Security News

Disgruntled dev blames crypto-wallet for losing cryptocoins
2019-03-01 11:28

Warith Al Maawali is blaming wallet vendor Coinomi for the loss of $65,000 in bitcoin. Coinomi countered by blaming him for blackmail.

Crypto Mining Service Coinhive to Call it Quits
2019-02-27 23:19

Roughly one year ago, KrebsOnSecurity published a lengthy investigation into the individuals behind Coinhive[.]com, a cryptocurrency mining service that has been heavily abused to force hacked Web...

Crypto mirror on the wall, who’s the smartest of them all?
2019-02-11 15:38

Can scientists out-perform sports stars, musicians and politicians in recognition and influence? You bet they can!

First Android Clipboard Hijacking Crypto Malware Found on Google Play Store
2019-02-11 11:18

A security researcher has discovered yet another cryptocurrency-stealing malware on the official Google Play Store that was designed to secretly steal bitcoin and cryptocurrency from unwitting...

Alleged SIM swapping crypto-crooks cuffed, iOS app snooping, ad-fraud botnets, and more
2019-02-09 08:39

All your extra bits and bytes of this week's infosec news in less than 5 minutes Roundup Here's a summary of more infosec news beyond what we've already reported this week – enjoy.…

Crypto exchange in limbo after founder dies with password
2019-02-05 11:24

The only person who knew the password is dead, leaving customers unable to access around $190million in fiat and virtual currency.

Mac “CookieMiner” Malware Aims to Gobble Crypto Funds
2019-01-31 14:00

A newly discovered malware steals cookies, credentials and more to break into victims' cryptocurrency exchange accounts.

Crypto Hardware Maker nCipher Re-Emerges From Thales After 20 Years
2019-01-29 15:08

nCipher re-emerged from Thales as a separate stand-alone company manufacturing and marketing hardware security modules (HSMs) on January 7, 2019, and was officially launched on January 26, 2019....

Cops catch $15m crypto-crook
2019-01-25 10:27

A man has been arrested a year after stealing €10m ($15m) of the IoT-focused cryptocurrency IOTA using bogus software that tricked users.

Tech sector meekly waves arms in another bid to get Oz to amend its crypto-busting laws
2019-01-24 11:14

Rather than binning them and starting again Comment An alliance of Australia's tech and industry advocacy groups hopes, yet again, to have the country's encryption-busting legislation tweaked...