U.S. Sanctions 3 Cryptocurrency Exchanges for Helping Russia Evade Sanctions

[ad_1] Mar 26, 2024NewsroomMoney Laundering / Digital Currency The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned three cryptocurrency exchanges for offering services used to evade economic restrictions imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. This includes Bitpapa IC FZC LLC, Crypto Explorer DMCC (AWEX), and Obshchestvo…

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Hackers Abusing GitHub to Evade Detection and Control Compromised Hosts

[ad_1] Dec 19, 2023The Hacker NewsSoftware Security / Threat intelligence Threat actors are increasingly making use of GitHub for malicious purposes through novel methods, including abusing secret Gists and issuing malicious commands via git commit messages. “Malware authors occasionally place their samples in services like Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, and Discord to host second stage…

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