by Ophtek, LLC | Jul 15, 2025 | cryptocurrency, India, North Korea, Ophtek, Phishing Email, PylangGhost, RAT
North Korean hackers have been discovered posing as recruiters to trick crypto professionals into downloading malware onto their PCs. A new cybersecurity threat has emerged which is targeting people in the cryptocurrency world. Threat actors, believed to...
by Ophtek, LLC | Dec 17, 2024 | cryptocurrency, cryptojacking, data harvest, Defender, malware, Malwarebytes, Ophtek, Orbit Unit
Microsoft Defender is an app whose objective is to defend against malware, but what happens when malware outsmarts it? We’ve all heard the headlines about the volatile world of NFTs, but a new development is that they’re being used to help spread malware. In a...
by Ophtek, LLC | Jan 22, 2019 | cryptocurrency, cryptojacking, Internet of things, IoT Attacks, Ophtek, spam email
McAfee have reported that instances of cryptojacking malware have risen by a massive 4000% over the course of 2018 and are now a major security risk. As the interest in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum has soared in the last couple of years, so has the...
by Ophtek, LLC | Nov 27, 2018 | bitcoin, cryptocurrency, Cyber Security, Elon Musk, Hackers, Hacking, Security, Twitter hack
Bitcoin remains a lucrative cryptocurrency and hackers are keen to cash in on it. And they’ve now scammed $180k in one day through hacking Twitter accounts. With around 336 million active users, Twitter is one of the most popular social media sites and has attracted a...
by Ophtek, LLC | Apr 6, 2018 | bitcoin, cryptocurrency, Hacking, Security, Security Threats
Hackers are now infecting websites in order to take control of your PC’s processor and help power the resource heavy activity of cryptocurrency mining. Cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, have been generating countless headlines in the last year due to the huge values...
