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Flashpoint Year In Review: 2022 Cryptocurrency Threat Landscape

Throughout 2022, threat actors committed fraud targeting cryptocurrency entities, investors, and users. ...

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What Is Cryptojacking? How It Works and How to Protect Against It

Cryptojacking is the unauthorized use of another computer to “mine” cryptocurrency—using them to run ...

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Definitive Guide to Ransomware: What It Is and How Your Organization Can Prevent, Detect, and Respond to a Ransomware Attack

A guide to defining, explaining, and understanding ransomware to bolster your organizations security posture ...

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Funding and the Russia-Ukraine War: KYC for Crypto Transactions Proving Difficult

Flashpoint analysts have uncovered 262 cryptocurrency addresses used in advertisements for donations to either ...

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Why the New AlphaBay Matters: Anonymity, Cryptocurrency, and the Future of Illicit Marketplaces

On July 5, 2017, AlphaBay—the original AlphaBay—was notoriously shut down along with Hansa. The cybercrime ...

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Investigating Hydra: Where Cryptocurrency Roads All Lead to Russia and Go Dark

In new research, we detail the inner workings of cybercriminal cryptocurrency financial chains and the rise to ...

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Cryptocurrency Risks to Consider: From Cryptomining to Money Laundering

In the not-so-distant past, cybercriminal use of cryptocurrency was largely limited to using Bitcoin or Monero as ...

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Malware Campaign Targeting Jaxx Cryptocurrency Wallet Users Shut Down

A website spoofing the official Jaxx cryptocurrency wallet site has been taken down after analysts at Flashpoint ...

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Peer-to-Peer Cryptocurrency Exchanges Abused in Cash-Out Schemes

Cybercriminals responding to security measures such as Know-Your-Customer implemented by Coinbase and other ...

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The Many Faces of Cryptocurrency

While it may be a bit harsh to label it the currency of crime, Bitcoin and its dozens of cryptocash cousins ...