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KuCoin’s KuMEX Officially Launches Bitcoin Quarterly Futures Contracts

Cryptocurrency contract trading platform developed and launched by KuCoin in July, KuMEX has officially launched Bitcoin Quarterly Futures Contracts, reports Finance Magnates. The launch was disclosed on Thursday, October 31, 2019, and the contracts are described as being distinct from typical contracts, namely, including an expiry date and settlements achieved based on a “prespecified rule.” […] дальше »

2019-11-1 14:43


Australian Federal Police Take Hold of Artillery Dealer’s Bitcoin, Flip into Major Profits

Drug cartels and other criminal activities are mostly associated with Bitcoin trading. This is to raise funds to enhance their criminal activities. In the event, however, when the police confiscate $BTC from these illegal activities, where do they go? In Australia, for instance, it’s has been disclosed that in one scenario, the police collected a 20-fold […] дальше »

2019-10-25 00:21


Supply chains show their weaknesses following Avast and NordVPN attacks

Antivirus solution provider Avast and VPN service NordVPN both disclosed data breaches caused by exposed credentials that granted attackers remote access to internal systems. The twin developments come as supply chain attacks — compromising a third-party vendor with a connection to the true target — targeting security-related apps are becoming a common vector to install malware. дальше »

2019-10-22 16:20


Cybercriminals are targeting healthcare companies with phishing campaigns to steal sensitive data

Healthcare providers are facing an unprecedented level of social engineering-driven malware threats, according to new research. The findings — disclosed by California-based enterprise security solutions provider Proofpoint US — discovered at least 77 percent of email attacks on the medical sector during the first three months of 2019 involved the use of malicious links. дальше »

2019-10-9 19:00


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State-sponsored Chinese hackers have been targeting Southeast Asia since 2013

Researchers have revealed a previously undocumented threat actor of Chinese origin that has run at least six different cyber espionage campaigns in the Southeast Asian region since 2013. The research — disclosed by Palo Alto Networks’ threat intelligence team Unit 42 — linked the attacks to a group (or groups) it called PKPLUG, named after its tactic of delivering PlugX malware inside ZIP files, which are identified with the signature “PK. дальше »

2019-10-4 15:23


NYAG Office Asks Court To Stop Allowing Bitfinex to Stall Its Tether Investigation

A new chapter in the battle between the New York Attorney General (NYAG) and Tether/Bitfinex has been recently started. A letter disclosed by the NYAG, which was written by counsel John Castiglione and filed last month, affirms that the crypto company has not provided the documents which were requested. In case you haven't read about […] дальше »

2019-10-3 00:24


218M ‘Words with Friends’ players’ data reportedly stolen in Zynga hack

Popular social game developer Zynga has reportedly become the latest victim of a massive data breach impacting some 218 million Words with Friends accounts. On September 12, the company disclosed that “certain player account information may have been illegally accessed by outside hackers,” but didn’t disclose any details about the scope of the breach and the number of players who may have had their information stolen. дальше »

2019-10-1 09:40


Mobile malware campaign targeting Uyghur Muslims impacted Tibetans too

The mobile malware campaign targeting the Uyghur Muslim minority in China was also directed at senior members of Tibetan groups, according to new research. The details — disclosed by University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab and TechCrunch — reveal that the targets were sent specifically tailored malicious web links over WhatsApp, which, when opened, exploited browser vulnerabilities on iOS and Android devices to install spyware, and surreptitiously stole private and sensitive information. дальше »

2019-9-25 11:36


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Kraken bug apparently let users buy Bitcoin for $8,000 and instantly sell it for $12,000

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken – one of the world’s oldest – has disclosed a bug that apparently allowed certain customers to purchase Bitcoin at $8,000 and sell it for $12,000. Taking to Twitter, the exchange said “a test of an unreleased advanced order type encountered a bug, which resulted in the order’s prices being matched against the wrong side of the book. дальше »

2019-9-16 18:31


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Google purges 24 malware-ridden apps that were downloaded 500,000 times

Android just can’t seem to shake off its malware issues.  A new malware campaign targeting Android has been found to engage in ad fraud at least since early June 2019. The findings, disclosed by cybersecurity firm CSIS Security Group, reveal that the malware — called Joker — is designed to surreptitiously sign users up for premium service subscriptions, in addition to stealing the victim’s SMS messages, the contact list, and device information. дальше »

2019-9-10 10:46


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Surveillance campaign targeting Uyghur Muslims affected not just iOS, but Android too

The malware campaign targeting the Uyghur Muslim minority in China’s autonomous region of Xinjiang may have been more extensive than previously thought. According to a new report published by Washington, DC-based cybersecurity firm Volexity, the community has been been at the receiving end of a large-scale surveillance operation via “strategically compromised websites” and mobile devices running not just iOS, but also Android. дальше »

2019-9-3 14:31


Ring’s surveillance partnership with law enforcement is deeper than previously thought

Amazon’s Ring has finally come clean about its partnership with law enforcement agencies in the US. The doorbell-camera company — which was acquired by the retail giant in February 2018 — disclosed that it has inked deals with 407 agencies to “facilitate conversations around crime and safety among all members of the community. дальше »

2019-8-29 14:21


Cybersecurity vendor that protects firms from data breaches hit by data breach

You know it’s a bad day for cybersecurity when a leading provider of internet firewall services that helps safeguard websites from malicious attacks suffers from a security breach of its own. Imperva, a popular California-based security vendor, disclosed that data belonging to an unspecified subset of users of its cloud firewall product was exposed online. дальше »

2019-8-28 14:58


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Researcher discloses second Steam zero-day exploit after being shut out of bug bounty program

A second zero-day vulnerability has been publicly disclosed in the Steam gaming client by security researcher Vasily Kravets after he said he was banned from its bug-bounty program. The revelations come two weeks after another zero-day previously disclosed by Kravets and researcher Matt Nelson was disputed by Valve, Steam’s parent company. дальше »

2019-8-22 09:52


Tim Draper Pushes $250,000 Bitcoin Price Realization Date to Early 2023

Crypto bull and venture capitalist Tim Draper has disclosed that it could take a little longer for his Bitcoin price target of $250,000 to be reached. Speaking to Yahoo Finance, Draper said that while Bitcoin price could still reach $250,000 by 2022, he was not restricting himself to that timeline as the target might instead […] The post Tim Draper Pushes $250,000 Bitcoin Price Realization Date to Early 2023 appeared first on CCN Markets дальше »

2019-8-9 14:57


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WhatsApp’s chat manipulation exploit remains unresolved even after a year (Updated)

Vulnerabilities uncovered in WhatsApp — the messaging app used by about 1. 5 billion users across the world — can allow bad actors to exploit the platform to manipulate or spoof chat messages. The flaws would make it possible to “intercept and manipulate messages sent in both private and group conversations, giving attackers the power to create and spread misinformation from what appear to be trusted sources,” the researchers noted. дальше »

2019-8-8 14:01