May 16, 2024
Crypto

A crypto wallet maker’s warning about an iMessage bug sounds like a false alarm

Image Credits: TechCrunch/Bryce Durbin A crypto wallet maker claimed this week that hackers may be targeting people with an iMessage “zero-day” exploit — but all signs point to an exaggerated threat, if not a downright scam. Trust Wallet’s official X (previously Twitter) account wrote that “we have credible intel regarding a high-risk zero-day exploit targeting

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Crypto

Security engineer jailed for 3 years for $12M crypto hacks

Image Credits: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch Shakeeb Ahmed, a cybersecurity engineer convicted of stealing around $12 million in crypto, was sentenced on Friday to three years in prison. In a press release, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced the sentence. Ahmed was accused of hacking into two cryptocurrency exchanges, and

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Investors

US cyber investors pledge spyware is off limits — with a catch

Image Credits: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch On Monday, the Biden administration announced that six new countries had joined an international coalition to fight the proliferation of commercial spyware, sold by companies such as NSO Group or Intellexa. Now, some investors have announced that they too are committed to fighting spyware. But at least one of

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