Hackers target cryptocurrency customers by impersonating well-known employee

Researchers at Division Seven, SafeGuard Inc.’s threat intelligence team today detailed how customers at a cryptocurrency firm they work with were targeted by a threat actor using a social engineering attack with a twist: The hackers were pretending to be a well-known employee. The investigation was launched following a report by Microsoft Security in December into targeted […]

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