Steer clear of these Instagram “Get rich with Bitcoin” scams
We take a look at a message from an Instagram contact promising big wins in Bitcoin profits. Is it everything that it seems?
Fake USA for UNHCR site wants your Ukraine donations in Bitcoin
Scammers are disguising their phishing page as a donation hub for Ukrainian refugees.
Elon Musk-themed cryptocurrency scam uses fake Medium as the promotion site
It seems we’re never short of Bitcoin scams banking on the popularity of Elon Musk. Here’s another one of them.
The fake Elon Musk Bitcoin giveaway marathon will NOT make you rich
We take a look at a supposed Bitcoin giveaway marathon from somebody that isn’t Elon Musk on a Twitter list. All is not as it seems.
Infamous dark net carding site UniCC to close
The largest stolen credit card site on the dark web just closed shop for good.
A week in security (Dec 20 – 26)
The most important and interesting security stories from the last seven days.
Police take a piece out of a ransomware gang, but won’t say which one
One of the world’s ransomware groups appears to be a couple of members short today, but nobody’s saying which one.
If a QR code leads you to a Bitcoin ATM at a gas station, it’s a scam
We look at a small flourishing of QR code scams, and cast an eye over some of the most interesting QR-related attacks of 2021.
Thief pulls off colossal, $600m crypto-robbery …and gives the money back
Customers of Poly Network have become victims of the biggest cryptocurrency heist in history, thanks to a software vulnerability.
Is crypto’s criminal rollercoaster approaching a terminal dip?
We look at whether the current environment will eventually become unsustainable for those wanting to exert others with ransomware.
