{"id":83869,"date":"2023-09-01T11:17:59","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T08:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=83869"},"modified":"2025-09-12T13:48:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T10:48:24","slug":"hackers-targeted-russians-after-binance-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/hackers-targeted-russians-after-binance-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackers targeted Russians after Binance restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Russian customers of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance began receiving mass phishing emails offering to download a special program allegedly enabling them to bypass recently introduced P2P trading restrictions. Security specialists from the cybersecurity firm F.A.C.C.T told <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.ferra.ru\/news\/techlife\/srazu-posle-zapreta-torgovat-valyutoi-na-binance-rossiyan-atakovali-khakery-31-08-2023.htm\\\">Ferra<\/a> about it.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Users are directed to a file-sharing site via a link to download the app, where a ZIP archive containing malware is hosted.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, the program intercepts logins and passwords from crypto wallets and other services. It can also become a launching point for broader and more sophisticated cyberattacks.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Users were advised to always verify the sender of all incoming emails and not click on unfamiliar links.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In late August <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/binance-drops-sber-and-tinkoff-names-amid-us-doj-investigation\">Binance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/okx-and-bybit-remove-sanctioned-russian-banks-from-p2p-platforms\">Bybit and OKX<\/a> removed from their P2P platforms banks under U.S. sanctions Sberbank, Tinkoff and Alfa-Bank. The first also <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/binance-limits-russians-to-p2p-trades-in-rubles-only\">\u0437\u0430\u043f\u0440\u0435\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u0440\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u044f\u043d\u0430\u043c \u043e\u0431\u043c\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043e\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0430\u0446\u0438\u0438<\/a> with any fiat currencies other than the ruble.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Later, KuCoin and OKX introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/kucoin-and-okx-tighten-p2p-trading-for-russians\">additional restrictions<\/a> for Russians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian Binance clients began receiving phishing emails offering to download a special program allegedly to bypass P2P trading restrictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[744,44,27],"class_list":["post-83869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-binance","tag-cybercrime","tag-russia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"14","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83871,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83869\/revisions\/83871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}