Crimes | ForkLog - Part 115

ForkLog 11 04.02.2021

Experts say attacks on Russian government resources aimed at mining have increased

Ransomware encryptors were detected in the infrastructure of Russian medical facilities for the first time, according to Nikolai Murashov, deputy director of the National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents, as reported by TASS.

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ForkLog 9 03.02.2021

US Navy personnel sold the personal data of 9,000 people for bitcoins

A Fresno, California grand jury indicted a California couple on fraud and theft of personal information, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

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ForkLog 11 03.02.2021

Moscow Region residents who stole at least 1 million rubles moved funds into cryptocurrency

Law enforcement detained four residents of the Moscow region suspected of stealing at least 1 million rubles. The proceeds of the crime were transferred into cryptocurrency, according to the Interior Ministry.

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ForkLog 23 02.02.2021

Russia and Ukraine Lead Darknet Cryptocurrency Transaction Volumes

In 2020, the total volume of cryptocurrency payments on the darknet amounted to $1.7 billion. The top three by turnover on the darknet were Russia, the United States and Ukraine.

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ForkLog 17 02.02.2021

California man pleads guilty to laundering $13 million through an unlicensed cryptocurrency exchange

U.S. authorities charged a California resident with running an unlicensed cryptocurrency exchange and money laundering. He pleaded guilty, according to the Department of Justice website.

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ForkLog 11 01.02.2021

Vulnerabilities in Apache, Oracle and Redis servers exploited for Monero mining

The Rocke hacker group attacked a number of unpatched cloud servers using the new Pro-Ocean malware for covert cryptocurrency mining. Palo Alto Networks researchers report this.

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ForkLog 24 01.02.2021

Media: Four DeFi projects on Binance Smart Chain carried out exit scams totalling 54,000 BNB

Four DeFi projects on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) carried out exit scams, siphoning users' funds. This was reported by reporter Colin Wu, citing several investors.

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ForkLog 19 29.01.2021

CipherTrace puts 2020 losses from crypto scams and hacks at $1.9 billion

Losses from crypto-related crimes last year reached $1.9 billion, according to a new CipherTrace report.

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ForkLog 8 29.01.2021

Mari El resident loses over 1 million rubles in cryptocurrency bid

A Volzhsk resident reported to the police the theft of funds she intended to invest in cryptocurrency trading.

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ForkLog 8 28.01.2021

Law enforcement dismantles the ‘world’s most dangerous’ Emotet botnet

With joint efforts by the authorities of the Netherlands, Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Lithuania, Canada and Ukraine, Europol said the Emotet botnet has been dismantled. It was described as the world's most dangerous malware.

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ForkLog 15 28.01.2021

US and Bulgarian authorities report successful operation against NetWalker ransomware

US authorities, together with Bulgarian law enforcement, conducted an operation aimed at disrupting NetWalker ransomware.

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ForkLog 15 27.01.2021

Forum participant in Davos refutes Bitcoin’s suitability for crime

The claim that Bitcoin offers advantages for criminal activity runs counter to the fundamental characteristics of the blockchain technology behind it. This was stated by Glenn Hutchins, co-founder of the Silver Lake investment firm, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Finextra reports.

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