One of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges has fallen victim to hackers, who were able to use information they stole to plunder users’ accounts. According to local media reports, Bithumb informed the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) late last week that the personal information on approximately 32,000 customers was compromised – although passwords were not taken.
Between 5 and 9 June, 6 suspects were arrested and 36 were interviewed during an internationally coordinated operation in 6 European countries. The targets are all suspected customers of a counter anti-virus platform and crypter service – two cybercriminal tools used for testing and clouding of malware samples to prevent security software solutions from recognising them as malicious.
For those of you who have a Google AdWords account, be wary of a new Google AdWords spam campaign we have seen in-the-wild earlier this week. The spam email may use the following subject lines: Google AdWords: You have a new alert. Google Team: You have a new alert Here is an example of the […]
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