Security News

SSH-based Hijacker Targeting Ethereum Miners
2017-11-02 18:29

Crypto-currency miners represent an easy solution when it comes to taking advantage of a system’s computing power to earn some money, but can result in no gain if the mined coins are going to...

EtherParty Breach: Another Ethereum ICO Gets Hacked
2017-10-03 07:32

Etherparty announced Sunday that its ICO (Initial Coin Offering) website selling tokens for a blockchain-based smart contract tool was hacked and the address for sending funds to buy tokens was...

Warning: Enigma Hacked; Over $470,000 in Ethereum Stolen So Far (The Hackers News)
2017-08-21 02:52

More Ethereum Stolen! An unknown hacker has so far stolen more than $471,000 worth of Ethereum—one of the most popular and increasingly valuable cryptocurrencies—in yet another Ethereum hack that...

Microsoft Launches Ethereum-Based 'Coco Framework' to Speed Up Blockchain Network (The Hackers News)
2017-08-14 01:31

A growing number of enterprises are showing their interest in blockchains, but the underlying software fails to meet key enterprise requirements like performance, confidentiality, governance, and...

Hacker Steals $8.4 Million in Ethereum from Veritaseum (Security Week)
2017-07-26 05:53

An unknown hacker stole around 37,000 VERI tokens from Veritaseum peer-to-peer platform and sold them for around $8.4 million in Ethereum during the company’s ICO (Initial Coin Offering). read more

Hacker Steals $8.4 Million in Ethereum (4th Heist In A Month)
2017-07-25 02:28

More Ethereum Stolen! An unknown hacker has just stolen nearly $8.4 Million worth of Ethereum – one of the most popular and increasingly valuable cryptocurrencies – in yet another Ethereum hack...

Hacker Steals $30 Million in Ethereum from Parity Wallets (Security Week)
2017-07-20 16:32

A hacker was allegedly able to exploit a vulnerability in Ethereum wallet client Parity and steal over $30 million worth of crypto-currency. read more

Ethereum Hacks (Schneier on Security)
2017-07-20 14:12

The press is reporting a $32M theft of the cryptocurrency Ethereum. Like all such thefts, they're not a result of a cryptographic failure in the currencies, but instead a software vulnerability in...

Hackers Stole $32 Million in Ethereum; 3rd Heist in 20 Days (The Hackers News)
2017-07-20 01:13

An unknown hacker has just stolen nearly $32 million worth of Ethereum – one of the most popular and increasingly valuable cryptocurrencies – from Ethereum wallet accounts linked to at least three...

Hacker Steals $7 Million in Ethereum From CoinDash (Security Week)
2017-07-18 11:35

An actor managed to hack the CoinDash official website during the company's ICO (Initial Coin Offering) and diverted over $7 million worth of Ethereum by replacing the official wallet address with...