Security News

Someone Stole Almost Half a BILLION Dollars from Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange
2018-01-26 19:18

Coincheck, a Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange, has suffered what appears to be the biggest hack in the history of cryptocurrencies, losing $532 million in digital assets (nearly $420 million in...

Fake cryptocurrency wallet carries ransomware, leads to spyware
2018-01-23 17:22

People around the world are rushing to acquire all kinds of cryptocurrency, hoping that prices will go up and they will be rolling in money when they sell their investment stash. Criminals have,...

New Malware Hijacks Cryptocurrency Mining
2018-01-23 12:41

This is a clever attack. After gaining control of the coin-mining software, the malware replaces the wallet address the computer owner uses to collect newly minted currency with an address...

Anatomy of a Cryptocurrency Phishing Campaign
2018-01-17 17:48

North Korea Keeps Hacking for Bitcoins, Researchers SayVirtual currency that's been surging in value, stored in internet-connected banks and virtual "hot wallets": What could go wrong? The answer...

North Korean Hackers Prep Attacks Against Cryptocurrency Exchanges: Report
2018-01-16 18:46

Researchers Say a North Korea-Linked Hacking Campaign is Ready to Go Against South Korean Cryptocurrency Exchanges read more

RIG EK covertly delivers cryptocurrency miners
2018-01-10 17:55

Malware peddlers have been quick to react to the cryptocurrency boom and to take advantage of every possible way to make other people and organizations mine coins for them. They trick victims into...

How to make public Wi-Fi users mine cryptocurrency for you
2018-01-08 21:06

Covertly roping unsuspecting users’ machines into mining cryptocurrency is a dream for many aspiring cryptocurrency owners, and some of them set aside ethical considerations and work on making...

Monero Miner Sends Cryptocurrency to North Korean University
2018-01-08 18:48

An application compiled just weeks ago was found to be an installer for a Monero miner designed to send the mined currency to a North Korean university, AlienVault reports. read more

CEO of Major UK-Based Cryptocurrency Exchange Kidnapped in Ukraine
2017-12-28 09:48

Pavel Lerner, a prominent Russian blockchain expert and known managing director of one of the major crypto-exchanges EXMO, has allegedly been kidnapped by "unknown" criminals in Kiev, the capital...

Beware of Cryptocurrency Mining Virus Spreading Through Facebook Messenger
2017-12-22 08:33

If you receive a video file (packed in zip archive) sent by someone (or your friends) on your Facebook messenger — just don’t click on it. Researchers from security firm Trend Micro are warning...