Security News

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...

Report: Investigators Eye North Koreans For Exchange Hack
2017-12-21 13:03

North Korean Hackers Also Blamed for Phishing, SWIFT Fraud, POS and ATM MalwareSouth Korean police are investigating the hack of a cryptocurrency exchange are eyeing North Korean hackers. The...

South Korea Cryptocurrency Exchange Shuts Down After Hacking
2017-12-19 12:14

A South Korean exchange trading bitcoin and other virtual currencies declared itself bankrupt on Tuesday after being hacked for the second time this year, highlighting the risk over...

Microsoft Disables Dynamic Update Exchange Protocol  in Word
2017-12-16 23:11

In an attempt to prevent cybercriminals from abusing the Dynamic read more

IoT data exchange: Building trust and value
2017-12-13 13:45

The results of Cisco’s IoT Value/Trust Paradox report show that, while most consumers believe IoT services deliver significant value for them, very few understand or trust how their IoT data is...

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...

DDoS attackers increasingly targeting cryptocurrency exchanges
2017-12-06 16:22

The extraordinary volatility of the price of bitcoin has spurred speculators to employ a wide variety of tricks to make it swing between extremes, so that they can take advantage of it. The...

Contest Aims to Improve Health Data Exchange Security
2017-10-12 21:03

In Search of a Security Component for the New FHIR StandardThe new FHIR standard is designed to help ease the exchange of health data among healthcare organizations across the nation. But there's...

Ongoing Email Exchanges Hijacked in Spear-Phishing Attacks
2017-10-06 12:29

Malicious actors have injected themselves into ongoing email exchanges in highly targeted spear-phishing attacks aimed at entities across the world, Palo Alto Networks said on Thursday. read more

North Korean Hackers Targeting Crypto-Currency Exchanges: FireEye
2017-09-12 12:32

Over the past several months, threat actors believed to have ties with North Korea have been targeting crypto-currency exchanges to obtain hard currencies for the Pyongyang regime, FireEye says. read more