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Ledger Wallet Customer Data Leak Invokes Threats, Phishing Scams, User Allegedly Loses Life Savings
13.12.2020
The cryptocurrency hardware wallet firm Ledger was hacked last June and over a million emails were exposed, according to reports from the company at the time. Months later, the hackers who obtained the Ledger data emailed clients, sent texts to customers, and created phishing links for users...
Popular Browsers Like Google Fail to Catch Copycat Crypto Sites, Scams Make the Top Results
13.12.2020
As the digital asset economy grows popular and a number of crypto companies become well known, copycat scammers appear in greater numbers. There are a number of websites that are clones of the official web page from companies that provide mining device sales, wallets, full nodes, paper wallet...
Vitalik Buterin Warns Current Crypto Wallets Are Not Ready for Mainstream Adoption
12.12.2020
The cofounder of the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, ethereum, warned about crypto wallet vulnerabilities, claiming the tools are not ready for widespread adoption and encouraged to open more discussions on security matters. Buterin Calls for More User-Friendly Crypto Wallets...
Crypto And Blockchain Adoption Depends on Security, Trust & User Experience
10.12.2020
Blockchain-powered solutions could edge out traditional payment methods if the industry enhances the security of transactions, and offers a user experience far better than the one presented by the existing payment solutions, according to the participants of a panel discussion held on the second...
Keep Your Home Safe and Your Family Safer: a Two-Pack of Eufy 2K Indoor Security Cams Is Just $60
10.12.2020
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Belgian Regulator Warns of Crypto Scammers That Target Male Tinder Users With Fake ICOs
10.12.2020
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...
Congresspeople ask SEC to verify who can custody security tokens
9.12.2020
Several members of the Congressional Blockchain Caucus are calling for more clarity on broker-dealer rules from the U.S. securities regulator
Today's clients demand that banks show cybersecurity chops, says JPMorgan leader
9.12.2020
New technology also means new responsibilities. Security is key in the digital age
Ensuring trust in crypto is tough, but audits and transparency go a long way
9.12.2020
Cryptocurrency platforms perform audits to ensure transparency, but it’s not a golden solution to solve all potential trust and security issues
Accused Ponzi scheme is now fighting the SEC in addition to former investors
8.12.2020
The SEC subpoenas the former owner's bank accounts to find out what happened to investments into Crypto Traders Management
Introducing SINOVATE: The Future of Decentralized Cloud Storage
7.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Decentralized cloud data storage platform SINOVATE is developing its own in-house blockchain technology known as Deterministic Infinity Nodes (DIN). The potentially groundbreaking new tech works in unison with Incorruptible Data Storage (IDS) to create a new consensus system with...
Bitcoin Vault’s 3-Key Security Solution: A Pioneer in Cryptocurrency
4.12.2020
Disclaimer: The text below is a press release that was not written by Cryptonews.com.
The pace at which blockchain technology progresses brings both new opportunities and new threats to the world of cryptocurrency. And for the crypto community, the safety of digital assets is a major concern....
CipherTrace warns of surge in funds lost to MetaMask phishers
3.12.2020
Phishers are coming after MetaMask users in increasingly clever ways
Australian Crypto Exchange Exposes Personal Data of 270K Users
2.12.2020
BTC Markets, one of Australia's biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, has accidentally exposed users' data, raising the risk of phishing attacks
Microsoft Report says Nation-State Hacker Group is Leveraging Cryptocurrency Techniques to Stay Under the Radar
1.12.2020
A new security report by Microsoft says nation-state hacker group Bismuth is now deploying cryptocurrency-mining malware alongside its regular cyber-espionage toolkits. According to the report, the deployment by Bismuth of Monero coin miners in recent campaigns has provided another way for...
xSigma DeFi Is a Game Changing Protocol Backed by a NASDAQ Listed Company
1.12.2020
The DeFi ecosystem has been growing faster than anyone can keep up with recently. Billions of dollars in digital assets are invested, despite all the problems the current services suffer from. Buggy code, security vulnerabilities and shady anonymous developers are just some of the issues that...
Stablecoins ‘Pose Serious Risks’ to Financial Security, ECB’s Lagarde Says
30.11.2020
Stablecoins could "threaten financial security" if widely adopted, the ECB head said in a magazine interview
XRP Deemed a Security Wouldn't Harm Ripple, but Might Hurt US - CEO
27.11.2020
Brad Garlinghouse. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Bloomberg Technology
XRP being declared a security in the US would not harm Ripple, but might hurt the country's purse, said Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of the American blockchain company focusing on payments technologies.
"My very strong...
Garlinghouse: Ripple would still thrive even if XRP were declared a security
26.11.2020
The CEO thinks his company will be just fine, even in this hypothetical scenario
Ethereum 2.0: Less is more... and more is coming
26.11.2020
Ethereum 2.0 is no longer about just the potential to bring Ethereum to a much more diverse audience than ever before