Hackers Hack Altsbit Cryptocurrency Exchange

Altsbit cryptocurrency exchange initially announced the loss of “almost all funds” as a result of the hack, but then clarified the losses. The site has been operating since 2018.

Chainalysis told how North Korean hackers hacked DragonEx crypto exchange

North Korean cybercriminals are more likely to be responsible for last year's hacking of the Singapore DragonEx cryptocurrency exchange, writes the Korea Herald, citing an investigation by Chainalysis.

Free cheese: hackers advertised a malicious extension for Google Chrome using airdrop.

According to a study by analyst Harry Danley on Medium, the scammers managed to lure more than 200 users into a useless airdrop, through which their extension was spread. NoCoin downloaded 230 times before Google removed the program from public access. The incident was another addition to the EtherscamDB database developed by Danley.

White Hat hackers discover over 40 vulnerabilities in cryptocurrency projects.

According to a study conducted by The Next Web (TNW), over the past 30 days, White Hat hackers have sent a total of 43 vulnerability reports to 13 cryptocurrency companies.

Hackers switched to hidden mining.

Analysis of the activities of hackers by specialists from IBM X-Force showed that in 2018, hackers gave more preference to hidden mining. The growing popularity of this type of cyber threat was 450% from the beginning to the end of 2018.

IBM: Hackers prefer cryptodoging to extortion.

IBM specialists have conducted research and recently released their results. Experts from X-Force claim that in 2018 there was a sharp increase in cryptocurrency attacks. And they note that less and less criminals are engaged in extortion, demanding payment in digital currency. Most often, they began to focus on cryptojacking, which is hidden.