Security News
Another Bitcoin exchange has been hacked, strengthening concerns over the security of exchanges, and causing a further fall in the value of bitcoins. read more
Ross Anderson has a new paper on cryptocurrency exchanges. From his blog: Bitcoin Redux explains what's going wrong in the world of cryptocurrencies. The bitcoin exchanges are developing into a...
Crypto-mining Malware Exposes Organizations to a Host of Monetary and Reputational Risks read more
Victim of 'FacexWorm' malware clicked on random link from Facebook Messenger Security researchers have caught a Bitcoin-hijacking Chrome extension that only managed to grab one BitCoin transaction...
A team of security researchers at Israel's Ben Gurion University, who previously demonstrated various methods to steal data from an air-gapped computer, has now published new research called...
Remember the "Big bitcoin heist" we reported last month when a group of thieves stole around 600 powerful bitcoin mining devices from Icelandic data centers? Icelandic Police had arrested 11...
Coinsecure loses 438 bitcoin in security snafu Indian Bitcoin exchange Coinsecure has mislaid 438.318 BTC belonging to its customers.…
If you've got an old money store, check it for hacked gaps Concerns about a flawed crypto library that could allow Bitcoin theft have been revived following a post to a Bitcoin mailing list last week.…
Researchers Track Cryptocurrency Ransoms Paid by Cerber, Locky and Other VictimsRansomware isn't an easy area to study. But a team of researchers has calculated the minimum paid by all ransomware...
Ross Anderson has a really interesting paper on tracing stolen bitcoin. From a blog post: Previous attempts to track tainted coins had used either the "poison" or the "haircut" method. Suppose I...