Recent data shows that violent thefts targeting cryptocurrency owners have climbed sharply, with losses topping $101 million in the first four months of 2026. A security firm that tracks these incidents reports that only 34 attacks have been recorded worldwide, yet the damage has nearly doubled comp
A 20‑year‑old man from Santa Ana, California, known online as GothFerrari, has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for helping a large cryptocurrency theft ring. He used his skills as a burglar to steal physical devices that stored digital money when hackers could not reach them. The case
The story begins with two AI bots—one meant to chat, the other to trade crypto—both getting fooled into handing over $200, 000. The attack didn’t involve hacking or breaking into systems. Instead, it used Morse code, a communication method over a century old, to send hidden instructions. The trick w
North Korea’s cyber gang has taken a huge chunk of the crypto world’s losses this year. In April alone, two carefully planned attacks removed almost three‑quarters of all the money that hackers have pulled from digital wallets so far in 2026. The first hit was on a platform called Drift Protocol
A popular singer lost nearly half a million dollars after installing a fake version of Ledger Live from Apple’s Mac App Store. The scam involved an app that looked real but was actually malicious. When the artist set up a new computer, he typed his seed phrase into this look‑alike software.
"New studies show that a recent version of the SparkCat malware has slipped into apps on both iOS and Android stores. The program masquerades as everyday utilities—messaging tools, food delivery apps—and quietly scans users’ photo libraries for images that contain cryptocurrency wallet recovery phr
North Korean hackers infiltrated a widely used software tool, Axios, and slipped malicious code into it for several hours on Tuesday. The attackers gained control of a developer’s account and pushed bad updates to any business that pulled the package during that brief window. Companies across health
A venture‑capital partner is offering a cash prize to anyone who can help recover $42 million worth of digital coins that vanished from his wallet in 2022. The former co‑founder of Fenbushi Capital says he will hand out a 10 % to 20 % share of any recovered funds. He has already seen some progress:
Cybersecurity experts have found a new set of npm packages that act like harmless tools but secretly grab crypto wallets and personal data. The attackers, who publish everything under the name “mikilanjillo, ” use seven different packages. Each one pretends to download extra modules, shows fak
A young man linked to a federal contractor was taken into custody after authorities say he stole about $46 million in cryptocurrency from the U. S. Marshals Service. The suspect, whose father runs a company that supplies “critical services” to federal agencies, was caught on the Caribbean island of
