A man from Toronto has described to the media how he lost $100,000 worth of cryptocurrency investment after making an elementary blunder. Art, who didn’t share his surname, told CTV that back in 2021 he decided to invest a family inheritance in cryptocurrency. He chose to use Kraken, a well-known US-based cryptocurrency exchange, and having … Read more
One of my friends just sent me an interesting article all about trust, fraud and cryptocurrency so, as a Christmas present, I wanted to share it with you. Here goes … With the digital revolution, crypto has become a global financial phenomenon. Blockchain technology has changed how we make transactions, interact with clients, and use … Read more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the shutdown of an illicit marketplace called Rydox (“rydox.ru” and “rydox[.]cc”) for selling stolen personal information, access devices, and other tools for conducting cybercrime and fraud. In tandem, three Kosovo nationals and administrators of the service, Ardit Kutleshi, Jetmir Kutleshi, and Shpend Sokoli, have been arrested. … Read more
A financial firm registered in Canada has emerged as the payment processor for dozens of Russian cryptocurrency exchanges and websites hawking cybercrime services aimed at Russian-speaking customers, new research finds. Meanwhile, an investigation into the Vancouver street address used by this company shows it is home to dozens of foreign currency dealers, money transfer businesses, … Read more
Dec 07, 2024Ravie LakshmananSupply Chain Attack / Cryptocurrency In yet another software supply chain attack, it has come to light that two versions of a popular Python artificial intelligence (AI) library named ultralytics were compromised to deliver a cryptocurrency miner. The versions, 8.3.41 and 8.3.42, have since been removed from the Python Package Index (PyPI) … Read more
