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digitpatrox9 hours ago
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Now BlueSky hit with crypto scams as it crosses 20 million users

As many more users are flocking to BlueSky from social media platforms like X/Twitter, so are threat actors. BleepingComputer has spotted cryptocurrency scams popping up on BlueSky just as the decentralized microblogging service surpassed 20 million users this week. It didn’t take long Over the past few years, X/Twitter has become the hotbed of scammers from those targeting banking customers…
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digitpatrox6 days ago
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18 states want the SEC to stop enforcing crypto regulation

The US Securities and Exchange Commission wants to “unilaterally wrest regulatory authority away from the States” when it comes to crypto, according to a lawsuit from 18 states. These states want to halt the SEC’s enforcement actions, so they can manage crypto regulation instead. Also named as a plaintiff on the suit is the DeFi Education Fund, a special interest…
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digitpatrox2 weeks ago
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North Korean hackers use new macOS malware against crypto firms

North Korean threat actor BlueNoroff has been targeting crypto-related businesses with a new multi-stage malware for macOS systems. Researchers are calling the campaign Hidden Risk and say that it lures victims with emails that share fake news about the latest activity in the cryptocurrency sector. The malware deployed in these attacks relies on a novel persistence mechanism on macOS that…
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digitpatrox3 weeks ago
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Spot 5 Common Crypto Scams Before It’s Too Late

Quick Links Cryptocurrency Phishing Scams Fraudulent Crypto Platforms I remember the excitement of seeing my very first Bitcoin ATM in our local mall. Cryptocurrency was taking off, particularly Bitcoin and Ethereum. But with that rise, so have crypto scams—and no one is immune. Cryptocurrency Phishing Scams Americans lost $5.6 billion last year in crypto fraud scams, the FBI said in…
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digitpatrox3 weeks ago
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LottieFiles hit in npm supply chain attack targeting users’ crypto

LottieFiles announced that specific versions of its npm package carry malicious code that prompts users to connect their cryptocurrency wallets so they can be emptied. As discovered yesterday, following multiple user reports about strange code injections, the affected versions are Lottie Web Player (“lottie-player”) 2.0.5, 2.0.6, and 2.0.7, all published yesterday. LottieFiles quickly released a new version, 2.0.8, which is…
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digitpatroxOctober 18, 2024
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Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning crypto project has a new Orb and a new name

Worldcoin, the cryptocurrency / human identity network / UBI project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is now known as World. Along with the name change, World introduced an updated version of its eyeball-scanning Orb device which is designed to solve a problem that does not currently exist: authenticating that someone is human “in the age of AI.” People registered…
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digitpatroxOctober 15, 2024
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Trump’s crypto website crashed after its WLFI token went on sale

Former President Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency project, World Liberty Financial, launched its token sale on Tuesday — and its website crashed shortly afterward. The whitelist for the much-hyped but still largely unexplained decentralized finance project opened on September 30th for accredited investors and non-US persons. World Liberty Financial co-founder Zach Folkman claimed on Monday that “well over 100,000 people” had signed…
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digitpatroxOctober 13, 2024
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Deepfakes Can Fool Facial Recognition on Crypto Exchanges

Generative AI deepfakes can stoke misinformation or manipulate images of real people for unsavory purposes. They can also help threat actors pass two-factor authentication, according to an Oct. 9 research report from Cato Networks’ CTRL Threat Research. AI generates videos of fake people looking into a camera The threat actor profiled by CTRL Threat Research — known by the handle…
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digitpatroxOctober 6, 2024
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Man pleads guilty to stealing $37 million in crypto from 571 victims

A 21-year-old man from Indiana named Evan Frederick Light pleaded guilty to stealing $37,704,560 worth of cryptocurrency from 571 victims in a 2022 cyberattack. According to an announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice, Light stole the cryptocurrency from an unnamed investment holdings company based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. In a Statement of Fact obtained by BleepingComputer, Light says…
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digitpatroxSeptember 24, 2024
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An official OpenAI X account was taken over to peddle a crypto scam

An official OpenAI account on X was taken over to peddle a cryptocurrency scam on Monday evening. On Monday at 6:24PM ET, the @OpenAINewsroom account, which shares news from OpenAI and has nearly 54,000 followers, made a now-deleted post advertising an “$OPENAI” token. “We’re very happy to announce $OPEANAI: the token bridging the gap between Al and blockchain technology,” the…
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