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British cryptocurrency traders robbed of Bitcoin at gunpoint
2018-01-29 20:59

Cryptocurrency heist are usually covert affairs that leave users with empty wallets, but not fearing for their life. Still, there are always some unlucky individuals who get the worst of...

Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange Suffers $530 Million Theft
2018-01-29 19:18

Coincheck Says It Was Hacked; Stolen XEM Transactions to be BlockedCoincheck, a Tokyo-based exchange, says it suffered a hack attack that led to the theft of $530 million worth of XEM...

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