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Bitcoin (BTC) Holding On To $5,200 Position Firmly, Bulls Now Eye $5,400 With Max Keiser Predicting The Next Rally Will Be Triggered By “State Actors”

After a few days of marginal losses, the market has turned green again. In the last couple of hours, most coins have recorded gains although the numbers for most remains very low. Bitcoin (BTC) is at the time of press up by around 3%, a climb that has seen it find stability above $5,230. дальше »

2019-4-17 17:40


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North Korea Cryptocurrency Report Urges Southeast Asia To ‘Mitigate’ Threat

A new report into the alleged use of cryptocurrency by North Korea claims the whole of Southeast Asia is “vulnerable” to state actors. RUSI: North Korea Has ‘Gone To Extremes’ Published April 12, the report, Closing the Crypto Gap: Guidance for Countering North Korean Cryptocurrency Activity in Southeast Asia, comes courtesy of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI). дальше »

2019-4-16 22:00


Jussie Smollett: Arrogance Made ‘Empire’ Star Chicago’s Public Enemy No. 1

Actors are often done in by their egos, and in the case of Jussie Smollett, a few moments of arrogance could cost him a lot more than the $130,000 Chicago was demanding last week. The city, led by former Barack Obama advisor and now-Mayor Rahm Emanuel, sued the “Empire” actor following his refusal to pay back the $130,000 lawmakers initially requested following overtime hours spent investigating his case. дальше »

2019-4-13 01:00


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Bitcoin wallet Electrum hit by DoS attack from 140,000-strong botnet

The servers of popular Bitcoin wallet Electrum are under heavy attack, and users are advised to be extra careful when using the platform until it’s resolved. A sophisticated botnet of more than 140,000 machines has launched Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks on Electrum‘s servers, with apparent intent to direct users to compromised versions of the software designed to steal their Bitcoin. дальше »

2019-4-8 18:06


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5 Crypto Phishing Scams to Be Aware Of

Crypto phishing scams are becoming one of the most profitable methods for cybercriminals to steal your cryptocurrency. Phishing for Crypto Cybercrime exists because it’s profitable. You might think the efforts of malicious actors are petty or trivial when you delete obvious scam emails from your inbox, but every so often, one of them works — and it makes money for the bad guys. дальше »

2019-4-6 14:00


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Op Ed: With Bitcoin, Anarchy Is the Point, Not the Problem

Last week, there was a panel at SXSW that was effectively a debate on the merits of permissioned blockchains versus permissionless systems like Bitcoin. I listened to the entire audio of the panel discussion, after Programming Bitcoin author Jimmy Song tweeted it out the other day, and I thought he did an awesome job of pointing out the key value proposition of Bitcoin and why it is not worth comparing to permissioned systems. дальше »

2019-3-23 17:29


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Steam vulnerability exposed users to account hijacking and malware

A vulnerability in Valve‘s Steam platform made it possible for malicious actors to take over user accounts, pilfer their items, and even infect their systems with additional malware. The security kink resided in Steam‘s server browser functionality – which lets players look up severs for a number of games (including hit titles like CS:GO, Half-Life 2, and Team Fortress 2) – according to a HackerOne vulnerability disclosure made public on March 15. дальше »

2019-3-21 19:42


Google is Banning Political Ads in Canada, But the Tech Giant Cannot Be Trusted

Alphabet Inc. ’s Google is banning political advertising in Canada just in time to apply to the 2019 Federal elections. The prohibition came in the wake of the Elections Modernization Act, passed by the Canadian Senate this December, which requires online advertising platforms to monitor and report all political and partisan ads. дальше »

2019-3-5 20:01


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Coinbase Neutrino Acquisition Reveals History Of Spying and Gov’t Data Selling

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is facing an increasing publicity nightmare after it emerged the CEO of a company it took over sold private user data to governments. Coinbase: Neutrino ‘Will Help Prevent Theft’ Announced February 19, Coinbase now owns Italian blockchain surveillance startup Neutrino, having acquired the company for an undisclosed sum. дальше »

2019-2-19 20:00


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Indonesian Student Nabbed for Illegal Bitcoin Mining with School Computers

Despite the gloomy cryptocurrency market outlook, bad actors are still interested in illegally amassing bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptoassets. In the latest development, a 22-year-old student has been arrested by the Indonesian police for illegally setting up a virtual currency mining operation with college computers, reported The Jakarta Post on February 14, 2019. дальше »

2019-2-19 14:09


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South Korea’s Liberty Korea Political Party set to use Blockchain Technology for Elections

In a bid to foster transparency and curb the activities of bad actors in the electoral process via blockchain technology, South Korea’s largest opposition party, the Liberty Korea Party, has joined forces with ioeX, a Taiwanese distributed ledger technology (DLT) startup, according to a press release on January 11, 2019. дальше »

2019-2-12 22:00


New Mac Malware Can Steal Crypto from Exchanges, Can it be Prevented?

Unit 42, the global threat intelligence team at Palo Alto Network, discovered Mac malware that can steal cookies linked to crypto exchanges and wallets. Although usernames and passwords may not be sufficient to initiate withdrawals at crypto exchanges, if hackers manage to steal a combination of login credentials, web cookies, authentication cookies, and SMS data, it could steal user funds. дальше »

2019-2-2 21:32


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Fidelity’s Bitcoin Custody Service Could Launch This March

Fidelity Investments, one of the world’s largest asset managers, is breaking into bitcoin custody. According to a recent report from Bloomberg, three people “with knowledge on the matter” from firms in contact with Fidelity have said that the company is tentatively planning to launch a custody service for bitcoin in March. дальше »

2019-1-31 23:39


Google Security Head Set To Stop Cryptocurrency SIM-Swapping Hacks With Titan Security Keys

At a time when bad actors have devised quite many means to enrich themselves with ill-gotten cryptoassets, Mark Risher, the head of account security at Google has said that the Titan Security Keys has all it takes to save cryptocurrency holders from SIM-swapping, reported The Next Web on January 23, 2019. Titan Security Key Will […] дальше »

2019-1-24 13:16


Ethereum Constantinople Hard Fork Scheduled for Late February Following Recent Delay

Earlier this week, the highly-anticipated Ethereum (ETH) hard fork event – dubbed Constantinople – was delayed just one day before its scheduled event time due to the discovery of a significant security vulnerability that, if it were to have been implemented, would have allowed nefarious actors to steal user’s funds. дальше »

2019-1-18 21:04


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BBC News website spoofed by Bitcoin scammers

Scammers have found a new way to use seemingly legitimate BBC News websites to mine Bitcoin. The scam, identified by researchers, was first discovered in the first week of January. Scammers created what appeared to be a legitimate email containing a “Display Message” button, which rerouted users to an affiliate website tasked with generating Bitcoin based on page views. дальше »

2019-1-16 13:15


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New York State Creates Cryptocurrency Task Force

In a bid to formulate amenable policies to foster cryptocurrency adoption and protect consumers from bad actors, New York state has created a cryptoassets task force.   The group is made up of technologists, cryptocurrency holders, institutional and small investors, academics, and blockchain-linked businesses, according to a Facebook post on January 3, 2018, by Clyde Vanel, Assemblymember for the 33rd District. дальше »

2019-1-4 16:00


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Cryptojacking: 415,000 Routers Infected with Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Globally

While the price of bitcoin has nearly hit rock bottom from its $20,000 all-time-high of 2017, the bloodbath has not deterred bad actors from carrying out cryptojacking attacks.  According to a Digital Trends report on December 4, 2018, rogue actors have installed crypto mining malware on 415,000 MikroTik routers globally. дальше »

2018-12-7 22:00