Security News

Japan's Crypto Exchange to Refund to Customers After Theft
2018-01-28 12:49

Japan-based virtual currency exchange Coincheck said Sunday it will refund about $400 million to customers after hackers stole hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of digital assets.  read more

30 Million Possibly Impacted in Crypto-Currency Mining Operation
2018-01-25 17:31

A large-scale crypto-currency mining operation active for over 4 months is believed to have impacted around 30 million systems worldwide, Palo Alto Networks security researchers say.  read more

Ransomware Outlook: 542 Crypto-Lockers and Counting
2018-01-25 14:03

Crypto-Lockers Remain Serious Threat Despite Recent Attack Volume DeclineAfter spiking in 2017, the volume of attacks involving ransomware has since declined, but the malware still remains a...

Crypto-Mining Attack Targets Web Servers Globally
2018-01-17 15:16

A new malware family is targeting web servers worldwide in an attempt to ensnare them into a crypto-mining botnet, security researchers have discovered. read more

Crypto-Miner Botnet Spreads over SSH
2018-01-04 14:29

A recently discovered Linux crypto-miner botnet spreading over the SSH protocol is based on the Python scripting language, which makes it difficult to detect, F5 Networks has discovered. read more

The "Extended Random" Feature in the BSAFE Crypto Library
2017-12-28 12:30

Matthew Green wrote a fascinating blog post about the NSA's efforts to increase the amount of random data exposed in the TLS protocol, and how it interacts with the NSA's backdoor into the...

19-Year-Old TLS Vulnerability Weakens Modern Website Crypto
2017-12-13 19:33

New research shows how an old vulnerability called ROBOT can be exploited using an adaptive chosen-ciphertext attack to reveal the plaintext for a given TLS session.

Old Crypto Vulnerability Hits Major Tech Firms
2017-12-13 12:31

A team of researchers has revived an old crypto vulnerability and determined that it affects the products of several major vendors and a significant number of the world’s top websites. read more

eBook: Defending against crypto-ransomware
2017-12-12 20:58

According to the Symantec 2017 Internet Security Threat Report, the average ransom demand has reached over $1000 in the last year. Therefore, it is critical to take steps to prevent infection and...

Largest Crypto-Mining Exchange Hacked; Over $70 Million in Bitcoin Stolen
2017-12-07 09:33

Bitcoin is breaking every record—after gaining 20% jump last week, Bitcoin price just crossed the $14,800 mark in less than 24 hours—and there can be no better reason for hackers to put all of...