21-10-2023 19:34 via yro.slashdot.org

Scammers Try Hosting Their Malware on a Binance Network

Breached web sites distribute malware to visitors by claiming they need to update their browser. But one group of attackers "have developed an ingenious way of keeping their malware from being taken down by security experts or law enforcement," reports security researcher Brian Krebs.
"By hosting the malicious files on a decentralized, anonymous cryptocurrency blockchain."[W]hen Cloudflare blocked those accounts the attackers began storing their malicious files as cryptocurrency transactions in
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