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Exchanges Remain Prime Target; Easily Available Hacking Tools Aid AttackersAs bitcoin continues its massive price fluctuations, a new report says criminals have continued their push to get...
Due to the surge in cryptocurrency prices, not only hackers but also legitimate websites and mobile apps are increasingly using cryptocurrency miners to monetize by levying the CPU power of your...
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
$50 Million Believed Stolen as Exchange Attacks ContinueSouth Korean cryptocurrency exchange Coinrail says hackers stole 30 percent of all of the cryptocurrency tokens it was storing, but many...
Unknown attackers have compromised 40,000+ servers, networking and IoT devices around the world and are using them to mine Monero and redirect traffic to websites hosting tech support scams,...
$1.1 billion has been stolen in cryptocurrency thefts over the last six months. This is the visible effect of an illicit dark web market economy which is reportedly worth $6.7 million. That market...
A newly revealed attack could allow hackers to hijack serverless cloud computing functions to mine cryptocurrency at scale while you pay the bill.
'Soarcoin' Cryptocurrency Coded With Backdoor Hidden in Plain SiteAustralian police in Queensland are pursuing a criminal investigation into what may be one of the first instances of a company...
Expert Says Virtual Currency Systems Leak Useful Data To Track CriminalsExperts have long warned that bitcoin is not as private as it appears. The very design of bitcoin, as well as some other...
Tracking protection, a standard part of Firefox, is getting several improvements in Firefox 63, due out in October.