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BitMEX made a bold announcement this afternoon, claiming it foiled a major hack attempt from the Lazarus Group. The exchange’s security team analyzed the hackers’ code, revealing some interesting new information.
The malware had surprisingly poor operational security, allowing BitMEX to trace the IP addresses and active hours of several members. Still, the firm acknowledged that it only beat Lazarus’ second-string hackers, not their best.
The Lazarus Group is a formidable North Korean hacker organization, responsible for the largest theft in crypto history. The group has stolen and successfully laundered vast sums of money thanks to their sophisticated DeFi trade networks.
However, Lazarus’ recent attempt to hack BitMEX was prevented, according to a recent blog post.
A Lazarus hacker attempted to phish a BitMEX employee by sending them a phony request to collaborate on a Web3 NFT marketplace project. This employee alerted security, who played along with the scammer to obtain the malware bait. From there, BitMEX analysts dismantled it, gleaning knowledge of the group’s organization:
“Throughout the last few years, it appears that the group has divided into multiple subgroups that are not necessarily of the same technical sophistication. This can be observed through… bad practices coming from these ‘frontline’ groups that execute social engineering attacks when compared to the more sophisticated post-exploitation techniques,” BitMEX claimed.
Specifically, BitMEX identified a lot of sloppy work in the initial malware. This allowed analysts to find a list of IP addresses from compromised computers; furthermore, they identified test runs.
One Lazarus member based in China left incriminating info in this database, which BitMEX used to get a profile of other members and their working schedules.
BitMEX’s work here can go a long way towards piercing the Lazarus Group’s image of danger and hyper-competence. BitMEX, a long-running derivatives exchange, seems like an unexpected candidate to make these discoveries.
Rather than a famous crypto sleuth, a private firm that’s been out of the news lately managed to crack this code.
Still, it’s important not to overstate the situation. The Lazarus Group sent their B-team to try and breach BitMEX, but much more advanced hackers would’ve exploited a successful breach.
BitMEX exploited the group’s sloppy operational security, but its members remain wholly anonymous. In all likelihood, they’ll have plenty of future successes on softer targets.
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Shiba Inu price saw a massive price increase in 2021 when Vitalik Buterin burned 410 trillion SHIB tokens sent to him by developers. This burn process led to SHIB erasing three zeros from its price within a short time. Since then, the SHIB community has been conducting regulator SHIB burns and increasing utility in an attempt to push Shiba Inu price to $0.01. In this article, we explore why SHIB price may never rally to $0.01.
At press time, Shiba Inu price trades at $0.0000135 after a 3.5% rise in 24 hours.
Shiba Inu price faces several obstacles in its path towards $0.01. As these factors continue to weigh on the price, SHIB may continue to record an underwhelming performance.
One of the reasons why SHIB price may never reach $0.01 is the massive circulating supply of 589 billion tokens. For SHIB to reach $0.01 with this supply, its market capitalization would reach $5.89 trillion.
For context, the total supply of the crypto market is around $3 trillion. Therefore, for SHIB to reach $0.01, it would have to outperform Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the entire market. This is currently unlikely to happen in the near term due to a lack of institutional interest that shows a bearish Shiba Inu price forecast.
The other reason why the Shiba Inu price will never reach $0.01 is the slow SHIB burn process. The Shiba Inu community has been conducting regular token burning to reduce the supply. Recently the Shiba Inu burn rate soared by 5,000%, but the supply remained significantly high.
Data from Shibburn shows that the burn rate is dropping again. This lack of a sustained surge in the burn rate will keep Shiba Inu’s supply elevated and prevent it from reaching $0.01.
Shiba Inu price may also fail to rally to $0.01 due to a lack of institutional interest. Despite being the second-largest meme coin after Dogecoin, Shiba Inu has yet to get a spot ETF filing. This may hinder significant price gains.
Additionally, new meme coins are getting much retail interest compared to Shiba Inu. As traders flock to new meme coins for quick gains, it diminishes SHIB chances of reaching $0.01.
Shiba Inu price is under bearish pressure despite its recent gains. The meme coin is trading within a falling parallel channel, indicating that bearish trends are prevalent. This could trigger further losses.
The RSI has been fluctuating below 50 for the past month indicating a lack of buyer interest. The ADX is also rising, which also shows that the bearish momentum shown in the falling wedge pattern is gaining strength.
If these bearish trends continue and the SHIB price loses support at $0.0000128, it could push the prices lower, possibly to the $0.000009 level.
SHIB’s technical outlook shows a bearish picture that may affect its short-term price outlook. Additionally, the slow burn rate, vast supply, and lack of demand make it unlikely for SHIB to reach $0.01 in the long term.
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