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Jun 19, 2024NewsroomCybercrime / Cryptocurrency

A threat actor who goes by alias markopolo has been identified as behind a large-scale cross-platform scam that targets digital currency users on social media with information stealer malware and carries out cryptocurrency theft.

The attack chains involve the use of a purported virtual meeting software named Vortax (and 23 other apps) that are used as a conduit to deliver Rhadamanthys, StealC, and Atomic macOS Stealer (AMOS), Recorded Future’s Insikt Group said in an analysis published this week.

“This campaign, primarily targeting cryptocurrency users, marks a significant rise in macOS security threats and reveals an expansive network of malicious applications,” the cybersecurity company noted, describing markopolo as “agile,…

Ebury, one of the most advanced server-side malware campaigns, has been active for 15 years but its use by threat actors is still growing, according to cybersecurity firm ESET.

A new report published on May 14 by ESET Research showed that operators of the Ebury malware and botnet were more active than ever in 2023.

Over the years, Ebury has been deployed as a backdoor to compromise almost 400,000 Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD servers. More than 100,000 were still compromised as of late 2023.

Long known to deploy spam, web traffic redirections and credential stealing, the Ebury group recently added credit card compromise and cryptocurrency theft in its techniques, tactics and procedures (TTPs).

What is the Ebury Botnet?

Ebury is a malicious group that has been active since…

Ebury, one of the most advanced server-side malware campaigns, has been active for 15 years but its use by threat actors is still growing, according to cybersecurity firm ESET.

A new report published on May 14 by ESET Research showed that operators of the Ebury malware and botnet were more active than ever in 2023.

Over the years, Ebury has been deployed as a backdoor to compromise almost 400,000 Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD servers. More than 100,000 were still compromised as of late 2023.

Long known to deploy spam, web traffic redirections and credential stealing, the Ebury group recently added credit card compromise and cryptocurrency theft in its techniques, tactics and procedures (TTPs).

What is the Ebury Botnet?

Ebury is a malicious group that has been active since…

Understanding Crypto Derivatives?

Crypto derivatives are financial instruments that derive their value from underlying crypto assets. Traders place their bet based on speculation of the price movements of crypto tokens, and can choose to either sell or buy the asset. The transaction can either happen through physical delivery of crypto tokens, or directly through cash settlement into the trader’s account without owning the asset.

Being a high-risk financial instrument, advanced traders can heavily maximize gains from crypto derivatives. However, the crypto market is extremely volatile and derivatives can have the opposite effect due to fluctuation on price movements—making their…

Security researchers have observed a highly sophisticated phishing campaign targeting employees of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as well as popular crypto exchanges Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, and Gemini.

The as-yet-unidentified threat actor is going after people’s login credentials for Okta, researchers from Lookout found.