PolySwarm launched in 2018 with the Nectar (NCT) token, an ERC-20 token empowering cybersecurity professionals and enterprises to actively contribute and participate in our threat detection marketplace. The distribution of NCT reflects PolySwarm’s commitment to building a decentralized, community-driven platform. This post describes PolySwarm’s token allocations at launch and the token’s role within the cybersecurity ecosystem.
PolySwarm, the decentralized threat detection marketplace, is excited to announce that we are developing an expansion of our groundbreaking NectarNet browser extension.
Related Families: HelimodSteal, HelimodProxy, HelimodRedirect
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A longstanding botnet campaign is known to deliver Ebury, an OpenSSH backdoor and credential stealer.
Related Families: SunSeed, AHKBOT, NODEBOT
Verticals Targeted: Government, Cryptocurrency, Financial
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Asylum Ambuscade is a threat actor group known to engage in both cybercrime and espionage activity. Their targets include government, financial, and SMB entities, primarily in Europe and North America.
Verticals Targeted: Cryptocurrency, DeFi, Finance
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Uptycs recently reported on activity in which threat actors used Parallax RAT to target entities in the cryptocurrency sector.
Related Families: Xorist, Laplas Clipper
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Cisco Talos recently reported on threat actor activity leveraging MortalKombat ransomware and Laplas Clipper. MortalKombat encrypts files on the infected machine and drops a ransom note instructing victims on how to pay the ransom to recover their files.
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A malware researcher on Twitter, @ViriBack, recently discovered a fake Atomic Wallet site distributing Mars Stealer.
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