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Coinbase Says It Prevented a Crafty Phishing Attack to Exfiltrate Keys
9.8.2019
Coinbase’s response team has revealed how it countered a sophisticated phishing attack aiming to exfiltrate private keys and passwords
Coinbase Says It Foiled a ‘Sophisticated’ Hacking Attack
9.8.2019
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has revealed that it has been targeted by, and foiled, "a sophisticated, highly targeted, thought out attack."
Hacker Leaks Over 60,000 KYC Photos In Brazen Attack
7.8.2019
Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, said it's investigating into the alleged leak of its customers' verification information. The leak could affect up to 60,000 individual users who sent KYC information to the company in 2018 and 2019
Hacked BITpoint Gives Details of Attack, Reopens Doors for Business
6.8.2019
Hacked Japanese cryptocurrency exchange BITpoint has partially resumed trading – and says its investigation has found that criminals used malware to access the platform’s hot wallets.
The exchange was attacked last month, with hackers making off with some USD 32 million worth of cryptocurrencies...
How They Will Attack Bitcoin: The Hypocritical Shock Campaign of US Monetary Policy
17.7.2019
On July 16, U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin gave a short press briefing discussing cryptocurrencies and the pressing need for regulation. A 28-minute slodge of alphabet agency soup, studded with calculated mentions of “terrorism” nearly every minute, casual...
Bitcoin’s Big Price Drop Is the Latest in a Long History of Flash Crashes
28.6.2019
On Wednesday, June 26, the price of BTC came close to reaching $14K. One hour later, it had dropped by close to 18%. Such events are known as a flash crash, a moment in time where a rapid-sell off happens and often times a few exchanges become inoperable. Over the last few years, especially when...
Synthetix Platform Loses 37 Million Of Synthetic Ether In Oracle Attack
25.6.2019
Ethereum based issuer of synthetic assets, Synthetix suffered a huge Oracle attack, which leads to a loss of over 37 million synthetic Ethereum (sETH). The actual loss in traditional terms hasn’t been updated yet, as the token has poor liquidity in the market. The news of the attack was given...
Ethereum-Based Synthetic Asset Platform Loses Over 37M Tokens in Oracle Attack
25.6.2019
An asset platform that allows for the minting and trading of synthetic assets recently lost over 37 million synthetic ether in an apparent oracle attack
Amazon Alexa Would Soon be Able to Identify a Heart Attack and Save Lives
24.6.2019
Heart attacks are one of the biggest reasons behind deaths all over the world, but Amazon’s Alexa is going to introduce a service that could preempt heart attacks. Heart failures are one of the biggest reasons behind death all across the world, and the failures that happen outside hospitals...
Trend Micro Detects Botnet That Can Attack Android Systems
24.6.2019
The Botnet that can mine cryptocurrencies has been found recently; it is exploiting the Debug Bridge of Android. Botnet arrives via ADB ports and spreads through SSH. The attack is similar to the Satori Botnet variant that takes the benefit of the exposed ADB port. The botnet is designed to spread...
New Monero Botnet Looks Like Last Year’s Outlaw Attack
13.6.2019
A rogue botnet uses a brute force attack and Secure Shell (SSH) exploit to give the attackers remote access to victim’s systems in order to mine Monero
McAfee Trading Platform Suffers DOS Attack Upon Launch
13.6.2019
John McAfee’s newly launched trading platform was hit with a DOS attack
Stellar Price Analysis: Coming Back To The Bull Market After The Bearish Attack Yesterday
10.6.2019
Today at 16:00 UTC, the voting for upgrading the Protocol 11 will be done by validators. However, we can see a dip as of now in the value, but there is a hop for the market to swift to the upward direction after the voting. The developers, buyers, and followers will see advance changes with...
Analyst Calls Elon Musk a Charlatan and Terms Tesla Stock Worthless
6.6.2019
Tesla is often regarded as one of the most innovative companies in the world and for the right reasons, considering the fact that it remains one of the biggest pioneers in the electric vehicle industry. By the same token, its founder Elon Musk has also acquired a cult-like following all over...
Bitcoin Cash Price Analysis: Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Averted 51% Attack by Unknown Miner
3.6.2019
Bitcoin cash (BCH) recently averted a 51% attack by some unknown miner. The bullish medium-term outlook places the target at 850 USD. As the whole cryptocurrency industry is reeling under the pressure of coin theft and centralization, Bitcoin cash (BCH) had recently faced a similar situation when...
Maxwell, Wuille Co-Author Proposal for a Big Boost to Bitcoin’s Bandwidth
2.6.2019
A new paper outlines a proposed protocol that seeks to boost the bandwidth for bitcoin nodes
North Korean Hackers Eyeing Cryptocurrencies of South Korean Users
31.5.2019
North Korean hackers aimed the major South Korean digital currency exchange Upbit through a phishing strike as per the report surfaced. A cybersecurity company, East Security released the information. As per the company reports, the hackers targeted the user of Upbit through phishing email on...
Honest Nodes Spoiling a Theft Attempt Is Not a 51% Attack, BCH Devs Detail
27.5.2019
A number of Bitcoin Cash detractors and media publications have recently been spreading a false narrative that the BCH network was ‘51% attacked.’ In reality, however, honest nodes used their hashrate to stave off attacker nodes that were attempting to steal funds on the network. Also...
Two Miners Purportedly Execute 51% Attack on Bitcoin Cash Blockchain
25.5.2019
Two miners, BTC.top and BTC.com, have reportedly executed a 51% attack on the bitcoin cash blockchain
Bitcoin Cash Miners Undo Attacker’s Transactions With ‘51% Attack’
24.5.2019
Two mining pools recently carried out a 51 percent attack on the bitcoin cash blockchain