Security

Exchanges

BTC-e: Our Recent Issues Were Caused By a Surge In Users

Recent transaction delays at bitcoin exchange BTC-e were caused by a sudden influx of users, according to its founders.

Business  ·  11 December 2013
Hacking

Bitcoin Talk Hacked Again, Members Urged to Change Passwords

BitcoinTalk was recently hacked, and the administrators have posted a note regarding the possibility of compromised passwords.

Policy & regulation  ·  3 December 2013
Crime

UK Banking Safeguards: Can They Protect Bitcoin Consumers?

Digital currencies like bitcoin may need safeguards against fraud and guarantees against retail disputes to succeed long-term.

Policy & regulation  ·  2 December 2013
Hacking

Crowdcurity brings crowdsourced hacker testing to bitcoin

Crowdcurity wants to reward those who find security holes in bitcoin sites.

Business  ·  16 October 2013
Security

Why bitcoin is as anonymous as you want it to be

CoinDesk examines how anonymous bitcoin is and could be.

Tech  ·  24 September 2013
Security

Rogue transaction cripples casual bitcoin software users

A mistake made by a bitcoin wallet developer stopped people restarting their bitcoin client software this week.

Tech  ·  11 September 2013
Bitcoin

Bitcoin development team patches its own security patch

Bitcoin's dev team has fixed several security flaws in the client, including two introduced by its last security patch.

Tech  ·  5 September 2013
Bitcoin

Inputs.io: a high-security bitcoin web wallet?

We've been looking at Inputs.io, a web wallet that claims to come with a reassuring set of security features.

Tech  ·  1 September 2013
Bitcoin

Google patches Android flaw that led to bitcoin heist

Google released an advisory for the Android flaw that led to the theft of thousands of dollars in bitcoin.

Tech  ·  16 August 2013
Security

Private and secure file storage service SpiderOak to accept bitcoin

SpiderOak, the private storage company that can't unencrypt your data even if it wanted to, will start taking bitcoin.

Business  ·  13 August 2013
Bitcoin

Developers find Android flaw that makes bitcoin wallets vulnerable to theft

An Android flaw is compromising all wallets running on Google's mobile platform. Here's what to do.

Tech  ·  11 August 2013
Security

Litecoin targeted by trojan malware

A security firm has published a report showing malware aimed at stealing Litecoin wallet files.

Tech  ·  5 July 2013
Bitcoin

Feathercoin hit by massive attack

Feathercoin has been hit by a massive attack that saw its hashrate multiply 7.5 times.

Tech  ·  10 June 2013
Crime

Bitcoin community adapts to hackers and fraudsters

The Bitcoin community has adapted to verbal, criminal and cyber attacks on the currency, an academic paper due for release tomorrow, reveals. The attacks – whether from hackers, fraudsters or government regulators – seem to be strengthening the community, the research Breaking Out of the Bank in Europe – Exploring Collective Emergent Institutional Entrepreneurship Through Bitcoin suggests. […]

Policy & regulation  ·  21 May 2013