🔐 Cyber News (May 15, 2024):

1️⃣ Rain: Cryptocurrency exchange Rain, headquartered in Bahrain, has fallen victim to an exploit. In a hacking incident, perpetrators managed to siphon off assets totaling $14.8 million from the company's accounts. 💰

2️⃣ MistTrack: Tether took action by freezing 12 addresses containing millions in USDT. The combined assets held in these frozen wallets amounted to approximately $5.2 million. 💼

3️⃣ CoinDesk: A court in the Netherlands rendered a verdict on May 14, finding cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev guilty of money laundering. Pertsev was charged with orchestrating no fewer than 36 illicit transactions, totaling $1.2 billion, through the crypto mixer between July 9, 2019, and August 10, 2022. The court sentenced him to 64 months of imprisonment. ⚖️

4️⃣ Kaspersky: North Korean hackers known as Kimsuky have deployed a new #malware strain named Durian to target cryptocurrency firms. Durian not only exfiltrates files from compromised systems but also installs the AppleSeed backdoor and the LazyLoad proxy tool. 🛡️

5️⃣ Equalizer: On May 14, a cybercriminal initiated a breach on the decentralized exchange (DEX) Equalizer, pilfering funds from traders. The perpetrator made off with 2353 EQUAL tokens (~$20,000) and several other digital assets. 💸

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