WazirX Cryptocurrency Exchange Loses $230 Million in Major Security Breach Jul 19, 2024NewsroomCryptocurrency / Cybercrime Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX has confirmed that it was the target of a security breach that led to the theft of $230 million in cryptocurrency assets. “A cyber attack occurred in one of our [multi-signature] Read more…
MS Exchange Server Flaws Exploited to Deploy Keylogger in Targeted Attacks An unknown threat actor is exploiting known security flaws in Microsoft Exchange Server to deploy a keylogger malware in attacks targeting entities in Africa and the Middle East. Russian cybersecurity firm Positive Technologies said it identified over 30 victims Read more…
Russian Operator of BTC-e Crypto Exchange Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering A Russian operator of a now-dismantled BTC-e cryptocurrency exchange has pleaded guilty to money laundering charges from 2011 to 2017. Alexander Vinnik, 44, was charged in January 2017 and taken into custody in Greece in July 2017. He was subsequently extradited to the U.S. Read more…
Telegram Offers Premium Subscription in Exchange for Using Your Number to Send OTPs In June 2017, a study of more than 3,000 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) students published by the National Bureau for Economic Research (NBER) found that 98% of them were willing to give away their friends’ email addresses in exchange for Read more…
Critical Exchange Server Flaw (CVE-2024-21410) Under Active Exploitation Microsoft on Wednesday acknowledged that a newly disclosed critical security flaw in Exchange Server has been actively exploited in the wild, a day after it released fixes for the vulnerability as part of its Patch Tuesday updates. Tracked as CVE-2024-21410 (CVSS score: 9.8), the issue Read more…
Backup and Recovery Strategies for Exchange Server Administrators In the current digital landscape, data has emerged as a crucial asset for organizations, akin to currency. It’s the lifeblood of any organization in today’s interconnected and digital world. Thus, safeguarding the data is of paramount importance. Its importance is magnified in Read more…
Founder of Bitzlato Cryptocurrency Exchange Pleads Guilty in Money-Laundering Scheme Dec 08, 2023The Hacker NewsCryptocurrency / Cyber Crime The Russian founder of the now-defunct Bitzlato cryptocurrency exchange has pleaded guilty, nearly 11 months after he was arrested in Miami earlier this year. Anatoly Legkodymov (aka Anatolii Legkodymov, Gandalf, and Tolik), Read more…
One-Click Microsoft Exchange On-Premises Mitigation Tool – March 2021 | MSRC Blog We have been actively working with customers through our customer support teams, third-party hosters, and partner network to help them secure their environments and respond to associated threats from the recent Exchange Server on-premises attacks. Based on these Read more…
Guidance for responders: Investigating and remediating on-premises Exchange Server vulnerabilities | MSRC Blog This guidance will help customers address threats taking advantage of the recently disclosed Microsoft Exchange Server on-premises vulnerabilities CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26858, CVE-2021-26857, and CVE-2021-27065, which are being exploited. We strongly urge customers to immediately update systems. Failing to Read more…
Customer Guidance for Reported Zero-day Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server | MSRC Blog November 8, 2022 update – Microsoft released security updates for CVE-2022-41040 and CVE-2022-41082. We recommend that customers protect their organizations by applying the updates immediately to affected systems. The options described in the Mitigations section are no Read more…