Cybercriminal Malware Targets High Value Cryptocurrency

(March 15, 2018) Cybercriminals are following the money and it is leading them to cryptocurrency. In the March 2018 McAfee Labs Threats Report, the company found “one of the biggest developments in cybercrime is an increasing emphasis on cryptocurrency hijacking, which coincided with the increased market interest in digital currencies.” The criminal interest in cryptocurrency […]
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AriseBank Crypto-Coin Offering a Fraud, SEC Claims

(February 1, 2018) A “bank” that claims it raised $600 million in an initial coin offering for its own cryptocurrency has been shut down by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and a receiver appointed. In a complaint unsealed on January 29, the SEC alleges that AriseBank, based in Dallas, Texas, and its co-founders were […]
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