According to Odaily Planet Daily, security firm Check Point warns that malware called "JSCEAL," active since March 2024, has been impersonating nearly 50 popular crypto apps, including Binance, MetaMask, and Kraken, using advertisements to trick users into downloading malware. This malware could potentially impact over 10 million people worldwide. This malware, written in JavaScript and equipped with anti-detection mechanisms, can steal wallet information, account passwords, Telegram data, and browser cookies. It primarily spreads through advertisements on platforms like Facebook. (Cointelegraph)

Odaily Planet Daily News Vitalik Buterin retweeted on X platform: Ethereum has been online for ten consecutive years, with zero suspension and zero maintenance. At the same time, Facebook was down for 14 hours, Cloudflare abandoned 19 data centers, and other Layer 1 networks had multiple problems. Ethereum will never stop, whether it is forks, crashes, bubbles, lawsuits, hacker attacks, or various dramatic events that the Internet may cause. Despite the collapse of banks and the need for server repairs, Ethereum continues to run.

Odaily News Michael Zidell, a victim of a cryptocurrency scam, sued Citibank in Manhattan federal court, accusing the bank of ignoring suspicious transaction alerts, resulting in him being defrauded of $20 million. The complaint shows that Zidell transferred money to multiple bank accounts controlled by the scammers through 43 transfers, of which nearly $4 million was transferred to Citibank's Guju Inc. account. The "pig killing" scam began in 2023, when the scammer disguised himself as a businessman "Carolyn Parker" and induced Zidell to invest in NFTs through Facebook. The complaint stated that Citibank failed to investigate the frequent abnormal transfers of large integers, violating its anti-money laundering monitoring obligations. When Zidell discovered that a trading platform called OpenrarityPro had suddenly closed, the funds could no longer be recovered. (Cointelegraph)

Odaily News Paolo Ardoino, CEO of stablecoin issuer Tether, said in a post on the X platform that 16 billion login credentials of online service providers such as Apple, Google, and Facebook were leaked, and cloud services have once again disappointed the market. It is time to abandon the cloud, which is why Tether built PearPass. PearPass is about to be launched. It is a fully localized open source password manager that does not require cloud services or servers. It only manages keys independently and supports secure storage on devices.

Odaily News The Cybernews research team revealed that 16 billion login credentials of online service providers including Apple, Google, and Facebook were leaked, with the largest number of records in a single database reaching 3.5 billion. Researchers found that this data was mainly exposed through unencrypted Elasticsearch or object storage instances, and the leaked data included access tokens, session cookies, and account metadata stolen by information-stealing malware. The incident poses a serious threat to the cryptocurrency industry: attackers may use the leaked credentials to launch targeted account takeovers, especially for platforms that host wallets or associated emails. The fact that some wallets allow mnemonics to be backed up to cloud services further amplifies the risk. Security experts recommend that users update their passwords immediately, enable two-factor authentication, and avoid storing recovery phrases in non-secure digital environments. The identity of the original data holder has not yet been determined, but researchers have confirmed that some databases may belong to cybercrime organizations. (Cointelegraph)

Odaily News After a recent upgrade, the Android banking Trojan Crocodilus began to attack cryptocurrency users and bank customers worldwide. Security company ThreatFabric found that the malware has spread from the original Turkey region to Poland, Spain, Argentina and other countries. The latest variant can spread malicious programs disguised as browser updates through Facebook ads, using overlay attacks to steal login credentials for banks and encryption applications. The Trojan has added the function of automatically extracting cryptocurrency wallet mnemonics and private keys, and can also modify the victim's address book to implant fake "bank support" numbers. Attackers can now commit crimes by renting cryptocurrency theft tools at a cost of 100-300 USDT per time. (Cointelegraph)

Odaily News David Marcus, former head of Facebook's stablecoin project, published an article on the X platform to refute 1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino's view that ETH is by no means neutral. In response, Nick Tomaino said that credible neutrality can be defined from three aspects: 1. Token distribution and transparency: BTC has an internal distribution of 0%. Anyone can participate as a PoW miner and it is completely transparent. ETH has an internal distribution of 10%, and previously used PoW mining. Solana has an internal distribution of 62%. Token distribution and validators were not disclosed in the early stage, and there is an overall lack of transparency. 2. Jurisdiction: Bitcoin opened up the Internet native, Ethereum built the Internet native together with the global community, Solana is more like a "corporate token" and has participated in lobbying in the United States; 3. Developer platform: Bitcoin does not have a good developer platform, while Ethereum has a large number of important use cases (stablecoins, DeFi, NFTs, prediction markets, decentralized social networking, etc.). Ethereum prioritizes providing a decentralized platform for developers and companies. Coinbase, Blackrock, Fidelity, Stripe, Kraken, Deutsche Bank, Sony, Visa, Polymarket, Uniswap, Aave, and Opensea are all building on the Ethereum ecosystem.

Odaily News Thai police have arrested two Chinese citizens suspected of cryptocurrency fraud and kidnapping. The scammers used Facebook to lure victims into investing in fictitious Singapore dollar investment funds and exchanged the funds for USDT through P2P transactions on Binance and other Thai digital asset exchanges. They then transferred these stablecoins to a digital wallet registered in Cambodia by one of them. In addition, the police found that the suspects' accounts were linked to at least 63 fraud cases. The total amount of stolen funds reported by the police was close to US$18 million. Thai police said the two suspects will first undergo legal proceedings in Thailand and then be handed over to Chinese authorities for prosecution under Chinese law. (Cryptonews)

Odaily News Watcher.Guru posted on the X platform that its account was hacked today. Two weeks ago, the team suspected that someone was trying to hack into the account and sent a message to X employees to remind them. According to his description, on March 5, a Telegram user sent him a link to an article on X. The link was to the official domain of X, but contained an abnormal path, which was suspected to be a social engineering attack. Although the team did not find any obvious risks at the time, they still sent a message to @cstanley, the head of X's network security, but received no response. At 10:05 Beijing time on March 21, Watcher.Guru discovered that his account had been posted without authorization and deleted it within a few minutes. He also logged out of all devices and reset his password. However, because his "JUST IN" or "BREAKING" tweets are automatically synchronized to social platforms such as Telegram, Facebook, and Discord, the relevant content has been automatically forwarded. Watcher.Guru said it could not confirm whether the hack was caused by this specific link, but a similar incident recently occurred to db (@tier10k). In addition, his account has 2FA enabled, there are no connected applications, and no API tokens have been detected to be used to publish content. Currently, Watcher.Guru is still investigating the specific method of intrusion and has contacted X officials for further clarification.

Odaily News According to 8marketcap monitoring data, Bitcoin has returned to the top ten in the global asset market value ranking. Data shows that the current market value of Bitcoin is approximately 1.694 trillion US dollars, surpassing Meta Platforms (Facebook) to rank 10th in the global asset market value ranking, with a 24-hour increase of 7.02%.