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Scammers steal social media videos to wring hearts and wallets
2019-01-30 11:43

They're putting up fake accounts to bilk the tender-hearted for donations, using the images of a real 5-year-old with real cerebral palsey.

This must be some kind of mistake. IT managers axed, CEO and others wallets lightened in patient hack aftermath
2019-01-14 23:45

Executives held to account? And three underlings thanked for their work? What is this madness? The Singaporean government-owned biz responsible for that country's patient database has fined senior...

New Attack Against Electrum Bitcoin Wallets
2019-01-07 12:13

This is clever: How the attack works: Attacker added tens of malicious servers to the Electrum wallet network. Users of legitimate Electrum wallets initiate a Bitcoin transaction. If the...

Passware Kit: Forensic software recovers passwords for Bitcoin wallets
2018-10-05 04:00

Passware announces Passware Kit recovers passwords for popular Bitcoin wallet services: Blockchain.com (known previously as Blockchain.info) and Bitcoin Core. Bitcoin is decentralized peer-to-peer...

Utimaco HSM protects digital wallets and cryptocurrencies
2018-07-19 21:39

Utimaco partners with ThothTrust to protect digital wallets and their cryptocurrency assets with Utimaco HSMs and the CryptoScript Software Development Kit (SDK). The Customizable Secure...

Nuisance call bosses, get your wallets ready!
2018-05-31 10:03

Currently, only businesses themselves are liable for the fines, so the directors declare bankruptcy and then play whack-a-mole. They may now be held personally liable to the tune of up to £500,000.

Exfiltrating private keys from air-gapped cold wallets
2018-04-24 17:53

Air-gapped cold wallets might be one of the safest options for keeping your cryptocurrency stash, but even they can be compromised. And, as demonstrated by security researchers from the Ben-Gurion...

Hackers Can Steal Cryptocurrency From Air-Gapped Wallets: Researcher
2018-04-24 12:29

Air-gapped cryptocurrency wallets are believed to hold private keys stored in them secure, but an Israeli researcher has demonstrated that attackers can leak the keys from such wallets in a matter...

When SecureRandom()... isn't: JavaScript fingered for poking cash-spilling holes in Bitcoin wallets
2018-04-12 23:57

If you've got an old money store, check it for hacked gaps Concerns about a flawed crypto library that could allow Bitcoin theft have been revived following a post to a Bitcoin mailing list last week.…

Here’s How Hackers Can Hijack Your Online Bitcoin Wallets
2017-09-19 06:31

Researchers have been warning for years about critical issues with the Signaling System 7 (SS7) that could allow hackers to listen in private phone calls and read text messages on a potentially...