Two New York Police Department (NYPD) detectives have been placed on modified duty after being linked to a shocking case involving the alleged kidnapping and torture of a crypto trader in Manhattan. The incident, which has drawn national attention,...
A subgroup of the North Korea-linked Lazarus hacker organization has been targeting unsuspecting users by setting up three fake crypto consulting companies. These shell companies, named BlockNovas, Angeloper Agency, and SoftGlide, are designed to distribute malware under the guise...
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) recently announced the recovery of Bitcoin mining equipment valued at approximately $2.7 million. The machines were stolen during a high-profile heist at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and were about to be shipped...
A fresh wave of crypto scams targeting political figures has hit the UK, as the verified X account of Member of Parliament Lucy Powell was hijacked to promote a fraudulent cryptocurrency. The hackers used her official platform to push...
A Chinese court has sentenced nine individuals involved in a telecom fraud ring that defrauded over 66,000 Indian victims, laundering the proceeds through Tether's USDT stablecoin. The operation, which stole 517 million Indian rupees (approximately $6.2 million), was orchestrated...
Cybersecurity experts have sounded the alarm on a new malware campaign targeting users of popular crypto wallets like Atomic and Exodus, with Ethereum, XRP, and Solana assets in the crosshairs. According to researchers at ReversingLabs, the campaign exploits software...
First Digital Labs has released a fresh attestation report to reaffirm the full backing of its stablecoin, FDUSD, following high-profile fraud allegations levelled by Tron founder Justin Sun. The report made public on April 14 states that the entire...
Police Scotland has reported an astonishing 2,000% surge in cryptocurrency-related crimes since 2019, attributing the rise to the adaptability of serious and organized crime groups that increasingly use digital assets to conceal illicit activities. As cryptocurrency continues to play...
Losses from crypto-related scams, hacks, and exploits dropped significantly in March, falling to $28.8 million, a sharp contrast to February’s staggering $1.5 billion loss primarily driven by the Bybit hack, according to blockchain security firm CertiK. CertiK reported on...
The hacker responsible for the $9.6 million exploit of zkLend claims to have lost a significant amount of the stolen funds to a phishing scam that mimicked Tornado Cash. On March 31, they revealed via Etherscan that they mistakenly...
