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Elrond Will Pay You $60,000 to Break Its Blockchain

Elrond is conducting a “trial by fire” exercise on its blockchain protocol, offering big bounties to white-hat hackers who can disrupt the network.

Tech  ·  10 June 2020
Bitcoin

Pentagon War Game Envisioned a Generation-Z Rebellion Funded by Bitcoin

The war game was designed in 2018 to prepare troops for future conflicts fought on computers rather than on the battlefield.

News  ·  8 June 2020
Hacking

Ukraine Arrests Hacker Accused of Selling Personal Data, Crypto Wallet Info

Ukrainian police have arrested a hacker who allegedly sold 773 million email addresses, along with passwords, bank PIN codes and cryptocurrency wallets.

Policy & regulation  ·  19 May 2020
Europe

EU Supercomputers Hijacked From COVID-19 Research to Mine Cryptocurrency

A number of supercomputers programmed to search for a vaccine for the coronavirus were remotely hijacked last week using stolen credentials.

News  ·  19 May 2020
Hacking

North Korean Hackers Ramp Up Efforts to Steal Crypto Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Notorious hacking group Lazarus is said to be increasing its efforts to steal cryptocurrency from traders and industry professionals during the COVID-19 crisis.

News  ·  11 May 2020
Hacking

Hackers Plant Crypto Miners by Exploiting Flaw in Popular Server Framework Salt

Hackers have exploited a critical flaw in infrastructure management tool Salt and, in one case planted crypto mining software.

News  ·  4 May 2020
Hacking

Enterprise Blockchains: Walled Off Yet Vulnerable

Private enterprise blockchains are prone to insider attacks and don’t benefit from constant testing by an open community, experts at Kaspersky and EY say.

Tech  ·  3 May 2020
Hacking

Mystery Hacker Tries to Steal Crypto Through Fake Google Chrome Wallet Extensions

Google has removed 49 Chrome extensions masquerading as legitimate crypto wallets including Ledger, MyEtherWallet, MetaMask and Jaxx, according to MyCrypto's Harry Denley.

News  ·  16 April 2020
Hacking

Hacker Exploits Flaw in Decentralized Bitcoin Exchange Bisq to Steal $250K

The DEX revealed the hack 18 hours after it suspended trading.

Tech  ·  8 April 2020
Exchanges

Cryptopia Users Win Victory in Court Case Over Crypto Assets Worth Over $100M

In the fallout from a massive hack of the New Zealand cryptocurrency exchange, users at last have a little good news.

Policy & regulation  ·  8 April 2020
Hacking

A New Ultrasonic Hack Can Exploit Your Siri

A new hack called a SurfingAttack uses ultrasonic guided waves to communicate with a device through the voice assistant.

Tech  ·  7 April 2020
Hacking

Thousands of Microsoft Servers Infected by Crypto-Mining Botnet Since 2018, Says Report

The attackers have apparently been targeting Microsoft SQL database servers to mine cryptocurrency for two years.

News  ·  1 April 2020
Hacking

IOTA Foundation Suspends Network, Probes Fund Theft in Trinity Wallet

The German nonprofit, which supports several decentralized platforms, said it received several reports of fund theft from its Trinity Wallet users and decided to shut off the Coordinator node in the network for further investigation.

Tech  ·  13 February 2020
Hacking

North Korean Hackers Now Using Telegram to Steal Crypto: Kaspersky

A cybersecurity firm has warned hacking group Lazarus is developing sophisticated new techniques to steal cryptocurrencies from victims.

News  ·  9 January 2020
Hacking

AT&T’s Cybersecurity Branch Breaks Down Crypto Miner Threat to Email Servers

A new technical analysis from AT&T Alien Labs offers an inside look at how a pernicious form of monero mining malware infiltrates email networks.

Tech  ·  9 January 2020