Cybersecurity Highlights

This section registers the most relevant incidents or public events related to the cybersecurity and information and communication technologies (ICT), in a way that a chronological history of them is available, together with their main links, references and information sources.

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A 20-year-old student steals $5 million in cryptocurrencies

A 20-year-old university student was arrested in Los Angeles, accused of operating nearly 50 phones at a Bitcoin conference and stealing $5 million in cryptocurrencies with the technique known as...

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bitcoinexchangeguide.com

techspot.com

infocoin.net

xataka.com

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Cryptocurrency

Cybercrime

Social networks

KICKICO suffers a computer attack with losses of more than 70 million KickCoins

On July 26 at 9:04 (UTC), the KICKICO platform suffered a computer attack that caused the loss of more than 70 million KickCoins, approximately $7.7 million. The security problems have been...

References:

medium.com

thehackernews.com

adslzone.net

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Cryptocurrency

Cybercrime

Theft of crypto coins through a fake Hello VPN extension

A fake extension of Hola VPN for Chrome has allowed MyEtherWallet.com users to steal cryptomoney.The malicious extension was designed to redirect users to a fake MyEtherWallet.com portal and in...

References:

hola.org

genbeta.com

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Cryptocurrency

Cybercrime

Malware

Docker Hub deletes 17 images with cryptocurrencies mining malware

Docker Hub deleted 17 images that contains cryptocurrencies mining malware. The identity of the owner or the owners of the account “docker123321” associated with the uploaded images is unknown...

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kromtech.com

arstechnica.com

muyseguridad.net

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40 Million dollars stole in cryptocurrency

The Korean exchange Coinrail has been affected by a theft of 40 million dollars in cryptocurrencies Altcoins, cryptocurrencies that are derived from the Bitcoin source code. Stolen Altcoins are...

References:

techcrunch.com

adslzone.net

bleepingcomputer.com

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Cryptocurrency

Incident

The website of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine victim of ransomware

On April 24, the official website of the Ukrainian energy ministry was the victim of a ransomware attack, requesting 0.1 bitcoin for its restoration. The affected web portal, whose content manager...

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reuters.com

bbc.com

threatpost.com

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Tesla servers involved to mine cryptocurrency

Redlock’s researchers found an intrusion into Amazon Web Services, belonging to Tesla, which had no access credentials and was open to the public Internet.The undefined hackers accessed the Tesla...

References:

fortune.com

redlock

es.gizmodo.com

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Cloud computing

Cryptocurrency

Cybercrime

Websites of several governments affected by a hidden code that undermined cryptocurrencies

Thousands of government websites in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the United States have been used to illegally mine Monero cryptocurrencies, using the resources of their visitors without their...

References:

theregister.co.uk

texthelp.com

reuters.com

genbeta.com

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Cryptocurrency

Incident

Malware

170 million dollars in cryptocurrencies missing from the BitGrail platform

BitGrail, an Italian cryptocurrency exchange platform, announced the theft, through fraudulent activities, of Nano cryptocurrencies (XRB) with a market value of about $170 million.All bank...

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Medio

bitgrail.com

Gizmodo.com

xataka.com

marketwatch.com

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Cryptocurrency

Cybercrime

Smominru botnet uses WannaMine malware to mine cryptocurrency

WannaMine is the name of the malware designed to infect computers to mine cryptocurrency, this new malware is used by a group with one of the biggest botnets know: Smominru. The first signs about...

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xataka.com

muyseguridad.net

securityaffairs.co

blogs.protegerse.com

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Cybersecurity Highlights

A 20-year-old student steals $5 million in cryptocurrencies

KICKICO suffers a computer attack with losses of more than 70 million KickCoins

Theft of crypto coins through a fake Hello VPN extension

Docker Hub deletes 17 images with cryptocurrencies mining malware

40 Million dollars stole in cryptocurrency

The website of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine victim of ransomware

Tesla servers involved to mine cryptocurrency

Websites of several governments affected by a hidden code that undermined cryptocurrencies

170 million dollars in cryptocurrencies missing from the BitGrail platform

Smominru botnet uses WannaMine malware to mine cryptocurrency

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