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We have identified a new drive-by download campaign that distributes the Princess ransomware (AKA PrincessLocker), leveraging compromised websites and the RIG exploit kit. This is somewhat of a change for those tracking malvertising campaigns and their payloads. We had analyzed the PrincessLocker ransomware last November and pointed out that despite similarities with Cerber’s onion page, […]

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Popular cryptocurrency Bitcoin has been used for 8 years to make anonymous payments on the web, and is now also accepted by Microsoft, Newegg and Overstock. But the payments are not as below the radar as Bitcoin adepts might think, according to researchers from Princeton University who analyzed 130 merchants who accept Bitcoin.

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Hackers hijacked CoinDash’s initial coin offering Monday, stealing $7.7 million in cryptocurrency from the nascent trading platform. The attack occurred during a 15-minute period for “whitelist contributors” prior to the public ICO. During that time, the hackers were able to compromise the CoinDash website and swap out the CoinDash Token Sale address with one under their control.

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