Hackers Are Using Three Fake Crypto-Related Apps to Drain Wallets

While bitcoin (BTC) prices are increasing, crypto-related scams appear on the scene to take advantage of the situation. In this case, a security firm spotted three malicious crypto apps targeting users to steal their funds. дальше »

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Telling the truth? How crypto data aggregators fight fake exchange volumes

Crypto data aggregator websites are stepping up their game to fight fake exchange volumes — but it’s not all smooth sailing.

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Upload texts, photos and videos directly to the blockchain with Takamaka

Takamaka, an open blockchain entirely developed in Java, aims to protect copyright and counter fake news by uploading texts, photos, videos and other types of files to its native blockchain. As explained by Mario Carlini, CEO of Takamaka, the key features of blockchain technology, such as data immutability, guarantee that information and documents cannot beRead More дальше »

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BitGrail Exchange Godfather Accused of Faking Hack

The exchange was actually behind the attack which lost €120 million (~$146 million) worth of Nano, police say. Fake Hacks Make Big Bucks Don’t judge a hack by its cover. The 34-year-old acronymed suspect was accused of being behind an attack that left the Italian exchange BitGrail millions of dollars in the red. дальше »

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University of Glasgow Employs Blockchain Technology to Combat Circulation of Fake Whisky

A research center from the University of Glasgow has partnered with Everledger, a blockchain startup, to ensure transparency in the whisky industry and combat fakes, using blockchain technology. Blockchain Technology to Safeguard Rare Whiskies According to an official publication on Friday (Dec. дальше »

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Everledger and Glasgow Uni team up to fight counterfeit Scotch Whisky

About 40% of vintage whisky bottles were either fake or not produced when claimed.

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Massive Fake Celebrity-Endorsed Bitcoin Investment Campaign Duping Google, Facebook Traced to Moscow

A massive bitcoin ad scam campaign — which features celebrities and mainly targeted Australians — has been traced. The investigation’s findings point to a “highly organized” global business that relies on five addresses in Moscow’s center. дальше »

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Fake celebrity-endorsed Bitcoin ads traced back to organization based out of Moscow

A major Bitcoin ad scam that involves the use of the unauthorized images of Australian celebrities, promoting fake bitcoin investment schemes, has been reportedly traced back to an addresses in RussiaThe post Fake celebrity-endorsed Bitcoin ads traced back to organization based out of Moscow appeared first on AMBCrypto. дальше »

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Belgian Regulator Warns of Crypto Scammers That Target Male Tinder Users With Fake ICOs

The Belgian regulator, the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), says scammers are employing new techniques which target Tinder and Facebook users. Using what the FSMA terms an “emotional scam,” criminals are targeting male users of the dating app Tinder with promises of exceptional returns on investments. дальше »

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Blockchain Could Stop Fake News in 2021 – Saxo Bank

Blockchain technology may play a large role in the fight against fake news in 2021. A recent report from Saxo Bank, as part of an “Outrageous Predictions” series, said that Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) offered hope. дальше »

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На YouTube появились фейковые аккаунты биткоин-биржи Gemini

Принадлежащая братьям Уинклвоссам криптовалютная биржа Gemini предупредила пользователей о двух поддельных аккаунтах компании на видеохостинге YouTube. 1/3 📢 Two Youtube accounts were taken over by a hacker that converted YouTube accounts to look like fake Gemini accounts, using our brand name and our logo. дальше »

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Fraudulent Crypto Browser Extension Redirects to a Fake Metamask Domain

A crypto intelligence firm has raised red flags about an increasing flow of comments in the crypto community about an ongoing phishing campaign, which is stealing funds from people who install a malicious browser extension. дальше »

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Warning: This Phishing Scam is *Very* Easy to Fall For

Can you tell the difference between the real site and the fake one?

The post Warning: This Phishing Scam is *Very* Easy to Fall For appeared first on CoinMarketCap Blog.

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Veteran Trader Falls for ADA Scam on Fake CoinDesk Site, Warns Community

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Fake Uniswap app on Google Play Store has already lost one user $20,000

The fraudulent mobile app has already received over 100 downloads.

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Here’s everything you must know about Verizon’s new blockchain product that battles fake news

Verizon announced the launch of Full Transparency, a blockchain-based, open-source newsroom product last month as per a release shared with CryptoSlate. The post Here’s everything you must know about Verizon’s new blockchain product that battles fake news appeared first on CryptoSlate. дальше »

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Фейковое приложение Uniswap похитило у пользователя $20 000

В магазине приложений Google Play обнаружено фейковое приложение децентрализованной биржи Uniswap, которое ворует криптовалюту у пользователей. Один из них уже потерял $20 000. Just had a member of ours lose $20k to a fake @UniswapProtocol mobile App on @GooglePlay store as it has 100 fake positive reviews so he trusted to input private key backup phrase. дальше »

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Fake Uniswap Apps on Google Play Store are Stealing Thousands of Dollars

Reports are emerging that a fake Uniswap app has been spotted on Google Play and some victims have allegedly lost thousands of dollars to it. According to Nuggets News founder Alex Saunders, a fake Uniswap app is available for download on the Google Play Store. дальше »

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Ledger wallet users lose 1.1M XRP to a fraudulent site

Ledger wallet owners have fell victim to a scheme that defrauded them out of 1,150,000 XRP. A community-run fraud awareness group xrplorer unveiled this news on November 2, noting that the scam leveraged a phishing email that instructed users to use a fake version of the Ledger website, which contained a homoglyph in the URL. дальше »

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Ethereum 2.0: Should we start asking Real or Fake?

"Ethereum 2. 0 phase 0 to be launched at the end of 2019. . . . January 2020. . . . July 2020. . . September 2020. . . November 2020?" The digital asset class has created a very unique community over thThe post Ethereum 2. дальше »

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Latvian Financial Watchdog Issues Crypto Fraud Warnings

Latvia’s  Financial and Capital Market Commission (FCMC) has issued a notice to investors to refrain from indulging in malicious digital currency platforms and fake opportunities. The regulator also listed some “signs of fraud” to help individuals identify these deceptive practices. дальше »

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Getting the story straight: Blockchain to curb fake news

Rather than responding to existing fake news, this solution prevents imposters, a type of fake news story that appears to be from a legitimate news agency. дальше »

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Breitling to Combat Fake Watches Using Ethereum-Based Digital Passports

Swiss luxury watchmaker Breitling, known for its aviation chronometers, has enlisted help from Ethereum in fighting the fakers. In conjunction with the Paris-based digital identity firm Arianee, the Breitling Top Time (reference A23310121G1X1), which launched in March 2020, was the first of its kind to comes with a blockchain passport. The original Top Time, from […] дальше »

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Hackers send fake “update” to steal $22 million from Bitcoin wallets

Crypto-hunting hackers have stolen more than $22 million from the users of Electrum, a popular Bitcoin wallet, in the past two years using a “simple technique” involving fake updates, as per a ZDNet report Monday. дальше »

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Hackers have stolen 1,980 Bitcoin via wallet 'fake update'

Cybercrime gangs have stolen over to $22 million from users who use the Electrum Bitcoin wallets via a fake app update scam according to an investigation. The criminals later transferred the stolen fuThe post Hackers have stolen 1,980 Bitcoin via wallet 'fake update' appeared first on AMBCrypto. дальше »

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Kate Winslet to Star in ‘Fake!’, a Movie About the OneCoin Scam

Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet will star and co-produce Fake!, a movie adaptation of the infamous OneCoin cryptocurrency scam. The OneCoin Ponzi scheme generated around $4 billion between 2014 and 2017. дальше »

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Кейт Уинслет сыграет главную роль в фильме о криптовалютной пирамиде OneCoin

Британская актриса Кейт Уинслет сыграет главную роль и выступит продюсером фильма под названием Fake!, который станет экранизацией ещё неизданной книги Джен Макадам с Дугласа Томпсона о криптовалютной пирамиде OneCoin. дальше »

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Звезда «Титаника» сыграет главную роль в фильме о криптопирамиде OneCoin

Обладательница "Оскара" Кейт Уинслет сыграет главную роль в фильме о криптовалютной пирамиде OneCoin. Актриса также выступит продюсером картины, сообщает Deadline. Фильм Fake! ("Фальшивка!") основан на неизданной книге Джен Макадам и Дугласа Томпсона, в которой рассказывается реальная история причастности Макадам к OneCoin. дальше »

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Scammers Impersonate Australian Entrepreneur in Fake Crypto Scam

Scammers have been using an Australian man’s identity to advertise fake crypto promotions to specific members of the local aviation industry. The target? Dick Smith, a 76-year old aviator, and political activist. дальше »

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New Blockchain Program Aims to Counter Fake Viewer Data, Scam Ads

he platform targeted at combating scams advertised in video ads deploys a combination of Theta’s blockchain, Google’s BigQuery solution and Chainlink’s oracles. дальше »

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Bitcoin Is Undervalued, Fair Value Price Should Be $15,000, Says Analyst

Bloomberg cryptocurrency analyst Mike McGlone says bitcoin is greatly undervalued, suggesting that its fair value price should currently be somewhere around $15,000. The price of bitcoin (BTC) has see-sawed between $10,000 and $12,400 over the last few weeks, often tumbling sharply following what one pundit described as “fake” breakouts. дальше »

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DeFi Jest Token FEW Flies Over the Heads of Community

What was intended to be a joke by one of the crypto and DeFi community’s prominent members has turned sour, attracting a great deal of backlash on social media. By its decentralized nature, the Uniswap DEX allows any token to be listed, which often includes fake replications of existing tokens, scams, Ponzis, and in this […] The post DeFi Jest Token FEW Flies Over the Heads of Community appeared first on BeInCrypto. дальше »

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Fake views: How social media bots distort the crypto narrative

Social media is back in the spotlight following the release of the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma. It further confirms what many have long understood - that social media is inundated with fake news, inorganic engagement, blatant misinformation, and manipulation. дальше »

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EU Urged Facebook, Google and Twitter to Take More Action to Combat Fake News

Coinspeaker EU Urged Facebook, Google and Twitter to Take More Action to Combat Fake NewsAccording to the European Commission, the assessment of the Code signed in 2018 has shown several shortcomings. дальше »

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Criminals Target Privacy Coins: How To Avoid Downloading Fake Wallet Apps

Reports in the past few weeks detail that bad actors are targeting two privacy coin projects, Monero and Zcash, adding to concerns about the growing rate of security incidents involving blockchain networks. дальше »

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Yield farming satire MEME turns into multi-million dollar crypto project

A fake advertisement intended to send up the yield farming frenzy has turned into a genuine NFT farming DAO with a $3 million market cap. дальше »

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Federal Jury Indicts Three Accused of Posing as Pastors in Alleged $28M Ponzi Scheme

The accused were also charged by the CFTC and the SEC for allegedly soliciting funds from over 1,000 people for the fake forex and bitcoin trading fund. дальше »

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U.S SEC charges Ponzi scheme companies that promised fake crypto trading

The U. S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged two Maryland based companies over a Ponzi scheme that allegedly defrauded approximately 1,200 investors, of more than $27 million by promising The post U. дальше »

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Over $1 Billion Ethereum-Based Tokens Vulnerable to ‘Fake Deposit Exploit’

A number of university researchers published a study that demystifies the “fake deposit vulnerability” in Ethereum-based smart contracts. The findings show that over 7,000 tokens worth more than $1 billion built on top of Ethereum are vulnerable to two types of attacks that exploit smart contracts. дальше »

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The leaders of a fake crypto exchange are now behind bars

Choi and Park lost their last chance not to serve a jail time.

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DLT tracking partnership to fight fake diamonds in China

Everledger’s partnership with JD.com will allow buyers in China to purchase diamonds knowing their origins.

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Ethereum Tokens Worth $1B Vulnerable to ‘Fake Deposit Attack’

A software bug that deposits fake balances into cryptocurrency exchange wallets has been detected in 7,772 ERC-20 tokens worth over $1 billion. дальше »

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North Korea Attacks Crypto Business with Fake Job Offer on LinkedIn

North Korea found an ingenious way to target the sysadmin of a crypto business дальше »

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98% Of Trading Volume On Popular Crypto Exchanges Highly Suspected Of Wash Trading- New Research

A new report on wash trading activity on various crypto exchanges states that there is strong evidence to support that up to 98% of trading activity on some exchanges could be fake. The research conducted by Blockchain Research Lab analyzed existing data on 12 popular exchanges using key metrics such as web traffic, wallet sizes, […] дальше »

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Research: washing trades on some crypto exchanges reaches 98%

Blockchain Research Lab found witnesses of high levels of fake trading on several crypto exchanges. They urge CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko to step up the fight against this practice and display clearer trading data. дальше »

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Fight: Blockchain VS. Fake News

Honorable readers, we’re pleased to have your attention and time for this unprecedented battle, opposing the innovative blockchain technology and the old-fashioned fake news. While the latter has more power than ever, altering our content and being problematic within the media industry and journalism, the former is an emerging force against the loss of people’s […] дальше »

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Billionaire Chris Kirubi Still Grappling with Bitcoin Fraudsters

Yes, Bitcoin scams that flaunt fake celebrity endorsements are still a thing, and billionaire businessman Chris Kirubi continues his fight against them дальше »

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Fake Tokens Continue to Plague Uniswap

The growing popularity of Uniswap is continuing to attract scammers, with fraudulent coins impersonating token sales for top crypto projects. дальше »

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Coinbase Customers Lose 940,000+ XRP to YouTube Scammers: XRPlorer Founder

Founder of XRPlorer Thomas Silkj?r stated that initiators of fake XRP giveaways on YouTube have increased their "profits" since Saturday, from 97,500 to 940,000 XRP дальше »

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IP Australia and National Rugby League Use Blockchain Against Fake Products

The intellectual property rights issuer of Australia will use blockchain to help NRL fight the sale of counterfeit merchandise.

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