Bitcoin (BTC) scammers know no quarantines or self-isolation. Dozens of fraudulent airdrops falsely endorsed by Bill Gates ask YouTubers to send in their Bitcoins. Typically, fake YouTube airdrops are quite similar to each other. With the current pandemic enraging across the planet, a series of scams that impersonate Bill Gates has some distinct features. With Bitcoin (BTC) Price Drop, Scammers ...
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The dark web, not dark alley: Why drug dealers see the internet as a lucrative, safe haven
More than six years after the shutting down of Silk Road, the world’s first major drug black market, the dark web is still home to a thriving trade in illicit drugs. These dark web markets host hundreds, or in some cases, thousands, of people who sell drugs, commonly referred to as “vendors”. The dark web offers essential anonymity for vendors ...
Read More »Thousands of Dark Web sites deleted in an attack on free hosting service
One of the most popular Dark Web hosting services, Daniel’s Hosting (DH), has been slaughtered. Again. Daniel Wizen, the German software developer who runs DH, said that this time, the provider of free hosting services is kaput… at least for the foreseeable future… which he also said, more or less, last time, in September 2018, when hackers rubbed 6,500 sites off ...
Read More »FBI: Hackers Sending Malicious USB Drives & Teddy Bears via USPS
Hackers from the FIN7 cybercriminal group have been targeting various businesses with malicious USB devices acting as a keyboard when plugged into a computer. Injected commands download and execute a JavaScript backdoor associated with this actor. In a FLASH alert on Thursday, the FBI warns organizations and security professionals about this tactic adopted by FIN7 to deliver GRIFFON malware. The ...
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