As cryptocurrencies increase in popularity and users obtain and manage their own assets,
attackers are pivoting from just abusing cryptocurrencies as a payment mechanism, to …

Multiple works have leveraged the public Bitcoin ledger to estimate the revenue
cybercriminals obtain from their victims. Estimations focusing on the same target often do not …

To adapt to a constantly evolving landscape of cyber threats, organizations actively need to
collect Indicators of Compromise (IOCs), ie, forensic artifacts that signal that a host or …

This paper presents the first comprehensive analysis of an emerging cryptocurrency scam
named" arbitrage bot" disseminated on online social networks. The scam revolves around …

The untraceable part of the Deep Web, also known as the Dark Web, is one of the most used
“secretive spaces” to execute all sorts of illegal and criminal activities by terrorists …

The decentralized nature of Bitcoin allows for pseudonymous money exchange beyond
authorities' control, contributing to its popularity for diverse illegal activities such as scams …

In the Bitcoin protocol, dust refers to small amounts of currency that are lower than the fee
required to spend them in a transaction. Although “economically irrational”, dust is …

The untraceable part of the Deep Web, also known as the Dark Web, is one of the most
used" secretive spaces" to execute all sorts of illegal and criminal activities by terrorists …

Cybercrime is on the rise. Hence, cybercriminals need to launder the increasing proceeds of
their crimes. Collaboration between cybercrime and money laundering allows …

In this paper, we present an extensive study of the promotion of illicit goods and services on
Twitter, a popular online social network (OSN). This study is made possible through the …