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Use Touch ID for sudo on Mac
1.3.2021
The landscape of security is changing quite a bit. We’ve gone from basic username and password to 2FA, facial recognition, fingerprint recognition, and so on. Hell, my Mac unlocks simply when I have my Apple Watch near by. In the end, I probably use the Mac fingerprint key the most....
BTC 1,700 In Limbo As Fraudster Won’t Give The Password To Prosecutors
8.2.2021
German public prosecutor's office has seized almost BTC 1,800 (USD 70m) from a man sentenced to prison for fraud, but they claim they cannot access the majority of the cryptocurrency since the man has refused to provide them with a password. The crypto was seized in 2013, and since then, its value...
Hacker Refuses to Hand Police Password for Seized Wallet With $6.5M in Bitcoin
5.2.2021
Throughout a two-year prison term, the man repeatedly refused to give wallet access to German authorities
Programmer has two password guesses left before losing $266M in Bitcoin
14.1.2021
The perils of inaccessible digital wealth — potentially lost forever — are being all the more keenly felt during the 2021 bull market
Ex-Ripple CTO Can’t Remember Password to Access $240M in Bitcoin
13.1.2021
Just call it Schrödinger's bitcoin
Bitcoiner Loses Password to 7,002 Bitcoins Worth $240 Million
13.1.2021
A bitcoiner has shared his story of how he lost access to his 7,002 bitcoins, worth about $240 million at the current price. He has lost the piece of paper on which he wrote his password and now has two guesses left before his device seizes up and encrypts its contents forever. 7,002 Bitcoins Worth...
Crypto User Loses Over $100K in Bitcoin While Transferring His Wallet
9.1.2021
A bitcoin user has shared his story of how he lost more than $100,000 in BTC during a wallet transfer. The bitcoiner attempted to transfer a wallet to a new computer without making sure that he had access to the encryption passwords tied to his private key storage. Password Manager Didn’t...
How to Prevent Pasting into an Input
19.10.2020
Every once in a while I get to a website that doesn’t allow me to paste into a form input. In most cases it’s something to do with login credentials (username and or password) and auth codes. So how are they preventing me from pasting information? It’s as easy as you’d...
Let’s Create Our Own Authentication API with Nodejs and GraphQL
13.10.2020
Authentication is one of the most challenging tasks for developers just starting with GraphQL. There are a lot of technical considerations, including what ORM would be easy to set up, how to generate secure tokens and hash passwords, and even what HTTP library to use and how to use it. 
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The $700 Million Wallet Crack: Bitcoin’s 7th Largest Address Is Under Constant Attack
11.9.2020
During the last two years, hackers have been trying to crack the seventh-largest bitcoin wallet, an address that holds 69,370 BTC or $712 million using today’s exchange rate. According to the CTO of the cybercrime intelligence firm, Hudson Rock, the wallet is being publicized on hacking...
Judge Dismisses $200M Damages Claim in SIM-Swap Crypto Lawsuit Against AT&T
11.9.2020
A California judge has dismissed the $200 million in damages claim against the telecom giant AT&T for alleged negligence and fraud. The judge still ruled the telecom company had to answer the lawsuit by Michael Terpin for enabling the theft of $24 million worth of his cryptocurrency after...
Sign Into Websites Using Your Crypto Wallet Instead of a Password
7.5.2020
You can now sign into websites using public keys derived from your crypto wallet — an order of magnitude more secure than using a password
Bitcoin Email Scams 2020: Threatening Blackmail Tactics Used to Demand BTC
24.4.2020
The number of bitcoin email scams has been growing in 2020 and the authorities in several countries have warned of new blackmail tactics used in threatening email scams asking for bitcoin. As the world scrambles to cope with the coronavirus pandemic and economic crisis, email scams are taking...
How to Hide Your Bitcoin – Opsec, Anonymity, Cold Storage, Brainwallet, Dexes and Non-Custodials
25.2.2020
In an era of increasing economic uncertainty, surveillance, specialized cybercrime and hacking, knowing how to hide bitcoin safely has become a paramount concern for crypto holders. Whether it’s by way of taking wise opsec measures, utilizing noncustodial tools, leveraging a DEX, or even...
Peter Schiff Bungled Wallet Password, Solving ‘Bitcoin Mystery’
23.1.2020
Notorious crypto skeptic Peter Schiff admitted that he lost his Bitcoin because he does not know his wallet password
Peter Schiff Forgets Bitcoin Wallet Password, Blames Bitcoin
19.1.2020
Peter Schiff hates Bitcoin almost as much as bitcoiners hate Schiff. The gold bug makes a point of dissing the cryptocurrency whenever he can, despite the hypocrisy of accepting BCT on his own website. Today, the eccentric entrepreneur found a new reason to rip on bitcoin after forgetting...
Password Data for 2.2 Million Users of GateHub and EpicBot is Dumped Online
20.11.2019
Recently, a security researcher behind the information breach index “Have I Been Pwned” stated that password information and personal data of 2.2 million clients of two websites had been dumped online. Most recently, Ars Technica revealed that Troy Hunt, a security researcher, affirmed...
Weekly Platform News: Web Apps in Galaxy Store, Tappable Stories, CSS Subgrid
8.11.2019
In this week's roundup: Firefox gains locksmith-like powers, Samsung's Galaxy Store starts supporting Progressive Web Apps, CSS Subgrid is shipping in Firefox 70, and a new study confirms that users prefer to tap into content rather than scroll through it.
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CEO Of Zimbabwean Crypto Exchange Loses Password to Bitcoin Cold Wallet
2.11.2019
CEO of the Zimbabwean Golix cryptocurrency exchange allegedly lost the password to a Bitcoin cold wallet
Coinbase Reveals Password Storage Issue Affecting 3420 Customers
17.8.2019
Coinbase, the leading crypto exchange, recently disclosed a potential weakness, declaring that a smaller part of its clients’ passwords is stored in plain content on an inner server log. In any case, the data was not mistakenly accessed by outside parties, the exchange further added. Coinbase...