South Korea loses $48m in seized Bitcoin after phishing attack

South Korean prosecutors are investigating the disappearance of approximately $48 million in seized Bitcoin following a suspected phishing attack, according to local media reports. The Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office discovered the missing digital assets during a routine inspection of confiscated…

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South Korean prosecutors investigate disappearance of seized Bitcoin following phishing attack

Multiple Bitcoins went missing in mid-2025 after private key credentials were exposed in a phishing attack, resulting in irreversible transfers.

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Rare Bears Discord phishing attack nabs $800K in NFTs

The account of a moderator from the nonfungible token project was compromised in the attack, posting a phishing link that drained user wallets.

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An Estimated $55M Stolen in bZx Phishing Attack

A bad actor managed to steal a trove of BZRX tokens and other cryptocurrencies on BSC and Polygon by using bZx private keys that were obtained in a phishing attack. The post An Estimated $55M Stolen in bZx Phishing Attack appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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DeFi bZx Losses $55M After its Developer’s Private Key Was Compromised In A Phishing Attack

Trading and lending platform bZx suffered an exploit of $55 million in yet another round of compromise. The decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol reported on Friday that the private key controlling the project’s deployments on Polygon and Binance Smart Chain (BSC) was compromised, leading to the loss of funds.

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DeFi protocol bZx falls victim to phishing attack, around $55 million lost

The decentralized finance sector is growing at a breakneck pace. Total value locked in DeFi, at press time stood at more than $250 billion. However, here's the negative side to this ever-increasing ecThe post DeFi protocol bZx falls victim to phishing attack, around $55 million lost appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Ledger Wallet And Shopify Face Class-Action Suit After Rogue Employee Leaks User Data

Crypto wallet provider Ledger and its e-commerce partner Shopify are in for a tough year. Both firms are defendants of a class-action lawsuit filed against them following the aftermath of a phishing attack that saw a quarter-million of their customers' details exposed online.

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Apple App Store scam sees users losing $1.6 million in Bitcoin

Apple users have lost over $1. 6 million worth of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to hackers after falling victims to a sophisticated phishing attack involving a fake version of the popular Trezor wallet on the firm’s ‘App Store,’ reported the Washington Post on Tuesday.

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Phishing attack uses PancakeSwap and Cream domains to steal money

Two BSC-based projects have been attacked by replacing their websites with a malicious interface.

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Update: Efforts to Protect Your Data and Prosecute The Scammers

While the security of Ledger products is unparalleled – Ledger Nano products are the only hardware wallets independently certified on the market –  and remains uncompromised, criminals are attacking Ledger customers with phishing attempts using different attack types.

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The Battleground Against Phishing Attempts

Ledger users are under attack and targeted by a phishing scam (here is a link to understand the anatomy of a phishing attack). Kraken Security Lab has done a great job at describing what’s going on and we appreciate their help in this matter.

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Anatomy of a Phishing Attack

Since October 19th, our clients have been targeted by aggressive and elaborate phishing attacks (link to article Anatomy of a phishing attack) through emailing and text message campaigns. Our team is working diligently to stop the scammers and restore faith within the community.

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Bitcoin Wallet Provider Ledger Compromised Again by Malicious Phishing Attack

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Kraken sounds the alarm for a phishing attack targeting its users

Chief Security Officer at cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, Nicholas J. Percoco alerted users today about a scam that was targeting crypto users, which involved a homograph phishing attack and “multiThe post Kraken sounds the alarm for a phishing attack targeting its users appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Electrum Bitcoin wallet still plagued by known crypto phishing attack

Two new Bitcoin hacks have surfaced recently, showing the Electrum wallet still appears to be troubled by phishing efforts.

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Notorious Hacker Group Lazarus Is Targeting The Cryptocurrency Industry Via LinkedIn – Warns Security Firm

Blockchain and cryptocurrency professionals on LinkedIn are under a new phishing threat that’s targeting them disguised as crypto-related job offers advertised on the platform. A new report by Finland-based Cyber Security Firm F-secure has linked the attack to one of the most infamous and allegedly State-backed North Korean hacking group, Lazarus, which targets organizations globally […]

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Expert Recovers $4K From Shoddy Crypto Phishing Scam

Imagine falling foul of a phishing attack that stole a significant portion of your crypto savings, only to discover that a good Samaritan had returned it to you out of the goodness of their heart.

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Investor Losses His Entire Bitcoin Savings in a Hardware Phishing Scam

In a tragic event, Eric Savics, the host of the ”Protocol Podcast” lost all his bitcoin savings — 12 BTC worth over $100k — that he accumulated over 7 years in a hardware phishing attack. “I had all of my Bitcoin stolen from me in a hardware wallet phishing scam.

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‘All My Savings Are Gone,’ Man Says After Losing Over $110k Bitcoin Stash In A Hardware Wallet Phishing Scam

A man has taken to Twitter to air his story after he apparently fell victim to a phishing attack. In a video that has since attracted the attention of many crypto enthusiasts, one Eric Savics says he lost 12 Bitcoins in the attack that has now threatened his dream of buying his own apartment. Appeal […]

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New Orleans’ State of Emergency For Cyberattack, All Signs Point To Bitcoin Ransomware Ryuk

On the morning of December 13th, New Orleans officials have reported suspicious activities that are more related to phishing. The attack came 3 hours later, shutting down the computers and servers that have been affected.

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Binance Helps UK Police to Stop $51 Million Phishing Fraud

Binance assists British police in an investigation of a $51 million phishing attack

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Coinbase UK Settles Lawsuit With Victim of Email Phishing Attack

Coinbase U.K. settled a lawsuit with a man who lost 80 Bitcoins in an email phishing attack

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Hackers are now attacking Android users with advanced SMS phishing techniques

Researchers have uncovered a new kind of “advanced” phishing attack targeting Android phones that can trick users into installing malicious settings on their devices that are disguised as innocuous network configuration updates.

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Litecoin users on Binance fell victim to a dusting attack—here’s how to prevent it from happening to you

Litecoin users on Binance fell victim to a large scale dust attack earlier this week, alarming the crypto community about this new type of malicious attack. While they’re not nearly as dangerous as phishing, knowing what dust attacks are can help people protect themselves and their crypto assets from danger.

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Coinbase Reveals How It Averted A Complex Hacking Attack Seeking To Extract Private Keys And Passwords

Coinbase’s security team has revealed that it managed to stop a complex phishing attack that sought to extract user private keys and passwords. In an official blog post the crypto exchange giant revealed that the incident involved the exploitation of two 0-day vulnerabilities on the Mozilla Firefox browser. According to the blog post, the first […]

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Coinbase рассказала о попытке продуманной хакерской атаки

Крупнейшая американская криптовалютная компания Coinbase сообщила об «изощренной, целенаправленной, продуманной атаке», которая могла позволить хакерам получить доступ к ее системам и средствам на миллиарды долларов.

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Coinbase раскрыла подробности «изощренной» хакерской атаки

Крупнейшая американская криптовалютная компания Coinbase сообщила об «изощренной, целенаправленной, продуманной атаке», которая могла позволить хакерам получить доступ к ее системам и средствам на миллиарды долларов.

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Coinbase Says It Prevented a Crafty Phishing Attack to Exfiltrate Keys

Coinbase’s response team has revealed how it countered a sophisticated phishing attack aiming to exfiltrate private keys and passwords

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Cybersecurity Breach at Maryland Agency Spotlights Need for Blockchain

The Maryland Department of Labor announced that a security flaw in its databases may have exposed the sensitive and personal data of around 78,000 people. The agency commented that the breach occurred earlier this year after nine employees fell victim to what cybersecurity experts call a phishing attack.

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Security Researcher Uncovers Witty Phishing Attack On Binance Exchange Users

Security Researcher Uncovers Clever Phishing Attack On Binance Users One of the major issues affecting the cryptocurrency industry and a major hindrance to its popularity is lack of security. Cryptocurrency exchanges have been targeted in hacks that have led to the loss of billions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency. However, it seems the attackers are […]

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North Korean Hackers Target UpBit Users in Bitcoin Scam

North Korean hacking group, “Kim-Soo-ki,” have allegedly orchestrated a phishing attack targeting users of South Korean cryptocurrency trading venue, UpBit, in a bid to steal their bitcoin, according to a report by The Next Web on May 31, 2019.

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North Korean Hackers Attack Upbit Users in South Korea

North Korean hackers have made a phishing attempt on users of the South Korean crypto exchange Upbit. News correspondents in Korea broke this development on May 29, 2019, detailing the ploy to steal Upbit users’ information.

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Binance Announces 'Significant' Security Changes Following Hack

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has revealed that it will be revamping its security network to prevent a recurrence of the 7,000 BTC hack it experienced on May 78, 2019.

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Jibrel Network Warns Wallet Holders of Social Media Phishing Scam Using Their Name

It is very common in the digital asset sphere to have cases of different types of scams regularly. The latest of such crypto scams that has got the attention of everyone in the cryptocurrency community is a social media attack on the Jibrel Wallet.

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Binance Hacked Out of $40 Million

Binance has experienced a sophisticated attack of user accounts through phishing, viruses and other malware, with 7,000 BTC withdrawn from their hot wallet by hackers. Changpeng Zhao, Binance’s CEO, said...

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Crypto Wallet Manufacturer Ledger Detects Malware Targeting its Desktop Application

Ledger, a crypto wallet startup, tweeted Friday, April 25, 2019, that they have detected a malware that could possibly replace the Ledger Live desktop application with a malicious one. “Only” a Phishing Attack After detecting the malware that had affected their systems, Ledger was quick to warn its users through their tweet.

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New Cryptojacking Campaign Infects Asia Using More Profitable Tactics

Cryptojacking — the process of infecting computers with malware to mine cryptocurrency — has declined alongside prices during cryptowinter. But like any dextrous organism facing extinction, the virus and its propagators are adapting.

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Why the cybersecurity sector needs to start hiring more hackers

Cybersecurity incidents are gaining an increasingly high profile. In the past, these incidents may have been perceived primarily as a somewhat distant issue for organizations such as banks to deal with.

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An attempt to beat Binance (BNB) by phishing. How to detect a trap?

The stormy and successful activity of Binance since the beginning of the year could not but cause opposition from competitors. It appeared quite unexpectedly – in a form of phishing attack on users of the exchange.

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Bitcoin [BTC] phishing attack lands 37-year old man in prison for 12 months

On 9 April 2019, the United States Attorney’s District of Connecticut office released an official statement about a man imprisoned for stealing Bitcoins in “dark web phishing scheme. ” The man in question was identified to be Micheal Richo, from New Haven and formerly Wallingford.

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Electrum Servers Remain Under Sustained DoS Attack

Electrum servers are still under a sustained Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack. The wallet developers announced the issue on April 7, 2018. In correspondence with Bitcoin Magazine, Electrum developer Thomas Voegtlin speculated that the attack may be a form of retaliation from a phishing attacker who has been targeting Electrum in recent weeks.

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Electrum Wallet Under Denial-of-Service Attack

Millions of dollars’ worth of bitcoin has reportedly been taken in an attack that could, ironically, be in retaliation for Electrum’s recent crackdown on phishing. Users are urged to only download Electrum software and updates from the electrum.org domain and its official Github repository.

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Here’s the Top Five Phishing Scam Methods Affecting Crypto Users in 2019

Phishing is a type of cyber attack that often appears in an email, unbeknownst to the recipient. Many phishing scams have gotten quite good at making the recipient believe that the email is from a reliable source and that it contains information that is useful to them. Once the user opens the email, clicks on […]

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Lazarus Hacker Group Continues to Target Crypto Using Faked Trading Software

This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Lylian Tang. The Chinese security service provider 360 Security has issued a warning that a large number of crypto exchanges have been targeted by the North Korean hacker group Lazarus and that the number is still rising after the recent hacks of crypto exchanges DragonEx, Etbox and BiKi.

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Google distributed malicious Chrome app designed to steal your cryptocurrency

Be wary if you come across ads that promote an airdrop, distributing tokens for popular cryptocurrency exchange desk Huobi: the offer might be fake, and you might be getting swooped into an elaborate ploy designed to steal your coins.

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Op Ed: Why It’s Unsafe to Store Private Crypto Keys in the Cloud

There are two primary reasons why storing your private crypto keys in the cloud is a bad idea. First, your cloud provider represents a centralized honeypot that could experience a security breach, allowing cyber criminals to access your data.

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Electrum and MyEtherWallet Experience Phishing Attacks

Cryptocurrency, Hacks, Scams–On a day when crypto prices traded sideways, with little change in valuation to start the second month of the year, two of cryptocurrency’s more popular wallets have reported experiencing phishing attacks.

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Bitcoin Trading Platform LocalBitcoins Hacked with Thousands of Dollars Stolen

CoinSpeaker Bitcoin Trading Platform LocalBitcoins Hacked with Thousands of Dollars Stolen LocalBitcoins has become a victim of a phishing attack. At least six users have been affected after following a link to a fake LocalBitcoins page.

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LocalBitcoins Suffers $28,000 Phishing Attack

The popular peer-to-peer trading site LocalBitcoins has reportedly experienced a significant attack and theft. At 10:00 UTC on January 26, the site’s administrators detected an issue that allowed an attacker to gain access to various user accounts.

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