Crypto-wallet drainer A crypto wallet works by signing transactions that move crypto assets. Draining a wallet is the process in which the user, believing they are doing something le …

Cryptominer A cryptominer steals what we rarely think of as a target: our computing power and our electricity. In the background it uses our processors and graphics cards t …

BGP Hijacking An attacker diverts traffic towards a crypto service in an attempt to intercept or manipulate the communication.

Botnet Attacks … ding spam, phishing campaigns, password spraying, cryptocurrency mining, malware distribution and other work that needs quantity. The strength of a botnet is no …

Infostealer … words, cookies and session tokens, autofill data, crypto wallet keys — all of it is of interest. It stays in contact with the attacker and sends on what it gath …

Pass-the-Hash … password in readable form, Windows remembers its cryptographic fingerprint — the hash. With older Windows authentication (NTLM), the password is not required t …

Ransom DDoS … s proof of capability and then ask for payment in cryptocurrency.

Ransomware … nds payment to release it. The ransom is asked in cryptocurrency because it makes the money harder to follow — which is exactly why attackers use it.

SIM Swapping … equest a reset on the mail account, the bank, the crypto wallet, receive the code by message, and take the account. Cryptocurrency holders and high-profile targ …

Service Abuse … ree tier of a cloud service is used for automated cryptocurrency mining or for processing somebody else's workloads.