Ransomware actors are getting better at laundering their proceeds from attacks - but law enforcement authorities are also getting better at tracking illicit cryptocurrency funds down.
The takedown of the infamous Hydra market has had lasting effects on the cybercrime underground and cryptocurrency laundering ecosystem.
The U.S. government is ramping up its pressure on North Korea-linked malicious cyber activity after a $600 million crypto-heist that was linked recently to the Lazarus Group.
U.S. officials arrested two individuals and seized $3.6 billion in bitcoin related to the 2016 Bitfinex hack.
The Lazarus threat group utilized a modified JavaScript sniffer to steal cryptocurrency from unsuspecting e-commerce website consumers.