Deal Between Tovis and Hacking Team Shows Why Bitcoin Is Not Used By Hackers Directly
In a recent article about Hacking Team, we mentioned how this collective recently became the target of a hack themselves. More and more details regarding their activity is surfacing on a daily basis, and apparently selling exploits to Hacker Team can be done via email. Even though the person involved demanded a wire transfer payment for the entire sum, he could’ve used Bitcoin as well. Saying that the world of hacking and exploits if a lucrative business would be quite the understatement. A Russian hacker sold one of his zero-day vulnerabilities to Hacking Team a while ago for the sum of....
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In an ongoing series of revelations regarding Hacking Team's recent security breach, Motherboard has pieced together that the American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) likely used Hacking Team software to de-anonymize a user of the anonymizing Tor software. It doesn't seem, however, that Tor itself has been cracked by Hacking Team or the FBI. Hackers breached the computer systems of notorious Italian spyware firm Hacking Team last week. Some 400 GB of internal documents were taken from Hacking Team's servers and dumped on BitTorrent to later be published by WikiLeaks. According to....
Bitcoin transactions have been appealing mostly due to their anonymous nature, but recent reports revealed that spyware firm Hacking Team has been tracking activity on bitcoin wallet sites. Security news provider CSO reported that hackers have been able to access a large cache of files including internal emails, payment invoices and product descriptions. Hacking Team is a notorious spyware group based in Italy that has been known for providing technology that enables hacking, mass surveillance and data collection. It has also been associated with repressive governments. Bitcoin Wallets....
Most governments around the world do not shy away from enlisting hackers to be part of their payroll. In doing so, officials can hire some of the best professionals in the world, be swaying them to put their skills to the test for the “right cause”, rather than damaging the infrastructure. But when even those hackers fall for an embarrassing hack themselves, things are turned on their head. It is no longer a secret that nearly every government on the planet is spying on not only their citizens but other countries as well. In order to do so, several governments have enlisted the skills of....
Hacking Team has made a lot of media headlines over the past year. Not only because this collaborative is known for its hacking exploits all over the world, but also because of their contacts with governments around the world. Ever since Hacking Team became the subject of a hacking attempt themselves, a lot of people have been wondering what day-to-day operations for this group looked like. Apparently they were keeping a very close eye on the evolution of the Bitcoin ecosystem. WikiLeaks has unveiled over one million emails from the Hacking Team surveillance malware collective. As part of....
Data from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis shows that October is “the biggest month in the biggest year ever for hacking activity.” The firm added that crypto hackers have grossed over $3 billion across 125 hacks so far this year. Crypto-Hacking Activity Soars in October Chainalysis shared some crypto-related hacking statistics Wednesday. The blockchain data analytics firm explained that back in 2019, most hacks targeted centralized exchanges. However, a vast majority of targets are now decentralized finance (defi) protocols. Chainalysis wrote: After four hacks yesterday,....