Displaying items by tag: Cryptocurrency

“Sextortion” attacks are on the rise globally, with hackers using victims’ addresses and photos of their homes to personalise the attacks and increase the pressure to pay, according to new research by Barracuda.

Published in Security
Thursday, 05 October 2023 09:47

Beware of YouTube stream-jacking: Bitdefender

Security specialist Bitdefender warns of a rapid increase in YouTube stream-jacking attacks that involve either re-directing followers of a popular channel or taking full control of it.

Published in Security

GUEST RESEARCH: Extortion attacks, which are an increasingly common form of email scams, threaten the victim with compromising information, such as an embarrassing photo, and request payment in a cryptocurrency to prevent the information from being released. Attackers often purchase victims’ login credentials or find them through data breaches to “prove” that their threat is legitimate.

Published in Guest Research

GUEST OPINION: A year after 2022’s “crypto bowl” extravaganza of Super Bowl advertisements, which featured rising star FTX, FTX is out of business, all players are suffering, and US market leader Coinbase is seeing its share of web traffic erode.

Published in Guest Opinion

GUEST RESEARCH: Flashpoint, the globally trusted leader in risk intelligence, today released a new report on the role of open-source intelligence (OSINT) in the Russia-Ukraine war.

Published in Guest Research

Ransomware is a booming business judging by the claim made by a founding member of the Lockbit group that he owns three restaurants in China and two in New York.

Published in Security

GUEST RESEARCH: According to a new report from Sysdig, the unified container and cloud security leader, it costs $430,000 ($661,000) in cloud bills for an attacker to generate US$8,100 ($12,465) in cryptocurrency revenue.

Published in Guest Research

Social media platform Twitter has revealed the biggest trends and conversations in Australia.

Published in Apps

GUEST INTERVIEW: With anti money laundering (AML) and counter terrorism financing (CTF) management a vital part of any financial organisation, and especially so for crypto and digital assets companies, Cabital has appointed Melbourne-based Luke Raven as Senior Money Laundering Reporting Officer to not only work globally, but to work towards Cabital opening officially in Australia.

Published in Guest Interviews

GUEST INTERVIEW: With anti money laundering (AML) and counter terrorism financing (CTF) management a vital part of any financial organisation, and especially so for crypto and digital assets companies, Cabital has appointed Melbourne-based Luke Raven as Senior Money Laundering Reporting Officer to not only work globally, but to work towards Cabital opening officially in Australia.

Published in Business IT

The Australian consumer watchdog has taken Facebook parent Meta to the Federal Court, accusing the company of placing false, misleading or deceptive ads for cryptocurrencies featuring Australian celebrities.

Published in Technology Regulation

Aid for Ukraine - an initiative between the Government of Ukraine, Everstake (a Ukraine-based Web3 company), Solana (a public blockchain platform with smart contract functionality and whose native cryptocurrency is SOL) and the crypto community around the world, has already collected $1.4M in $SOL to date.

Published in Government Tech Policy

Australian billionaire mining magnate Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest AO has launched criminal action against Facebook over scam cryptocurrency advertisements that used his image, claiming Facebook has breached anti-money laundering laws.

Published in Market
Tuesday, 11 January 2022 15:26

Why cybercrime will continue to flourish in 2022

GUEST OPINION: Cybercrime flourished in 2021, and there are no signs of a slowdown in 2022. There are several factors behind this high-confidence prediction.

Published in Guest Opinion

The Twitter account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefly taken over on the weekend and a message about bitcoin being distributed to the entire country posted on it.

Published in Security

GUEST RESEARCH: KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, hasannounced its 2022 cybersecurity predictions from its team of industry experts.  

Published in Security

GUEST RESEARCH: KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, hasannounced its 2022 cybersecurity predictions from its team of industry experts.  

Published in Guest Research

Digital asset exchange Binance Australia has announced a tie-up with money management app WeMoney to provide information on investment literacy.

Published in Apps

The Commonwealth Bank has joined with cryptocurrency exchange Gemini and blockchain analysis firm Chainanalysis to offer customers the ability to buy, sell and and hold cryptocurrency assets.

Published in Enterprise Solutions

GUEST OPINION by Luke Smith, Regional Account Director, Barracuda MSPRansomware is rife but organisations that do the work may be able to avoid paying out, should the worst occur.

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