Cybercriminals are running an online competition offering big prizes to anyone who believes they have found an unusual way to help crooks steal cryptocurrency. As security researchers at Intel471 describe, an underground cybercrime forum popular with cybercriminals has issued a call for papers that will describe “unorthodox ways to steal private keys and wallets, unusual cryptocurrency mining software, smart contracts, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and more.” It sounds very similar to the type of call-for-papers made in the run-up to a big cybersecurity conference, but this is being run for the benefit of criminals not for bettering the security and privacy of computer users.

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