Bad Actors Could Continue Exploits In 2023, Security Firm Advises On Private Keys

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CertiK Achieves $2B Valuation After Latest Funding Round And This Growth Paints A Grim Picture For Cryptos

Blockchain watchdog, CertiK, is now valued at $2 billion after completing a funding round. The steep rise in value for the firm could be the foreboding of the impending crisis for cryptocurrencies. Hacks and exploits have threatened the survival of the nascent industry with billions of investors’ money lost to criminals. In Q1 of 2022, […]

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How HashEx is developing new auditing methods to outsmart hackers, as told by founder Dmitry Mishunin

Hackers manually find exploits in underlying smart contracts — The mass AI simulation of attacks in contracts could outsmart such tactics.

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Nasty Glupteba malware uses Bitcoin blockchain to keep itself alive

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new strain of the nefarious Glupteba malware that uses the Bitcoin blockchain to ensure it remains dangerous. TrendMicro’s latest blog details the previously undocumented variant which is capable of invading systems to mine Monero cryptocurrency and steal sensitive browser data like passwords and cookies.

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iPhone spyware campaign reportedly targeted Uyghur Muslims for 2 years

The data-stealing iPhone exploits detailed by Google last week may been used for state-sponsored campaigns targeting the Uyghur Muslim minority in China‘s autonomous region of Xinjiang. “The websites were part of a campaign to target the religious group by infecting an iPhone with malicious code simply by visiting a booby-trapped web page,” TechCrunch revealed, citing sources familiar with the matter.

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Kudelski Security Announces New Insecure Blockchain ‘FumbleChain’ to Teach Hackers About DLT

It is a pretty commonplace idea to think that blockchain technology means protection. Unfortunately, this idea could not be further apart from the truth. Despite the supposition of security, blockchains with exploits can be dangerous for everyone involved.

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New Cryptojacking Campaign Infects Asia Using More Profitable Tactics

Cryptojacking — the process of infecting computers with malware to mine cryptocurrency — has declined alongside prices during cryptowinter. But like any dextrous organism facing extinction, the virus and its propagators are adapting.

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Electrum Servers Remain Under Sustained DoS Attack

Electrum servers are still under a sustained Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack. The wallet developers announced the issue on April 7, 2018. In correspondence with Bitcoin Magazine, Electrum developer Thomas Voegtlin speculated that the attack may be a form of retaliation from a phishing attacker who has been targeting Electrum in recent weeks.

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Ledger Reveals Physical Exploits Against Trezor Hardware Wallets

The battle of the hardware wallets is heating up. At this weekend’s MIT Bitcoin Expo in Boston, Charles Guillmet, Chief Security Officer of Ledger, presented a number of physical attacks that could be executed against Trezor hardware wallets.

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Moonday Mornings: Intel CPU weakness could compromise cryptocurrency private keys

We spent the entire weekend failing to reach the bottom of our buckets of Halloween candy. Yes, we’re disappointed with ourselves too. But as it’s Moonday, we’ve put that aside and rounded up the best cryptocurrency news from the last few days just for you! Here’s some of our top picks.

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