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Electrum Wallet Phishing Attack Nets Hackers $900K in Bitcoin
Hackers managed to steal close to $900,000 worth of Bitcoin from Electrum wallet users via a phishing attack. While the attacks seem to have come to a halt, Electrum Devs say the hackers can launch new exploits since the issue hasn’t been permanently fixed. дальше »
2018-12-28 15:00 | |
Bitcoin Electrum Wallet Attacked: Hacker Steals 200 BTC
Nearly $1M In Bitcoin (BTC) Stolen An anonymous hacker (or consortium of hackers) have purportedly stolen nearly $1 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC), reports technology media outlet ZDNet. Per the report, the Electrum Wallet, a popular open-source project founded in mid-June 2011, was breached in a “clever attack. дальше »
2018-12-28 23:09 | |
Starwood breach affecting 500M users reportedly part of a larger Chinese state-sponsored attack
Remember that massive breach of the Mariott-owned Starwood hotel chain from last month, which saw 500 million users’ data stolen? The New York Times reports that the intrusion was part of a larger state-sponsored intelligence-gathering effort spurred on by China‘s spy agency, the Ministry of State Security. дальше »
2018-12-12 09:46 | |
Starwood breach affecting 500m users reportedly part of a larger Chinese state-sponsored attack
Remember that massive breach of the Mariott-owned Starwood hotel chain from last month, which saw 500 million users’ data stolen? The New York Times reports that the intrusion was part of a larger state-sponsored intelligence-gathering effort spurred on by China‘s spy agency, the Ministry of State Security. дальше »
2018-12-12 09:46 | |
100m Quora users’ data stolen by hackers
Quora announced today that its Q&A platform was breached by hackers on November 30, and that approximately 100 million users’ data was compromised. The attackers are believed to have accessed the following information: Account information, e. дальше »
2018-12-4 07:49 | |
Bitcoin Ransomware: The U.S. Indicts Iranians Over $6 Million Cryptocurrency Cyber-crimes
The U. S. Justice Department recently announced the indictment of two Iranians involved in a high-profile Bitcoin ransomware attack. Iranian Hackers Collect Bitcoin as Ransom According to a report by The Washington Post, the Justice Department of the United States on Wednesday (November 28) announced the indictment of two Iranian nationals involved in cryptocurrency ransomware attacks, […] The post Bitcoin Ransomware: The U. дальше »
2018-11-29 12:16 | |
A First: U.S. Treasury Makes Bitcoin Addresses Focal Point in Sanctions
For the first time, the U. S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has traced illicit bitcoin activity to the public addresses of two sanctioned individuals. дальше »
2018-11-29 21:41 | |
EOS Price Analysis - Decentralized Apps on the rise, while the assets value falls
As dApp popularity has risen, so have the funds held by these dApps, which has created a large honeypot for hackers. Poorly written smart contracts also have a vast attack surface. дальше »
2018-11-16 14:01 | |
EOS Price Analysis - Decentralized Apps on the rise, while the asset's value falls
As dApp popularity has risen, so have the funds held by these dApps, which has created a large honeypot for hackers. Poorly written smart contracts also have a vast attack surface. дальше »
2018-11-17 14:01 | |
Google, Target Twitter Accounts Hacked To Advertise Bitcoin Scams
Target Twitter Account Hacked To Promote Bitcoin (BTC) Scam On Tuesday morning, reports arose that crypto-centric Twitter hackers scored their biggest win yet — hijacking Target’s official account, which sports a casual 1. дальше »
2018-11-14 04:25 | |
Crypto Exchange Gate.io Suspends StatCounter Service after Reports of Hackers Hijacking Bitcoin Transactions
Cryptocurrency exchange Gate. io has removed StatCounter, one of the most popular web analytics tools, from its website following reports of a security breach, the company announced in a blog post on November 7, 2018. дальше »
2018-11-9 23:00 | |
Hackers hide cryptocurrency mining malware in Windows installation files
Crypto-jacking schemes are getting more intricate by the day. It appears hackers are now disguising cryptocurrency mining malware and passing it off as legitimate Windows installation packages. дальше »
2018-11-8 18:20 | |
Bitcoin, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency News For Today November 7th [VIDEO] – Part 2
Hackers Attack Gate.io Exchange Infecting 700,000 StatCounter Sites with Bitcoin-Stealing Malware Hackers Attack Gate.io Exchange Infecting 700,000 StatCounter Sites With Bitcoin-Stealing Malware Overstock CEO Boldly Claims Bitcoin is the Solution After the Looming Financial System Collapse Overstock CEO Boldly Claims Bitcoin is the Solution After the Looming Financial System Collapse Respected Bitcoin Trader ‘Crypto Rand' […] дальше »
2018-11-8 08:13 | |
Hackers Attack Gate.io Exchange Infecting 700,000 StatCounter Sites With Bitcoin-Stealing Malware
Hackers Breach Gate. io And Infect Around 700,000 sites With Bitcoin-Stealing Malware A group of hackers has recently attacked Gate. io, a crypto exchange, in order to compromise its web analytics platform to infect users. дальше »
2018-11-7 21:32 | |
Hackers infect nearly 700,000 sites with Bitcoin-stealing malware
Cryptocurrency hackers have attacked one of the internet’s most used traffic analytics services, StatCounter, in order to siphon Bitcoin from users of online exchange desk Gate. io. In a targeted attack, hackers breached StatCounter to such an extent that over 688,000 websites were caught loading the malicious script, ZDNet reports. дальше »
2018-11-7 14:16 | |
University shuts down its entire network to stop Bitcoin crypto-jackers
A Canadian university had to shut down its entire campus network after it discovered hackers had hijacked its computing power to surreptitiously mine cryptocurrency – Bitcoin, to be exact. In a statement released earlier this week, Nova Scotia-based St. дальше »
2018-11-7 13:44 | |
Zaif Crypto Exchange Hackers Identity May Be Revealed After $60 Million Attack
According to cybersecurity experts at Japan Digital Design, attackers of the cryptocurrency exchange Zaif may have been discovered. Japan Digital Design is a subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG). дальше »
2018-11-5 21:01 | |
trade.io Announces Hard Fork After $8 Million Worth of Crypto Stolen From Bank-Secured Cold Storage
Swiss crypto exchange trade. io reported on October 20th that $8 million dollars worth of cryptocurrency was stolen from its cold storage devices by hackers. It is at this point unclear how the funds were withdrawn. дальше »
2018-10-24 01:10 | |
$7.8M In Cryptocurrency Disappears From Trade.io “Cold Storage”, Hackers Implicated
Switzerland-based Trade. io Suffers Devastating Hack, Cold Wallet Affected In hand-to-hand fist fights, it is not like gentlemen to kick their opponents while they are already down. However, in the emerging cryptocurrency market, which has been bashed by violent sell-offs in the past nine months, malicious actors still seem poised to attack, hack, and steal from […] The post $7. дальше »
2018-10-23 03:28 | |
6 reasons why municipalities are getting hammered by cyberattacks
More and more municipalities are becoming victims of hacks. For example in the US, the first half of 2018 has seen many major (or not so major) cities being attacked by bad actors using a variety of methods. дальше »
2018-10-22 17:16 | |
The free internet makes us the product — we need to stop it
The bad headlines continue to stack up for Facebook this year: from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, to the New York Times report that Facebook gave Apple, Samsung, and other mobile device makers access to its users personal data without permission, to the revelation that the firm routinely gives user information and preferences to several Chinese telecommunications firms, to last week’s security breach in which hackers took control of 50 million user accounts as well as any third-party sites those users logged into via Facebook. дальше »
2018-10-6 19:30 | |
[Newsflash Update]: Bitcoin Network Bug Leaves BTC Blockchain Particularly Vulnerable Still
Last week, the Bitcoin Core team came out with a brand-new update to its client which was supposed to address a major vulnerability on the chain. The vulnerability made it easy for hackers to execute a “denial of service” attack on the network, which could be a potentially devastating security problem. But in many ways, […] дальше »
2018-9-28 08:58 | |
Study Reveals Growing Sophistication in Malicious Mining of Cryptocurrency
Several Chinese researchers from Fudan University, Tsinghua University and the University of California Riverside have produced the first systematic study of the malicious mining of cryptocurrencies, known as cryptojacking, unveiling increasing complexity over time. дальше »
2018-9-25 23:59 | |
Bitcoin Flaw Discovered: Inflation Attack Creates Bogus BTCs
The disclosure brings to question whether state-sponsored or organized hackers would have succeeded in exploiting the Bitcoin software bugs had they known about them to threaten what was thought to be an impregnable blockchain network. дальше »
2018-9-24 14:00 | |
Massive Bitcoin Vulnerability Discovered That Could Have Seen The End Of BTC
Developers from the Bitcoin Core project seem to have discovered a vulnerability that could have seen the end of Bitcoin. To put a long story short, the entire Bitcoin blockchain was at risk of being pulled down by one single DDos attack. дальше »
2018-9-21 06:00 | |
Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange Platform Zaif Hacked For $60 Million
Zaif, a cryptocurrency exchange service, is the latest victim of an attack by suspected hackers. The Osaka-based platform has reportedly lost cryptocurrencies worth 6. 7 billion yen ($60 million) to the attackers. дальше »
2018-9-20 16:00 | |
Newdex Decentralized Crypto Exchange Robbed in New Hacking Attack
After discovering a new security vulnerability, hackers managed to flood a crypto exchange with fake EOS tokens. By the end of their operation, they ended up stealing as much as $58,000 from the exchange’s users directly. дальше »
2018-9-19 17:00 | |
Crypto Wallet Protection App Wants to Secure Your Wallets Against Malware
Malware, a persistent thorn in the side of the internet’s wider community, has become an increasing concern for cryptocurrency users. A problem that comes in many forms, malicious software is leveraged by hackers to rob community members of their funds. дальше »
2018-9-18 23:37 | |
Five Most Common Cyber Attack Methods Crypto Investors Should Know About
In the last years, we have seen how different attackers targeted crypto exchanges, users and investors. Just in 2017, cyber attacks caused $275 million dollars in damages to businesses according to Equifax. дальше »
2018-9-13 18:14 | |
Town In Canada Meets Hackers Demands With Bitcoin Ransom
In the Ontario province of Canada, holds the town of Midland which has a population of more than 16,000 people and has recently had its computer systems hacked and infected with ransom malware. The town of Midland has come to conclusion that they are going to meet the hackers wants and pay them (as per their demands) in Bitcoin, in order to get the computer system up and running again. дальше »
2018-9-12 13:00 | |
It took hackers just 22 lines of code to steal British Airways’ customer data
Last week, British Airways acknowledged that its website had been hacked – leading to 380,000 customers‘ data being compromised. It seems like it wasn’t too difficult either: Cybersecurity firm RiskIQ has found out that it took hackers just 22 lines of code to get a hold of the data. дальше »
2018-9-12 08:31 | |
Bitcoin Gold (BTG) Gets Delisted By Bittrex Crypto Exchange Due To $18 Million Hack
Bittrex Exchange Removes Bitcoin Gold From Their Exchange Among cryptocurrency startup companies, the risk of theft, extortion, or major attack is very significant. The cryptocurrency community has always been especially susceptible to crime, because of the prevalence of technology-minded hackers in the markets, as well as the anonymous nature of cryptocurrencies in general. For these […] дальше »
2018-9-4 13:37 | |
Bittrex Delists Bitcoin Gold Amid Lack of Compensation Over 51% Attack
Bittrex, one of the planet’s largest cryptocurrency operators, has delisted BTG from its exchange after the Bitcoin Gold Organization declined to pay 12,372 BTG (about $265,000) to remain listed. The Seattle-based exchange required a compensation from the BTG team for negligence over the 51% attack in May that allowed hackers to steal more than 388,000. дальше »
2018-9-4 01:00 | |
Major cryptocurrency exchange delists Bitcoin Gold following $18M hack
The threat of attack is very real for upstart cryptocurrency projects. Bitcoin Gold, a popular hard fork of Bitcoin, is set to be delisted from cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex. The reason for the removal is that the currency has suffered a series of debilitating heists that netted thieves over $20 million in stolen funds. дальше »
2018-9-4 17:21 | |
Top 4 Attack Types For Criminals Looking to Steal Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency users are under constant threat from hackers and scammers looking to steal their digital wealth. Even though some incidents are difficult to avoid, it would appear the major security risks still remain in place after many years. дальше »
2018-9-3 21:00 | |
CheapAir Held To Bitcoin Ransom
CheapAir, the online travel agency specialising in finding cheap air fares and allowing users to pay in cryptocurrencies has fallen victim of a Bitcoin ransom attack, demanding that the service pay up around $10,000. дальше »
2018-8-29 16:00 | |
North Korean hackers are targeting cryptocurrency traders with fake software
North Korean hacking outfit “Lazarus” is now targeting cryptocurrency exchanges. Information security firm Kaspersky Labs has discovered it is exploring new attack vectors and trojanizing cryptocurrency software. дальше »
2018-8-23 16:05 | |
The PGA Falls Victim To Bitcoin Ransomware Attack
While cryptocurrency prices have taken a tumble, with valuations falling by upwards of 70%, ransomware still seems to be a medium of attack for cryptocurrency-focused hackers. As per an article from Golfweek, the Professional Golfers Association, a group of the best golfers from around the globe, has fallen under a cyberattack. дальше »
2018-8-10 21:51 | |
PGA Falls Victim to Cryptocurrency Ransomware Attack
Cyber-criminals engaging in cryptocurrency ransomware have found another victim: the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA). Suspected hackers have hijacked the computer servers of the American PGA and demanded a ransom in Bitcoin. дальше »
2018-8-10 19:16 | |
PGA Championship Hit with Bitcoin Ransom Attack
Hackers have set their eyes on the PGA Championship’s computer system in the latest cyber heist, demanding a Bitcoin ransom. According to Newsmax, the PGA’s computer system suffered a security breach leaving some files inaccessible unless a Bitcoin ransom is paid. дальше »
2018-8-10 12:00 | |
Blockchain bug hunters feature prominently at this year’s Pwnie Awards
Researchers have been diligently prodding cryptocurrency and blockchain companies for kinks in their security – and it seems some of them are finally getting recognition for their work. Three researchers are up for Pwnie Awards this year – an annual showcase of the best and worst in information security. дальше »
2018-8-8 19:35 | |
Audits and Quality Assurance: Patching the Holes in Smart Contract Security
On July 10, 2018, news broke that cryptocurrency wallet and decentralized exchange Bancor was hit with a hack. A wallet the Bancor team used to update the protocol’s smart contracts was infiltrated, and the $23. дальше »
2018-8-3 19:24 | |
Hackers Attack Compromises Ethereum Block Explorer Site Etherscan.io
On July 23, 2018, the most popular Ethereum block explorer site Etherescan. io was hit malicious attack. According to Motherboard, the hackers were able to use the website’s comments section to introduce malicious code. дальше »
2018-7-29 03:00 | |
KICKICO Suffered $7.7M Hack Attack, Says Will Return Stolen KICK Tokens
ICO and crowdfunding-oriented platform KICKICO was attacked by hackers, who stole about $7.7 million worth of KICK tokens. The company claims the situation is under control already and the stolen tokens will be returned to their owners. дальше »
2018-7-27 13:33 | |
SharkGate ICO
SharkGate a company that specializes in protecting websites has geared up to build the next-generation of website cyber protection: SharkGate is creating the World’s first blockchain powered Cyber Security solution designed exclusively to protect websites against hackers. дальше »
2018-7-24 20:17 | |
Etherscan rushes to plug vulnerabilities following strange hacking attempts overnight
Etherscan, the most widely used Ethereum blockchain explorer, has quickly patched security vulnerabilities overnight as hackers exploited certain parts of its service. Hackers successfully manipulated the Disqus API – a third-party service used by Etherscan that allows for comments to be left on Ethereum wallet addresses. дальше »
2018-7-24 13:00 | |
Indian Hospital Data Hit With Ransomware By Hackers; Bitcoin Demanded
Indian Hospital Data Encrypted by Hackers Who Demand Bitcoin Ransom One of India’s most prominent hospitals, which also happens to be located in the wealthiest city of Mumbai is the latest casualty of a ransomware attack. дальше »
2018-7-20 16:51 | |