North Korean Hackers Exploits Chrome with Fake NFT Game
The North Korean hackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Google’s Chrome browser and installed spyware that stole wallet credentials by utilizing a false blockchain-based game. The North Korean Hackers, Lazarus Group exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Google’s Chrome browser and installed spyware that stole wallet credentials by utilizing a false blockchain-based game. In May, Kaspersky […]
Meta Tests Use of Facial Recognition to Fight Fake Celeb Ads
Meta will evaluate the facial recognition technology on 50,000 public figures and celebrities in order to reduce the prevalence of deepfake celebrity ad scams. Meta , a social networking company with nearly 4 billion users, is currently conducting a test to determine the feasibility of utilizing facial recognition technology to address the issue of fake […]
Trust Wallet Halts Transak Onramp After Data Breach
Trust Wallet temporarily blocked Transak’s fiat-to-crypto payment service following a data breach at the Miami-based company. Transak’s official statement claims that hackers obtained stolen credentials by “unauthorized access” to a laptop belonging to a third-party employee. Via a clever phishing technique, hackers were able to access personal information, including names, belonging to over 92,554 users […]
Ambient Finance Recovers Domain after DNS Attack
Ambient Finance, a DeFi platform, was able to take back control of its website after hackers took over its domain. Unknown fraudsters have started a series of front-end attacks against decentralized finance protocols, with Ambient banking emerging as the latest victim. Ambient alerted users of their decentralized exchange on October 17th about a Domain Name […]
US HC3 Warns Against Crypto Trinity Ransomware
The United States Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) issued a warning regarding Trinity ransomware, renowned for extorting cryptocurrency from its victims. The US Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) released a profile of Trinity ransomware on October 4, a threat actor targeting sensitive data. To fool victims into installing the ransomware on their computers, […]