Security News

Dharma Gang Pushes Phobos Crypto-Locking Ransomware
2019-01-22 14:03

Also, Adware Installers Sneak STOP Ransomware Onto SystemsFresh strains of ransomware are being distributed by attackers who gain remote access to organizations' networks to infect them with...

$24m in fun bux stolen from crypto-mogul. Now he fires off huge fraud charge. Like, RICO, say?
2019-01-17 00:29

Lawsuit claims coin thief was part of a gang targeting crypto whales The victim of a $24m cryptocurrency heist is suing his assailants in what is believed to be the first ever RICO claim involving...

Blockchain burglar returns some of $1m crypto-swag
2019-01-15 12:10

In an interesting move for villainy, a thief who stole over $1 million from the Ethereum Classic blockchain has given some of it back.

New Crypto-Mining Attacks Leverage NSA-Linked EternalBlue Exploit
2019-01-03 15:57

A new version of the NRSMiner is actively spreading in the southern region of Asia. The majority of detections (54%) have been found in Vietnam, followed by Iran (16%) and Malaysia (12%). The new...

Influential cypherpunk and crypto-anarchist Tim May dies aged 67
2018-12-17 15:50

One-time Intel boffin anticipated rise of Bitcoin and 'dossier society' Obit Friends of Timothy May have confirmed that the former Intel engineer and co-founder of the Cypherpunks mailing list...

New Mac Malware Combines Open-Source Backdoor and Crypto-Miner
2018-12-10 16:04

A recently discovered piece of malware targeting Mac systems is a combination of two open-source programs, Malwarebytes security researchers warn.  read more

Wow, what a lovely early Christmas present for Australians: A crypto-busting super-snoop law passes just in time
2018-12-07 00:30

Ring in the new year with some of those backdoors, developers Congratulations, Australia: somehow after chaotic scenes in parliament, the government managed to secure after-the-bell passage for...

CAT of seven TLS: BEAST-style attack breaks web crypto
2018-12-01 01:00

Luckily for all, it's a local threat Crypto boffins have found a way to exploit side channel information to downgrade most of the current TLS implementations, thanks to ongoing support for...

Unbound releases open source blockchain-crypto-mpc library for blockchain developers
2018-11-29 03:30

Unbound brings to the blockchain community a security solution via open source. The company’s blockchain-crypto-mpc library is available for free on Git Hub. It’s an open source library for...

Check your repos... Crypto-coin-stealing code sneaks into fairly popular NPM lib (2m downloads per week)
2018-11-26 20:58

Node.js package tried to plunder Bitcoin wallets A widely used Node.js code library in NPM's warehouse of repositories was altered to include crypto-coin-stealing malware. The lib in question,...