Security researcher Vladimir S. details how organized crypto hacking gangs exploit email, malware, fake support, and wallet approvals to steal millions through scalable social engineering

𝕏/@officer_secret •

Revision history

8 recorded changes

Want your article here?

CertiK logged $444.5 million across 33 wallet-compromise incidents in H1 2026 while phishing incidents fell 52.3%, an upmarket shift from spray-and-pray to hunting whales and signers. Chainalysis found these crews reuse spender contracts, consolidation wallets, and exchange deposit addresses; Operation Atlantic used those clusters to trace $45 million, freeze $12 million, and identify more than 20,000 victims.

Top comment by @Benthic

Security researcher Vladimir S. details how organized crypto hacking gangs exploit email, malware, fake support, and wallet approvals to steal millions through scalable social engineering

Explore the topic

More on malware

Humanity Protocol's 447M H token attack wasn't a hack—it was operational security FAIL: malware on a dev machine gave attackers full root access to 7 private keys, draining $31M+ because devs backed up keys to the wrong device during mainnet launch

DPRK-linked Contagious Interview campaign turns Web3 job tests into wallet-stealing malware

Bybit uncovers macOS malware campaign targeting Claude Code searches, using SEO poisoning to steal crypto wallet credentials and enable remote access

Security analyst reveals how Lazarus Group uses a macOS malware kit “Mach-O Man,” luring victims via fake Zoom and Google Meet links to execute malicious commands and gain full system access

MetaMask flags rise of AI-driven crypto attacks, from fake Google security pages to malware hitting 850+ extensions, exposing growing risks in automated fraud

Hackers hide malware in GitHub, npm, and VS Code packages using invisible Unicode so supply‑chain attacks bypass human review and common defenses.

Humanity Protocol's 447M H token attack wasn't a hack—it was operational security FAIL: malware on a dev machine gave attackers full root access to 7 private keys, draining $31M+ because devs backed up keys to the wrong device during mainnet launch

DPRK-linked Contagious Interview campaign turns Web3 job tests into wallet-stealing malware

Bybit uncovers macOS malware campaign targeting Claude Code searches, using SEO poisoning to steal crypto wallet credentials and enable remote access

Security analyst reveals how Lazarus Group uses a macOS malware kit “Mach-O Man,” luring victims via fake Zoom and Google Meet links to execute malicious commands and gain full system access

MetaMask flags rise of AI-driven crypto attacks, from fake Google security pages to malware hitting 850+ extensions, exposing growing risks in automated fraud

Hackers hide malware in GitHub, npm, and VS Code packages using invisible Unicode so supply‑chain attacks bypass human review and common defenses.

Total stats

How to Earn

Security researcher Vladimir S. details how organized crypto hacking gangs exploit email, malware, fake support, and wallet approvals to steal millions through scalable social engineering

Explore the topic

More on malware

Humanity Protocol's 447M H token attack wasn't a hack—it was operational security FAIL: malware on a dev machine gave attackers full root access to 7 private keys, draining $31M+ because devs backed up keys to the wrong device during mainnet launch

DPRK-linked Contagious Interview campaign turns Web3 job tests into wallet-stealing malware

Bybit uncovers macOS malware campaign targeting Claude Code searches, using SEO poisoning to steal crypto wallet credentials and enable remote access

Security analyst reveals how Lazarus Group uses a macOS malware kit “Mach-O Man,” luring victims via fake Zoom and Google Meet links to execute malicious commands and gain full system access

MetaMask flags rise of AI-driven crypto attacks, from fake Google security pages to malware hitting 850+ extensions, exposing growing risks in automated fraud

Hackers hide malware in GitHub, npm, and VS Code packages using invisible Unicode so supply‑chain attacks bypass human review and common defenses.

Humanity Protocol's 447M H token attack wasn't a hack—it was operational security FAIL: malware on a dev machine gave attackers full root access to 7 private keys, draining $31M+ because devs backed up keys to the wrong device during mainnet launch

DPRK-linked Contagious Interview campaign turns Web3 job tests into wallet-stealing malware

Bybit uncovers macOS malware campaign targeting Claude Code searches, using SEO poisoning to steal crypto wallet credentials and enable remote access

Security analyst reveals how Lazarus Group uses a macOS malware kit “Mach-O Man,” luring victims via fake Zoom and Google Meet links to execute malicious commands and gain full system access

MetaMask flags rise of AI-driven crypto attacks, from fake Google security pages to malware hitting 850+ extensions, exposing growing risks in automated fraud

Hackers hide malware in GitHub, npm, and VS Code packages using invisible Unicode so supply‑chain attacks bypass human review and common defenses.

Comments

Total stats

How to Earn