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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

World's oldest tortoise caught in viral crypto death scam

Jonathan, the world's oldest living land animal, was falsely reported dead due to a crypto scam involving an impersonating account.
Information security
fromSecurityWeek
1 month ago

Autonomous AI Agents Provide New Class of Supply Chain Attack

Agentic AI can enable active agent-to-agent attacks that harvest private keys and launder funds through malicious 'skills' promoted across agent marketplaces and social platforms.
Information security
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago

Fintech firm Betterment confirms data breach after hackers send fake crypto scam notification to users | TechCrunch

Hackers accessed some Betterment systems via social engineering through third-party platforms, exposing customer contact details and dates of birth; fraudulent crypto-solicitation messages were sent.
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fromThe Hacker News
4 months ago

Seven npm Packages Use Adspect Cloaking to Trick Victims Into Crypto Scam Pages

Seven npm packages used the Adspect cloaking service to fingerprint visitors and selectively redirect real victims to malicious crypto-themed sites while evading security researchers.
fromFuturism
5 months ago

Crypto Kingpin Turns Up Dead in Lamborghini After Market Crash

The past week has not been kind to blockchain entrepreneurs, whose holdings suffered the largest crypto liquidation in history last Friday, an event which wiped more than $380 billion off the market. During the short but heavy crash, the price of Bitcoin fell 15 percent, while the second-largest cryptocurrency, Ethereum, dropped some 21 percent. The alt-coin market all but collapsed, many of them falling as much as 80 percent, raising serious doubts about the future of the broader crypto ecosystem.
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