New Research Shows Massive Internet Spy, Multiple Listed Cryptography Sites
A gigantic global spy and data theft effort is currently leaving citizens surfing the web at risk, with multiple Bitcoin and crypto domains included in the mix, according to research from Awake Security.
At the heart of the problem - a web domain registration company called CommuniGal Communication, or GalComm. "Of the 26,079 accessible domains registered by GalComm, 15,160 domains, or almost 60%, are malicious or suspicious," Awake wrote in a blog post June 18 after.
A list of sites at risk
Although the evil movement uses several different methods, including malware, such activity has gone under the radar of popular security systems through various tactics, wrote Awake, posting a link to the affected areas.
The long list shows a number of areas related to crypto and bitcoin , including cryptolimited.org, cryptocoiners.net, cryptomoedas.info, bitcoincompass.info and bitcoininvestmentstrategy.info, as well as others.
The list even included binanceref.info and binanceregister.info, although it's unclear whether the two sites are involved in the popular Binance exchange .
Binance was contacted to see if the domains are linked, but did not respond at press time. Updates will come as needed, pending a response.
Other browser antics involved
Awake also reported over a hundred cases of problems with harmful Google Chrome extensions affiliated with GalComm - in just three months.
“These extensions can take screenshots, read the clipboard, collect tokens of identification information stored in cookies or settings, enter user keystrokes (such as passwords), etc. ”, said Awake in the publication.
Awake added:
“To date, there have been at least 32,962,951 downloads of these malicious extensions - and that only takes into account the extensions that were online in the Chrome Web Store in May 2020.”
The movement has a place in virtually every category, from health care to petroleum, wrote Awake.
Since the 19-Covid prevention measures have taken off in mid-March, Internet crime has generally increased. A recent congressional hearing has shown a 75% increase in cybercrime since the inception of COVID-19.
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