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How Bitcoin’s Peer-to-Peer Cash System Was Revealed 11 Years Ago
31.10.2019
On October 31, 2008, on the eve of Halloween, Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin whitepaper. Since then the revolutionary design of the network has changed the lives of many and has transformed how we look at money today. Also read: China Ranks 35 Crypto Projects as President Xi Pushes...
How Hard Is It to Brute Force a Bitcoin Private Key?
28.10.2019
Trying to crack a private key with a brute force attack is a bit like trying to count to infinity: the sooner you begin, the faster you’ll never get there. Despite being as next to impossible as impossible gets, using a brute force attack to crack a bitcoin private key remains an intriguing...
Researchers Uncover Bitcoin ‘Attack’ That Could Slow or Stop Lightning Payments
21.10.2019
A new denial-of-service attack could slow down or completely stop bitcoin payments over the lightning network
Bears Attack Stellar (XLM); Price Slips to $0.062
16.10.2019
Stellar price slips towards the immediate support level The intraday price movement seems to fetch loss Stellar price takes a steep downward walk with its intraday movement. The crypto market was seen fluctuating from the beginning of the month with moderate volatility. However, presently...
Europol: Crypto-Ransomware Remains Most Prominent Cyber Attack
14.10.2019
Crypto-ransomware remains a top threat according to a recent report by Europol
Ripple CEO: Our Transparency Has Opened Us Up to Attack
11.10.2019
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has claimed that his company is 10 or 100x more transparent than anyone else in the cryptocurrency industry
German Programmer ‘Hacks Back’ After Bitcoin Ransomware Attack
9.10.2019
German programmer Tobias Frömel “hacked back” the perpetrators of the Muhstik ransomware who forced him to pay 0.09 BTC
Tether Created ‘Largest Bubble in Human History’ Claims Lawsuit Against Bitfinex
9.10.2019
A common attack against Tether in the crypto ecosystem is that the stablecoin isn’t really backed one-to-one by the U.S. dollar. We might soon get to know if these concerns are substantial, as the matter is now going to court. A new lawsuit against the operators of USDT accuses them...
Bitcoin Core Dev: Anti-51% Attack Measures Always Imply Centralization
8.10.2019
Bitcoin Core developer Greg Maxwell criticizes the “attractive mystery” that fear of a 51% attack on Bitcoin entails
Hackers Launch Widespread Botnet Attack on Crypto Wallets Using Cheap Russian Malware
3.10.2019
With millions of dollars cryptocurrency stolen from crypto wallets every year, security researchers were found one active botnet being run for about $160
Bitcoin (BTC) Reflects Support at $8,000; Expected to Rise Despite Bear Attack
29.9.2019
Bitcoin is dealing with a moderate loss since the morning. The currency is holding itself tight around $8,000. A few days ago, the BTC price was at $10,000, but then it fell. The traders and enthusiasts are looking forward to a recovery in the coin which would lead the market towards the price...
Barclays Hackathon to Attack Data ‘Silos’ With Blockchain
25.9.2019
Barclays is holding another hackathon to tackle the finance industry’s perennial problem of data silos. Once again, blockchain will take center stage.
Iran Is Being Targeted for Economic Independence, Not Terrorism
22.9.2019
New, unprecedented economic sanctions have been imposed on Iran’s central bank after blame for a September 14 oil field attack was pinned on the nation by U.S. leaders. The sanctions blacklist the Iranian central bank and sovereign wealth fund, further severing the country’s already...
Talos Reveals Panda Crypto Malware Group’s Scoop Of $100K in Monero Since 2018
20.9.2019
Just like any other industry domain, cryptocurrency and blockchain sector also has people who constantly work to sneak into the network secretly with an intention to snatch away the assets of the customers. The recent announcement by a cybersecurity firm is about the disclosure of a notorious group...
Binance’s Bitcoin Futures Platform Runs Into an “Accidental” Attack
16.9.2019
Binance, the world’s leading crypto exchange by trading volume, is in the news for a supposed attack on its Bitcoin Futures. The update was shared officially by the CEO and Founder of Binance, Changpeng Zhao or CZ as he is widely referred to, on September 16, 2019, through his Twitter handle. As...
Binance CEO: Bitcoin Futures Platform ‘SAFU’ After Attack False Alarm
16.9.2019
Binance futures attack was an accident, says CZ
Coinbase UK Settles Lawsuit With Victim of Email Phishing Attack
12.9.2019
Coinbase U.K. settled a lawsuit with a man who lost 80 Bitcoins in an email phishing attack
Litecoin Price Analysis: Is Dusk Attack A Reason for the Degraded Sentiment of LTC?
14.8.2019
The recent news of ‘dust attack’ or de-anonymization attack has shaken the Litecoin users. In this attack, any hacker can make a small transaction to account and might revel your identity or blackmail you or at worse, deduce your private information and eventually be able to link the dusted...
Crypto Exchange Binance Points out a Dusting Attack Against Litecoin
10.8.2019
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance claims that a dusting attack has happened against fourth-biggest altcoin Litecoin
This is How Hackers Attempted to Attack Coinbase
9.8.2019
U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider Coinbase gave more details on the recent attempted hack, and said that they were a target of a carefully planned, sophisticated attack that utilized spear phishing/social engineering tactics and two Firefox zero-day vulnerabilities.
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