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Solana Network Suffers Another Outage — Cyber Capital Founder Says Downtime Is ‘Another Consequence of Bad Design’
1.10.2022
The proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain network Solana suffered another outage on September 30 and the network restart did not take effect until six hours later on October 1. Solana has suffered a myriad of network outages during the last year, and the blockchain’s latest downtime caused...
People Are Using Among Us Lobbies For Sex
29.9.2022
Filtering through the Northern American server of Among Us, users will stumble across a variety of oddly-titled lobbies. “HornyRPOnly,” or “SingleGirl,” even “Hrny Bakugo RP.” Inside these lobbies are a multitude of horny gamers, searching for like minded individuals to cyber with. As a 27-year-old...
Cyber sleuth alleges $160M Wintermute hack was an inside job
27.9.2022
James Edwards bases his accusations on what he feels are dubious transactions and smart contract code that doesn’t match the post-mortem analysis
Hackers Offer to Sell Belarus President Lukashenko’s Passport as NFT
3.9.2022
Anti-government hackers have attempted to sell what they say is an NFT of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko’s passport. The members of the ‘Belarusian Cyber Partisans’ collective claim to have obtained the passport data of all of the country’s citizens. Cyber...
Hackers try to sell NFT of Belarusian leader's supposed stolen passport
1.9.2022
Belarusian hackers claim to have gained access to the passport info of every Belarusian citizen, including president Alexander Lukashenko, allowing them to mint an NFT with his passport details
Bitcoin is ‘one of the worst cryptocurrencies' claims Cyber Capital founder
29.8.2022
The comments come as Ethereum and Cardano are soon undergoing significant upgrades, while Bitcoin has remained largely unaltered
Survivability in Times of Crisis, Internet Outages and Cyber Warfare – Bastyon Inventor Explains
25.7.2022
Bastyon is a social platform that combines elements of Youtube, Twitter and Torrent; it is closing in on half a million users and growing fast. Bastyon is built on the premise that social media should be Web 3.0, decentralized with an open-source code, distributed node infrastructure and...
FBI Warns of Fake Crypto Apps — 244 Investors Defrauded, $42.7 Million Lost
20.7.2022
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning about fake cryptocurrency apps defrauding investors. “The FBI has identified 244 victims and estimates the approximate loss associated with this activity to be $42.7 million,” said the U.S. law enforcement agency....
WEF introduces cyber resilience framework, index to increase organizational security
14.7.2022
The international organization looked at ten cybersecurity frameworks as it created its comprehensive version with six principles and numerous best practices
‘Nobody is holding them back’ — North Korean cyber-attack threat rises
12.7.2022
"Even though the tradecraft is not perfect right now… it's still a fresh market for North Korea," says former CIA analyst Soo Kim
'Move-to-Earn' Application Stepn Suffers Cyber Attack After Upgrade
6.6.2022
Stepn, a "move-to-earn" application on the Solana blockchain that gives users cryptocurrency rewards from walking or jogging, suffered multiple distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks following a recent upgrade
SEC Nearly Doubles Its Crypto & Cyber Unit, The Other Side Of Goldman's Bitcoin-Backed Loan + More News
3.5.2022
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India Includes Crypto Businesses in New Rules for Cyber Security
2.5.2022
The move is seen as a positive step that gives clarity to the crypto industry on several fronts
AUSTRAC releases 2 new guides to help spot illicit crypto use
21.4.2022
AUSTRAC also urged financial institutions from debanking clients who may be engaged in suspicious account activity, as a mistake could be costly to “Australia’s economy.”
FBI Issues Alert Concerning Malicious State-Sponsored North Korean Hackers Targeting Crypto Firms
19.4.2022
On April 18, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Treasury Department, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published a Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) report concerning malicious North Korean state-sponsored cryptocurrency activity. According to the U.S....
Ireland bans political crypto donations on foreign interference fears
19.4.2022
A raft of new political and electoral integrity laws proposed in Ireland will see the banning of donations made in crypto to political parties in the country
‘Ecstasy Kingpin’ From Brockton Forfeits $2.3M in Bitcoin to Massachusetts Law Enforcement
14.3.2022
A man from Brockton, Massachusetts was sentenced to eight years in prison and forced to forfeit 59 bitcoin worth $2.3 million, after he was caught selling Xanax, ecstasy, and ketamine on the deep web. Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins stressed during the announcement that the government...
Bank of Uganda Reportedly Commences CBDC Study
11.3.2022
The Bank of Uganda (BOU) has commenced a study that explores the feasibility of issuing a digital currency. However, an executive with the institution warned that the central bank needed to be clear why it must have this in the first place. Faster Movement of Money The Ugandan central bank...
Hacker Group Anonymous Vows to Disrupt Russia’s Internet — RT Websites Become ‘Subject of Massive DDoS Attacks’
1.3.2022
The international hacktivist collective known as Anonymous has vowed to attack Russian government websites over the recent Ukraine invasion. So far Anonymous says that it hacked the Russian Ministry of Defense database and various state-operated television channels in Russia. Additionally,...
Cyber vigilante hunts down DeFi scammers running away with $25M rug pull
30.1.2022
An exclusive Cointelegraph interview on tracking down a group of DeFi scammers responsible for the $25 million StableMagnet rug pull