Security News

600 Powerful Bitcoin-Mining Computers Worth $2 Million Stolen In Iceland
2018-03-05 16:03

Around 600 powerful devices specifically designed for mining bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have been stolen from Icelandic data centers in what has been dubbed the "Big Bitcoin Heist." To...

Hackers Exploiting 'Bitmessage' Zero-Day to Steal Bitcoin Wallet Keys
2018-02-14 15:48

Bitmessage developers have warned of a critical 'remotely executable' zero-day vulnerability in the PyBitmessage application that was being exploited in the wild. Bitmessage is a Peer-to-Peer...

Litecoin, Dash to Dethrone Bitcoin on Dark Web: Report
2018-02-13 12:20

Litecoin and Dash are expected to replace Bitcoin as the most used payment method on underground portals and cybercriminal marketplaces, Recorded Future suggests in a new report. read more

Russian Scientists Arrested for Using Nuclear Weapon Facility to Mine Bitcoins
2018-02-10 12:03

Two days ago when infosec bods claimed to have uncovered what's believed to be the first case of a SCADA network (a water utility) infected with cryptocurrency-mining malware, a batch of...

Bitcoin's Reign on the Dark Web May Be Waning
2018-02-09 14:18

Wider Use of Litecoin, Monero and Dash Signals Cryptocurrency ShiftIllegal transactions on the internet have long been conducted in the cryptocurrency bitcoin. But underground vendors are...

Cyber Espionage Group Targets Asian Countries With Bitcoin Mining Malware
2018-02-07 14:48

Security researchers have discovered a custom-built piece of malware that's wreaking havoc in Asia for past several months and is capable of performing nasty tasks, like password stealing, bitcoin...

Japan Raids Hacked Crypto Exchange, Bitcoin Plunges Further
2018-02-02 17:51

Japanese authorities on Friday raided virtual currency exchange Coincheck, a week after the Tokyo-based firm lost $530 million in cryptocurrency to hackers. read more

British cryptocurrency traders robbed of Bitcoin at gunpoint
2018-01-29 20:59

Cryptocurrency heist are usually covert affairs that leave users with empty wallets, but not fearing for their life. Still, there are always some unlucky individuals who get the worst of...

Old Bitcoin transactions can come back to haunt you
2018-01-26 20:08

A group of researchers from Qatar University and Hamad Bin Khalifa University have demonstrated how years-old Bitcoin transactions can be used to retroactively deanonymize users of Tor hidden...

Yikes! Three armed men tried to rob a Bitcoin Exchange in Canada
2018-01-25 09:33

As many non-tech savvy people think that Bitcoin looks like a Gold coin as illustrated in many stock images, perhaps these robbers also planned to rob a cryptocurrency exchange thinking that way....