A mammoth global spying
and data theft effort currently leaves web surfing citizens at risk,
with several Bitcoin and crypto domains included in the mix, according
to research from Awake Security. 

At the heart of the problem — a
web domain registration company named CommuniGal Communication, or
GalComm. "Of the 26,079 reachable domains registered through GalComm,
15,160 domains, or almost 60%, are malicious or suspicious," Awake wrote
in a June 18 blog post. 


A list of sites at risk


Although
the nefarious movement uses several different methods, including
malware, such activity has passed under the radar of popular security
systems, thanks to various tactics, Awake wrote, posting a link to affected domains. 

The
lengthy list shows a number of crypto and bitcoin-related domains,
including cryptolimited.org, cryptocoiners.net, cryptomoedas.info, bitcoincompass.info
and bitcoininvestmentstrategy.info, as well as others. 

The list
even included binanceref.info and binanceregister.info, although it is
unknown if the two sites are involved with popular exchange Binance. 

Cointelegraph
reached out to Binance to see if the domains are at all associated, but
received no response as of press time. Updates will come as necessary,
pending a response.


Other involved browser antics 


Awake
also reported over a hundred cases of issues around
GalComm-affiliated nefarious Google Chrome extensions — in just a
three-month span.

"These extensions can take screenshots, read the
clipboard, harvest credential tokens stored in cookies or parameters,
grab user keystrokes (like passwords), etc.," Awake said in the post. 

Awake added:


"To
date, there have been at least 32,962,951 downloads of these malicious
extensions — and this only accounts for the extensions that were live in
the Chrome Web Store as of May 2020."

The movement has its hand in essentially every category, from healthcare to oil, Awake wrote. 

Since
COVID-19 prevention measures took flight in mid-March, internet crime
has risen across the board. A recent U.S. congressional hearing showed a
75% increase in cybercrime since COVID-19's beginnings.  

Cointelegraph
reached out to Awake for additional comment but received no response as
of press time. The story will be updated pending a response. 

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