What a fun week! GitLab got DoS-ed briefly with someone mining bitcoin using CI jobs, a victim of Muhstik ransomware hacked attacker’s infrastructure and droped all of the decryption keys, details of the Ethereum Dark Arts exploit are now public, and other happenings in the blockchain security world.
Hacks
White-hat hacks Muhstik ransomware gang and releases decryption keys - a victim of the Muhstik ransomware hacked the infrastructure behind the malware to reveal decryption keys for all of its victims.
GitLab CI abused to mine crypto - GitLab issued a service announcement about a Denial of Service attack which turned out to be someone abusing it’s CI jobs to stealthily mine Bitcoin.
Student may have tried to hack West Virginia's blockchain election - an FBI investigation into the attempted hack of the blockchain-based voting app leads to a student at University of Michigan.
Crime
Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment - the topic of cryptocurrency features prominently throughout the an…
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