They say journalists never truly clock out. But for Christian, that's not just a metaphor, it's a lifestyle. By day, he navigates the ever-shifting tides of the cryptocurrency market, wielding…
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The sanctions provide some insight into North Korea’s sophisticated, globe-spanning IT worker operation.
The operation has raised hundreds of millions of dollars for the pariah state over the last several…
Australia's
securities regulator has taken down more than 330 fake investment websites this
year that use images of prominent billionaires to trick people into bogus
get-rich-quick schemes, marking a 25% jump from the…
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Kanye West said Tuesday that his Instagram was hacked to promote a fake YZY token.
The unofficial token briefly spiked to a $7 million market cap before crashing down…
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Official Instagram accounts for Michael Jackson, Adele, and Future were apparently hijacked to promote a meme coin.
The token, named after a clothing brand and record label attached to…
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ASIC has removed more than 14,000 scam and phishing websites in two years, with crypto scams making up about 20%.
The regulator will now target fraudulent ads on social media…
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An investor lost 783 Bitcoin—$91 million worth a the time—to a social engineering scam, according to on-chain sleuth ZachXBT.
The threat actor allegedly used a coin-mixing service to try to…
An investor lost 783 BTC, worth about $91.4 million, after a fraudster impersonating a hardware wallet support agent gained access to their wallet, Coindesk reported. The theft, disclosed by blockchain…
Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT uncovered a high-profile social engineering attack on Thursday, with the victim losing 783 BTC worth around $91.4 million.The scam occurred on Aug. 19 and involved the attacker…
South Africa’s financial regulator has warned the
public about a fraudulent investment outfit that is using the name of the
Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) on WhatsApp to lure investors.Fake Links to JSEThe…