Cryptocurrency: A Boom in Value Begets a Boom in Crime

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The recent surge in the global cryptocurrency market has made it a hot target for cybercrime. At RiskIQ, we've been tracking crypto-threats to understand their prevalence and how they're evolving. We've outlined the most prevalent that we see, including infrastructure analysis via our Internet Intelligence Graph to drill down into the mechanics of each threat and show how they work and why they're effective. The scale of these social media scams targeting cryptocurrency investors shows that they continue to be successful— even after the sensational, widely reported attacks in 2020.