US and German police have taken down ChipMixer, a darknet cryptocurrency “mixing” service responsible for laundering more than $3 billion worth of cryptocurrency from ransomware, fraud, and sales of illicit goods and services. ChipMixer was one of the most widely used...
In its latest Patch Tuesday bundle of security fixes, Microsoft has patched a security flaw that was being used by the Magniber cybercrime gang to help them infect computers with ransomware. On Tuesday, Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) shared its investigation...
Digital footprints, ranging from the information users wittingly share online to less conspicuous details, continue to expand as we advance further into the digital era. With every new stroke of the keyboard, online purchase, video streaming, or social media post, our...
A well-known RuneScape player in the MMO's gaming community found himself locked out of all accounts, and the user name changed to 'SamePwEvrywr.' Such events rarely come to the surface, even though account takeovers occur every day, usually involving gaming or social...
The FBI has issued a public service announcement warning Americans that crypto scams are on the rise, inflicting more than $2 billion in losses in 2022. Cryptocurrency investment schemes, colloquially known as pig-butchering...