Crimes | ForkLog - Part 132

ForkLog 16 06.10.2020

Covert Monero-mining malware now steals passwords and disables rivals

Unit 42 researchers have uncovered a new variant of cryptojacking malware named Black-T, authored by the hacker group TeamTnT and targeting covert Monero mining.

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ForkLog 12 05.10.2020

Media: Jersey’s ‘money-laundering empire’ helped oligarchs dodge taxes for decades

La Hougue, a Jersey-based trust company registered in the Channel, for decades helped clients dodge taxes and launder large sums, including through forged documents, according to journalists from European Investigative Collaborations (EIC), The Bureau of Investigative Journalism and Open Media.

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ForkLog 18 04.10.2020

KuCoin identifies suspects in $280 million hack

The cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin says it has identified suspects in the recent hack of its platform and the theft of about $280 million.

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ForkLog 24 03.10.2020

KuCoin intends to reimburse 100% of losses to users affected by the hack

The cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin said it would fully reimburse losses to users affected by the September 26 hack in the near future. KuCoin will use funds from the insurance fund created in 2018 to safeguard traders' assets.

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ForkLog 17 02.10.2020

US authorities urge not to pay ransomware operators under the threat of sanctions

The United States Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published guidance for ransomware victims. The agency said that paying ransoms to ransomware operators that are subject to U.S. sanctions would also be considered a sanction violation.

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ForkLog 23 30.09.2020

FinCEN chief warns of risks posed by cryptocurrencies to banks

Kenneth Blanco, the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), urged banks to take seriously the risks associated with cryptocurrencies and to review their AML procedures.

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ForkLog 8 29.09.2020

Owner of Bitcoin Exchange Convicted of Online-Auction Fraud

A federal jury in Frankfort, Kentucky, found the owner of the RG Coins cryptocurrency exchange guilty of a large-scale fraud scheme. Its victims numbered at least 900 Americans, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

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ForkLog 25 29.09.2020

Hacker siphons $15 million from unfinished DeFi project Eminence

From the new DeFi project by Andre Cronje, a hacker siphoned off $15 million, exploiting the ecosystem deployed for testing.

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ForkLog 9 29.09.2020

Ransomware attack hits one of the largest hospital networks in the United States

The American company Universal Health Services (UHS), a Fortune 500-listed provider of medical services, was the victim of a ransomware attack, according to ZDNet.

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ForkLog 24 28.09.2020

Analyst estimates KuCoin hack damage at $280 million

An unknown hacker could have withdrawn from the KuCoin cryptocurrency exchange nearly twice as much as previously estimated. The Block analyst Larry Cermak reached this conclusion.

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ForkLog 27 28.09.2020

Estonian authorities uncover crypto scammers among e-Residency participants

Estonian police suspect participants in the e-residency programme of involvement in cryptocurrency fraud, Bloomberg reports citing a report from the Financial Intelligence Unit.

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ForkLog 11 28.09.2020

REvil ransomware crew posts more than $1 million in Bitcoin on hacker forum

The hacker group behind the spread of the REvil (Sodinokibi) ransomware on a Russian-language hacker forum announced it was seeking teams or specialists for penetration testing. It also posted a deposit of 99 BTC (more than $1 million at the time of writing). According to Bleeping Computer.

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