Romance scams, which often involve a scammer impersonating someone as part of the scam, aren’t new by any means, but a new breed of romance scam has become incredibly prevalent over the past few years. This breed of romance scam has been referred to as a ‘pig...
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Are Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) Used For Money Laundering?
What is an NFT? A Non-fungible Token (NFT) is a unique digital asset and piece of data stored on a blockchain. The NFT is a unique token recorded as belonging to a given wallet, and it is not indistinguishable or interchangeable amongst other tokens of the same type....
Rich Sanders Featured on BraveNewCoin Podcast The Crypto Conversation
Richard Sanders, CipherBlade lead investigator and co-founder, was recently featured as a guest on The Crypto Conversation podcast on BraveNewCoin, The Blockchain Detective - Taking on elite cybercriminals & owning them. https://youtu.be/3PFPEudvUGs Rich discusses...
Romance Frauds: They will steal your heart and your money
Romance Fraud (also known as catfishing or dating fraud) is one of the most common types of crime on the internet. According to IC3 statistics, Romance Fraud has been at an alarming rise. Losses in the United States alone rose from $211 million to $475 million from 2017 to 2019.
Ransomware: Prevention, Investigation, and Bitcoin Funds Recovery
Please read this entire article in full before making any ransom payment in Bitcoin Prevention and Importance Ransomware has become increasingly prevalent over the last few years, and not just because of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused cybercrime incidents to...
CipherBlade Featured on VICE Showtime SIM Swapping Documentary
Richard Sanders, CipherBlade lead investigator and co-founder, was recently featured as a SIM Swapping expert on a VICE TV SIM-Swapping documentary on Showtime, Keepers of the Caliphate & SIM Kids. https://youtu.be/DboiYTRrgOs?t=1410 Note: Video only available to...
Why Cryptocurrency Adoption is Still Hindered by Criminal Activity
Nowadays, the percentage of Bitcoin transactions that involve criminal activity has declined considerably compared to what it once was. Today, a relatively small number of Bitcoin transactions are related to crime, even though many (uneducated) pundits and politicians...