Security News

ICO protection: Key threats, attack tools and safeguards
2018-01-25 13:00

Group-IB has analyzed the basic information security risks for the cryptoindustry and compiled a rating of key threats to an ICO (initial coin offering). On average, over 100 attacks are conducted...

ICOs: The Lawless Land of Cryptocurrency Fundraising
2017-11-28 16:57

From raising $30 million in 30 seconds to being endorsed by Paris Hilton or vanishing into thin air: anything is possible in the risky new world of cryptocurrency fundraising, but regulators are...

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...

China Bans Fundraising Through Initial Coin Offering (ICO)
2017-09-04 09:51

China's central bank today announced an immediate ban on all ICO—Initial Coin Offering—fundraising, to prevent fraud and illegal fundraising. ICO is the hottest new thing in the blockchain world,...

CoinDash Hacked During its ICO (Threatpost)
2017-07-18 19:02

Hackers hijacked CoinDash’s initial coin offering Monday, stealing $7.7 million in cryptocurrency from the nascent trading platform.

UK ICO offers grants for practical privacy research (Help Net Security)
2017-06-08 15:24

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has launched a Grants Programme to promote and support independent, innovative research and solutions focused on privacy and data protection issues....