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Cointelegraph / Zcash Community Discovers Likely Malicious Fake Version of ZecWallet

October 21, 2019 / cointelegraph

Members of the Zcash (ZEC) community have discovered a suspicious and potentially malicious counterfeit version of Zcash Foundation’s native ZecWallet. According to a Twitter post published on Oct. 20 and…

Cointelegraph / California Man Sues AT&T Over Loss of $1.8M and Crypto Accounts

October 20, 2019 / cointelegraph

California resident Seth Shapiro has filed a lawsuit against wireless service giant AT&T alleging that its employees helped to perpetrate a SIM-swap which resulted in the theft of over $1.8…

Cointelegraph / Blockchain Voting is Vulnerable to Hacking and Low-Quality Data: Research

October 19, 2019 / cointelegraph

Nir Kshetri, a professor of management at the University of North Carolina, has suggested that before blockchain-based voting can be considered safe and trustworthy, some major issues must be resolved.…

Cointelegraph / Fake Tor Browser Steals Bitcoin From Darknet Users, Warns ESET

October 18, 2019 / cointelegraph

Major antivirus software supplier ESET has discovered a trojanized Tor Browser designed to steal Bitcoin (BTC) from buyers in the darknet. Fake browser distributed via 2 websites Targeting users in…

Cointelegraph / Hackers Use Malicious Code in WAV Audio Files To Mine Cryptocurrencies

October 18, 2019 / cointelegraph

Threat researchers have discovered malicious code in WAV audio files, code that hackers use to mine cryptocurrencies. Hackers earn thousand of dollars per month On Oct. 16, researchers at BlackBerry…

Cointelegraph / Blockchain Voting Systems — Can Democracy Rely on Them?

October 15, 2019 / cointelegraph

At the beginning of October, a story released by CNN claimed that a student affiliated with the University of Michigan attempted to hack into West Virginia’s blockchain-based voting system called…

Cointelegraph / Student May Have Tried to Hack West Virginia’s Blockchain Voting App

October 9, 2019 / cointelegraph

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating whether a student at the University of Michigan attempted to hack the West Virginia’s voting app. “Not one single vote was changed” …

Cointelegraph / Hacker Returns Ethereum Domains Obtained in Auction Bug

October 5, 2019 / cointelegraph

The hacker who stole 17 Ethereum domain names during the Ethereum Name Service’s (ENS) auction decided to return them all. The promise of hefty compensation On Oct. 4, digital-collectibles marketplace…

Cointelegraph / Research Claims EOS Network Can Freeze, Block.one Denies Any Errors

October 4, 2019 / cointelegraph

Within the past few weeks, EOS blockchain protocol users have been experiencing periodic problems with network access. A recent article written by pseudonymous smart-contract developer and security engineer Dexaran described…

Cointelegraph / Bug Bounties in Crypto — the Best Way to Ensure Platform Safety?

October 3, 2019 / cointelegraph

Crypto companies often find out the hard way that hackers know their security systems better than they do. As hacks in the crypto world can and often do result in…

Cointelegraph / Ethereum Name Service Auctions Halted Because of a Bug

October 1, 2019 / cointelegraph

Ethereum Name Service (ETN) name auctions were halted because of a bug that resulted in names being awarded to wrong users and for lower bids. Faulty documentation ENS’s editor Brantly…

Cointelegraph / Fusion Network’s Token Swap Wallet Compromised, FSN Price Plummets

September 29, 2019 / cointelegraph

Fusion Network’s token swap wallet was compromised. Roughly a third of FSN tokens was stolen as a result. Fusion Foundation announced in a Medium post published on Sept. 29 that…

Cointelegraph / New Spyware Replaces Crypto Wallets on Clipboard via Telegram: Report

September 28, 2019 / cointelegraph

Amerian Internet infrastructure firm Juniper Networks has found a new spyware that uses Telegram app to replace crypto addresses with its own. Masad Clipper and Stealer Juniper Threat Labs, a…

Cointelegraph / Binance Helps UK Police to Stop $51 Million Phishing Fraud

September 27, 2019 / cointelegraph

Binance claims to have assisted British prosecutors in an investigation of an online fraud that resulted in over $51 million losses by victims. Criminal is now jailed On Sept. 26,…

Cointelegraph / US Attorney’s Office Indicts Two Suspects in EtherDelta Hack

September 23, 2019 / cointelegraph

The United States attorney’s office for the Northern District of California has indicted two suspects — Elliot Gunton and Anthony Tyler Nashatka — for hacking EtherDelta, a non-custodial marketplace for…

Cointelegraph / Hacker Spends $1K to Win Over $110K in EOS Betting Game Using REX

September 14, 2019 / cointelegraph

A hacker spent $1,000 in EOS to steal more than $110,000 in cryptocurrency through an exploit of EOS gambling game EOSPlay. Biggest DeFi service EOS REX used An alleged bug…

Cointelegraph / US Treasury Sanctions North Korean Hacker Groups for Cyber Attacks

September 13, 2019 / cointelegraph

The United States Treasury Department announced further sanctions against three North Korean state-sponsored hacker groups, responsible for “North Korea’s malicious cyber activity on critical infrastructure.” Continue to enforce existing U.S.…

NewsBTC / Cryptocurrency Used to Fund North Korean Weapons Program, Says US Treasury

September 13, 2019 / newsbtc

The US Treasury Department has just announced new sanctions against online criminal groups based in North Korea. The groups have reportedly conducted cryptocurrency ransomware attacks and other cyber crimes aimed…

Cointelegraph / Four Out of Five Top Bitcoin QR Code Generators are Scams: Report

September 6, 2019 / cointelegraph

Four out of the first five results presented when querying Google for a “bitcoin qr generator” lead to scam websites. The findings Cryptocurrency wallet ZenGo wrote the findings in a…

Cointelegraph / Whale Alert Teams Up With BitcoinAbuse to Fight Crypto Crime

September 3, 2019 / cointelegraph

Whale Alert and BitcoinAbuse are teaming up to fight crypto crimes together. Fighting scammers On Sept. 3, Whale Alert, a service dedicated to tracking large cryptocurrency transactions, announced that it…

Cointelegraph / North Korea Denies It Stole $2 Billion From Crypto Exchanges and Banks

September 1, 2019 / cointelegraph

North Korea is denying accusations of obtaining $2 billion through hacking banks and cryptocurrency exchanges. North Korea accuses the United States of spreading rumours On Sept. 1, the country’s official…

Cointelegraph / Report: Cryptojacking Campaigns Up by 29%, Ransomware Attacks Up 118%

August 30, 2019 / cointelegraph

Cybersecurity company McAfee Labs has released its August 2019 threat report, which notes an increase in cryptojacking campaigns and ransomware attacks in Q1 2019. Cryptojacking on the rise McAfee Labs…

Cointelegraph / French Police Shut Down 850,000 Computer Botnet Used for Cryptojacking

August 28, 2019 / cointelegraph

French police have shut down a massive botnet that has been used for Monero (XMR) cryptojacking. Cryptojacking backed by “massive firepower” BBC News reported the development on Aug. 27. According…

Cointelegraph / North Korea and Crypto: Is the Regime Responsible for Major Hacks?

August 26, 2019 / cointelegraph

For many years now, the media periodically reports news regarding the alleged mischiefs pinned on the North Korean hackers that are seemingly detriment to target fintech businesses. But this fact…

Cointelegraph / Australian Hacker Pleads Guilty to Stealing $450,000 in XRP Last Year

August 23, 2019 / cointelegraph

Australian citizen Katherine Nguyen has pleaded guilty to stealing $450,000 in XRP — over 100,000 tokens — in January 2018. Local news channel 7News Sydney reported the latest about the…

Cointelegraph / Binance: Leaked Images Overlap With Those Processed by Third Party

August 23, 2019 / cointelegraph

Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance states that some leaked Know Your Customer (KYC) images overlap with those processed by a third party vendor. In an announcement on Aug. 23, Binance said…

Cointelegraph / Andrew Yang Wants to Make US Elections Fraud-Proof Using Blockchain

August 22, 2019 / cointelegraph

Andrew Yang, a 2020 United States presidential candidate in the Democratic Party and blockchain advocate, says he will implement blockchain-based mobile voting as president. According to Yang’s campaign website, Yang…

Cointelegraph / Cryptojacking Code Found in Eleven Open Libraries, Thousands Infected

August 22, 2019 / cointelegraph

A Cryptojacking code was found in 11 open-source code libraries written in Ruby, which have been downloaded thousands of times. Industry news outlet Decrypt reported on Aug. 21 that cryptojacking…

Cointelegraph / Cryptopia Liquidator Determining Pooled Wallet Crypto Ownership

August 21, 2019 / cointelegraph

Professional services firm Grant Thornton claims that it is progressing in securing and preserving the cryptocurrencies of hacked cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia. In a press release published on Aug. 21, Cryptopia’s…

Cointelegraph / CoinGecko Joins AMLT Network to Combat Exchange Fraud, Scams, Hacks

August 16, 2019 / cointelegraph

Crypto market aggregator CoinGecko has joined the network of blockchain analytics and anti-money laundering (AML) company Coinfirm. This partnership will reportedly allow CoinGecko to improve its exchange Trust Score algorithm,…

Cointelegraph / 19-Year-Old Sentenced to 20 Months for Selling Stolen Data for BTC

August 16, 2019 / cointelegraph

Elliot Gunton, aged 19 and of Mounteney Close in Norwich, pleaded guilty to supplying online personal data and hacking services for cryptocurrency. A hacker for hire A press release published…

Cointelegraph / Self-Proclaimed Binance Hacker Warns: New Wave of Data Leaks Is Coming

August 16, 2019 / cointelegraph

The hacker behind private user data allegedly stolen from cryptocurrency exchange Binance is preparing to release further material. Hacker “warming up” for leak In a series of tweets on Aug.…

Cointelegraph / Crypto PIVX Denies Vulnerability Allegations, Says Users’ Funds Are Safe

August 16, 2019 / cointelegraph

Developers of the private transactions cryptocurrency PIVX replied to crypto consulting firm Lunar Digital Assets regarding claims its blockchain was vulnerable to a bug. In a reply published on Aug.…

Cointelegraph / Dash Releases Upgrade In Response to Newly Exposed Vulnerabilities

August 16, 2019 / cointelegraph

Dash has released Dash Core v0.14.0.3, a new version of the wallet and P2P client for its cryptocurrency DASH in light of recent transaction spikes on its mainnet. Security upgrade…

Cointelegraph / Researchers Find Monero Mining Malware That Hides From Task Manager

August 15, 2019 / cointelegraph

Cybersecurity company Varonis has discovered a new cryptojacking virus, dubbed “Norman,” that aims to mine the cryptocurrency Monero (XMR) and evade detection. Varonis published a report about Norman on Aug.14.…

Cointelegraph / PIVX, Possibly Other PoS Chains Vulnerable to Bug, Attackers Profit

August 13, 2019 / cointelegraph

Private transactions cryptocurrency PIVX and over 200 other blockchains are vulnerable to a vulnerability allowing the attacker to obtain disproportionately high staking rewards. A major staking vulnerability Cryptocurrency consulting firm…

Cointelegraph / Cyber Criminals Netted $4.3B From Crypto-Related Crime in 2019: Study

August 12, 2019 / cointelegraph

Cyber criminals have netted $4.3 billion from digital currency exchanges, investors and users in 2019. Blockchain security company CipherTrace gave its summary crypto-related theft in its Anti-Money Laundering report that…

Cointelegraph / XMR Cryptojacking Malware Smominru Updated, Now Targeting User Data

August 10, 2019 / cointelegraph

Malware Smominru mines Monero (XMR) on at least half a million infected computers and now also steals sensitive personal data. An updated malware Cybersecurity company Carbon Black claimed that its…

Cointelegraph / Binance KYC Breach — Did It Happen, and If So, Who’s to Blame?

August 10, 2019 / cointelegraph

On Aug. 7, Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange (by daily trade volume), fell victim to a hacking scandal that saw the miscreant allegedly gain possession of a huge chunk…

Cointelegraph / New Jersey Governor Signs Bill to Establish Blockchain Task Force

August 10, 2019 / cointelegraph

Governor of New Jersey Phil Murphy recently signed bill S2297, which is an act to create a so-dubbed New Jersey Blockchain Initiative Task Force. The purpose of the task force…