airdrop phishing: what is it, and how is my cryptocurrency at risk? appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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BitCoin Blokt Currency Digital News Science Technology 

Elrond Network Sees Huge 50x Gains Amid Binance Decentralized Exchange Listing

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Credit to Author: Elliot Hill| Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2019 09:39:28 +0000

The Binance decentralized exchange, commonly abbreviated to Binance DEX, has listed over 30 new projects since its launch earlier this year, with the Binance Chain becoming an incredibly popular network on which to list tokens. Binance’s DEX, established in March 2019, is one of the most successful decentralized exchanges to date, frequently topping the charts […]

Elrond Network Sees Huge 50x Gains Amid Binance Decentralized Exchange Listing was originally found on Cryptocurrency News | Tech, Privacy, Bitcoin & Blockchain | Blokt.

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