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Dutch Court Sentences Tornado Cash Co-Founder to 5 Years in Prison for Money Laundering

By: Newsroom β€” May 15th 2024 at 08:28
A Dutch court on Tuesday sentenced one of the co-founders of the now-sanctioned Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixer service to 5 years and 4 months in prison. While the name of the defendant was redacted in the verdict, it's known that Alexey Pertsev, a 31-year-old Russian national, had been awaiting trial in the Netherlands on money laundering charges.
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TheMoon Botnet Resurfaces, Exploiting EoL Devices to Power Criminal Proxy

By: Newsroom β€” March 29th 2024 at 12:12
A botnet previously considered to be rendered inert has been observed enslaving end-of-life (EoL) small home/small office (SOHO) routers and IoT devices to fuel a criminal proxy service called Faceless. "TheMoon, which emerged in 2014, has been operating quietly while growing to over 40,000 bots from 88 countries in January and February of 2024," the Black Lotus Labs team at Lumen
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Signal Introduces Usernames, Allowing Users to Keep Their Phone Numbers Private

By: Newsroom β€” February 21st 2024 at 07:17
End-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging app Signal said it’s piloting a new feature that allows users to create unique usernames (not to be confused with profile names) and keep the phone numbers away from prying eyes. β€œIf you use Signal, your phone number will no longer be visible to everyone you chat with by default,” Signal’s Randall Sarafa said. β€œPeople who have your number saved in their
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WhatsApp Introduces New Privacy Feature to Protect IP Address in Calls

By: Newsroom β€” November 8th 2023 at 13:57
Meta-owned WhatsApp is officially rolling out aΒ new privacy featureΒ in its messaging service called "Protect IP Address in Calls" that masks users' IP addresses to other parties by relaying the calls through its servers. "Calls are end-to-end encrypted, so even if a call is relayed through WhatsApp servers, WhatsApp cannot listen to your calls," the company said in a statement shared with The
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Authorities Shut Down ChipMixer Platform Tied to Crypto Laundering Scheme

By: Ravie Lakshmanan β€” March 16th 2023 at 09:46
A coalition of law enforcement agencies across Europe and the U.S.Β announcedΒ the takedown of ChipMixer, an unlicensed cryptocurrency mixer that began its operations in August 2017. "The ChipMixer software blocked the blockchain trail of the funds, making it attractive for cybercriminals looking to launder illegal proceeds from criminal activities such as drug trafficking, weapons trafficking,
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New Cache Side Channel Attack Can De-Anonymize Targeted Online Users

By: Ravie Lakshmanan β€” July 15th 2022 at 14:53
A group of academics from the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has warned of a novel technique that could be used to defeatΒ anonymity protectionsΒ and identify a unique website visitor. "An attacker who has complete or partial control over a website can learn whether a specific target (i.e., a unique individual) is browsing the website," the researchersΒ said. "The attacker knows this
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