cryptocurrency – Martijn Grooten

When crypto exchanges act like banks, regulators may treat them as such

Martijn — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 09:49:27 +0000

Exchanges aren’t very transparent about their methods, but that in fact most handle such internal transactions exactly how regular banks have worked for centuries.
Read more on Payment Source. (Note: subscription wall.)

XMRig used in new macOS cryptominer

Martijn — Wed, 23 May 2018 09:34:35 +0000

A new piece of cryptocurrency-mining malware on macOS has been found to use the popular XMRig miner.
Read more on Virus Bulletin’s blog.

How cryptocurrency is killing the 'money mule'

Martijn — Fri, 04 May 2018 09:44:35 +0000

A new strain of malware that targets cryptocurrency users — but not users of mainstream payment options like bank accounts — highlights how much the cybercrime game is changing behind the scenes.
Read more on Payment Source. (Note: subscription wall.)

$150k in cryptocurrency stolen through combined BGP-DNS hijack

Martijn — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 09:24:28 +0000

A BGP hijack was used to take over some of Amazon’s DNS infrastructure, which was then used to serve a phishing site to users of the MyEtherWallet service.
Read more on Virus Bulletin’s blog.