2020-11-9 01:30 |
If you were around in 2018 or early 2019, you likely remember the hype around MimbleWimble. The post Once $80-million privacy crypto Grin comes under 51% attack appeared first on CryptoSlate. origin »
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MongoDB suffered a “Wiping & Ransom” attack that wiped around 22,900 unsecured databases.
2020-7-3 19:56 | |
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Learn about working at Coinbase: https://www.coinbase.com/careers - Medium
2020-3-14 23:34 | |
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DeFi player Synthetix reportedly suffered market manipulation attacks on its platform late last year. The incident emphasizes the need for better oracles and infrastructure around decentralized finance.
2020-3-5 23:14 | |
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Coinhako has restricted user accounts since last Friday following an "attack," but has not released many details around the incident.
2020-2-28 22:05 | |
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Researchers have gone public with another security flaw in a hardware wallet. This time, Kraken Labs exposed an attack against the popular cryptocurrency cold storage systems offered by Trezor. The attack takes around 15 minutes to complete.
2020-2-1 08:24 | |
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A group of around 20 people attacked Woodward's $2.6 million Cheshire mansion on Tuesday night. Luckily, Woodward, his wife, and two children were not at home when the attack took place. The post Every Man United Supporter Should be Ashamed of the Rabid Woodward Hate appeared first on CCN.com
2020-1-30 11:12 | |
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4 million BTC (about 25% of all Bitcoins) are potentially at risk from a quantum attack. The mentioned stash is valued over 40 billion USD. The stories about bitcoin being at risk of being obliterated by quantum computing have been going around for a long time now.
2019-12-20 11:30 | |
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Special thanks to Justin Drake and Jinglan Wang for feedback In 2014, I made a post and a presentation with a list of hard problems in math, computer science and economics that I thought were important for the cryptocurrency space (as I then called it) to be able to reach maturity.
2019-11-25 04:03 | |
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A recent large-scale malvertising attack identified by the TrendMicro security intelligence team has seen thousands of individuals around the world targeted by a sophisticated cryptojacking network.
2019-10-25 11:00 | |
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Nothing has changed since late September when BTC price dropped to $7,800 level. Bitcoin is still hovering around $8,000 and the trading volume is also stuck at $200 million. Source: Coin360 However, Bitcoin detractors have taken this time to attack the leading cryptocurrency yet again.
2019-10-19 22:05 | |
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The Maryland Department of Labor announced that a security flaw in its databases may have exposed the sensitive and personal data of around 78,000 people. The agency commented that the breach occurred earlier this year after nine employees fell victim to what cybersecurity experts call a phishing attack.
2019-7-7 20:30 | |
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A city in Florida paid out around $460,000 in a bitcoin ransom scheme, about a week after another Florida city paid around $600,000. Lake City’s IT Director Brian Hawkins has been fired as a result of the breach, which shut down the city’s critical digital infrastructure.
2019-7-3 00:50 | |
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Most people are keenly aware of Bitcoin’s potential, but until that potential is closer to being realized, nearly all of its value is derived from the masses speculating over its future value and use as a global currency.
2019-6-15 23:01 | |
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Special thanks to Jinglan Wang for review and feedback One question that often comes up is: how exactly is sharding different from sidechains or Plasma? All three architectures seem to involve a hub-and-spoke architecture with a central “main chain” that serves as the consensus backbone of the system, and a set of “child” chains containing actual user-level transactions.
2019-6-14 04:03 | |
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4H TRXBTC After TRX bottomed out at 306 satoshis and launched a mini bull run, to the local high of 404 sats. A stronger pullback sent it below to 344 and it hovered around 351 sats. TRX then launched another attack at the 404 sats resistance and even managed to temporarily smash it to reach […] The post Tron (TRX) Price Analysis and Prediction 2019 – Minor Pullback After A Solid Run (June 3rd Update) appeared first on CaptainAltcoin.
2019-6-3 04:55 | |
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4H TRXBTC You can see a clear trendless ranging on 4hr timeframe after TRX bottomed out at 306 satoshis and launched a mini bull run, to the local high of 404 sats. A stronger pullback sent it below to 344 and it hovered around 351 sats.
2019-5-31 03:05 | |
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Daily XRPBTC XRP almost gave away all the May 13th – May 17th (big move of 1600 sats) gains over bitcoin. Right now, XRP is hanging below EMA20 around 4800 sats after being rejected at a sturdy resistance zone of Fib236 at 5600 sats that needs to be shattered before XRP can attack the Fib50 […] The post Ripple’s XRP Price Analysis and Prediction 2019: Getting Ready To Attack $0.
2019-5-28 01:02 | |
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4H TRXBTC You can see a clear trendless ranging on 4hr timeframe after TRX bottomed out at 306 satoshis and launched a mini bull run, to the local high of 404 sats. A stronger pullback sent it below to 344 and it hovered around 351 sats.
2019-5-28 00:12 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is preparing to leave its $40 million hack behind it, confirming it had relaunched most of its service May 15. Binance Goes Live (Again) Only around one week after hackers managed to circumvent security mechanisms in what CEO Changpeng Zhao said was a coordinated attack, Binance is finishing its last checks before going fully live.
2019-5-15 16:30 | |
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MIT Developer: “Bitcoin's Software Has Been Downgraded In The Past” Following the recent attack on Binance which saw the premier trading platform lose around $40 Million worth of digital assets, many people from within the global crypto community have been saying that it is time for BTCs dev team to “reorganize/tweak the currency’s framework” — […]
2019-5-10 21:01 | |
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This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Vincent He. Since May 1, 2019, bitcoin’s price has been rising, reaching a top of over $6,000. As the whole cryptocurrency industry was enjoying the rise, an unexpected hack put a stop to the rise of bitcoin.
2019-5-10 18:48 | |
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Major darknet markets come and go in eras, so it seems, and the current one may be ending. Two of the biggest digital black markets seem to be disappearing, both at the same time.
2019-4-27 21:17 | |
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By CCN: Former CIA analyst John Gentry published a scathing attack on the alleged anti-Trump deep state, claiming American intelligence institutions have been overrun by Democrats – many of whom were handpicked by Barack Obama.
2019-4-21 22:00 | |
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A cyber attack has affected Japanese lens manufacturer Hoya, causing a partial factory shutdown. Around 100 computers may have been infected and passwords compromised. The attack may have also been a precursor to establishing an unauthorized cryptocurrency mining operation on the company’s corporate system.
2019-4-8 19:43 | |
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Over the years, Bitcoin has gained a reputation for having a “toxic” community of users around it. This accusation is mostly thrown at Bitcoin by proponents of altcoins and those who have supported various Bitcoin hard fork attempts in the past.
2019-4-5 16:23 | |
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Special thanks to Glen Weyl, Phil Daian and Jinglan Wang for review Over the last few years there has been an increasing interest in using deliberately engineered economic incentives and mechanism design to align behavior of participants in various contexts.
2019-4-5 04:03 | |
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The CoolWallet S, made by CoolBit X, combines hot and cold storage solutions, blending the mobility afforded by software wallets with the enhanced security features offered by hardware wallets.
2019-4-4 00:05 | |
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It looks like Mark Zuckerberg’s now into blogging. In an op-ed in the Washington Post, the Facebook CEO asked governments around the world to consider introducing more transparent rules for moderating content on the internet.
2019-4-1 12:57 | |
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Monero (XMR), one of the largest digital currencies around the world, has been involved in some controversies during the last days after a report released by Binance Research. Apparently, the digital currency could be affected by a 51% attack after the hard fork that the network conducted a few weeks ago. Now, Apollo Open Resource […]
2019-3-29 23:59 | |
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When Coinbase acquired Neutrino for an unspecified amount in February 2019, the news looked like business as usual: A cryptocurrency juggernaut had made another acquisition.
2019-3-1 17:19 | |
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According to research conducted by UK cyber crime investigation firm Digital Shadows and reported in The Next Web, cyber criminals have managed to generate around $332,000 in Bitcoin from an email-based blackmail scam.
2019-2-23 02:00 | |
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A group of online criminals from Turkey have been detained by local authorities on suspicion of hacking a domestic cryptocurrency company. Those behind the security breach are thought to have used the popular video game PUBG to communicate prior to the attack.
2019-2-14 00:00 | |
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On February 4, 2019, blockchain tech company Blockstream announced the development of a “proof of reserves” tool to standardize the authenticity of exchanges’ crypto reserves.
2019-2-7 01:01 | |
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Nicehash owns about 70% of DASH mining network according to a Reddit user (Jan 10), and the news is already causing a wave of concerns within the community Investigation It looks like someone currently controls over 51% of DASHs hashrate over Nicehash mining pools; a recent Reddit post accusing Nicehash of being a threat to Proof of Work (PoW) cryptocurrencies.
2019-1-11 15:22 | |
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Ethereum Classic, one of the most popular forks of the second most valuable cryptocurrencies by marketcap has suffered a 51-percent attack. After Chinese blockchain security firm SlowMist raised the alarm, an analyst at CoinNess dug a little deeper.
2019-1-8 13:34 | |
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Cryptocurrency, Ethereum Classic (ETC)–In a bizarre twist for the story developing around Ethereum Classic, developers for the ETC token are now making the claim that the blockchain has not experienced a 51 percent attack, in addition to denying the presence of a double spend.
2019-1-8 06:54 | |
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ICORating has recently released a new report ranking the most secure crypto exchanges in the market. In its Exchange Security Report, it ranks around 100 crypto exchanges and analyses their security such as user account safety and DoS attack protection.
2019-1-6 03:34 | |
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2018 was a good year for white hat hackers. These individuals and developers earned around $878,000 from crypto bug bounties during this year. The information was released by TheNextWeb on December 30.
2019-1-1 23:48 | |
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A bug centering around a new Ethereum token, GasToken, which was enabling abuse on cryptocurrency exchanges, appears to have been resolved. The details are provided in a report originally published on November 13, 2018, that discussed how the bug was exploited by attackers, and what digital platforms could do if they wished to protect their hot wallet funds.
2018-11-22 00:34 | |
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Bitcoin Cash, the “big block” project that forked away from the Bitcoin blockchain in August 2017, “hard forked” (split) into two different coins: “Bitcoin Cash ABC” (BCH ABC) and “Bitcoin Cash SV” (BCH SV).
2018-11-17 02:13 | |
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“Go for the Jugular” is the advice George Soros gave to his team during his famous attack on the British pound for a profit of $1 billion on so-called Black Wednesday in 1992.
2018-11-15 18:50 | |
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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.
2018-11-7 21:32 | |
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Monero has officially released its Malware Response Workgroup website yesterday. In an effort to help protect Monero’s community, the website aims to provide resources to educate about the types of malware that may take advantage of users.
2018-9-29 23:18 | |
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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.
2018-9-25 23:59 | |
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Another hacking attack has hit a known crypto exchange in Japan, and this time, thieves managed to steal around $60 million in crypto. Another Crypto Exchange Hack The popularity of attacks on crypto exchanges seemingly continues to grow, with another such exchange being hit just recently, in Japan.
2018-9-21 15:00 | |
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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.
2018-9-12 13:00 | |
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Plenty of things can happen in a minute. And when it comes to your security online, those 60 seconds are enough to send your business into a tailspin. As companies around the world look to increase their online presence and create more touchpoints with their customers, the attack surface grows ever larger. In what RiskIQ […]
2018-9-1 02:00 | |
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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.
2018-8-29 16:00 | |
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We think it’s astounding that no one has ever attempted to win a NASCAR or Formula One race by dropping a banana peel from the back of their car on the next-to-last lap. Don’t judge us, you don’t know — it could work.
2018-8-24 01:04 | |
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