Cybersecurity Archive
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The engineering manager at cryptocurrency custodian BitGo, Sean Coonce, has fallen victim to a SIM swapping hack with a loss of over $100,000
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Canadian cryptocurrency broker Voyager Digital will use the services provided by Ledger Vault, the custody arm of French hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger
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Close to 50,000 bitcoin full nodes are still vulnerable to the inflation bug
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An off-chain clearing and settlement service has been launched by digital asset finance firm BitGo
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Funds stolen yesterday from cryptocurrency exchange Binance have been moved to seven bitcoin addresses
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A testnet for the Ethereum 2.0 Proof-of-Stake beacon blockchain is now live
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Cybercriminals are exploiting a known vulnerability in the software Confluence to mine XMR
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A critical security update to its governance contract has been announced by MakerDAO, the Decentralized Autonomous Organization behind the DAI stablecoin
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An already-fixed critical vulnerability which could have rendered the TRX blockchain unusable has been disclosed by the Tron Foundation
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More than half of all bitcoin full-nodes are reportedly running software still vulnerable to the inflation bug at press time
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Cryptojacking malware Shellbot can now shut down other mining on infected servers
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After in-browser mining service Coinhive was shut down in early March, cryptojacking against consumers has sharply decreased, according to a new report
By satoshi
April 27, 2019
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A blockchain-related patent has been awarded to Texas-based cybersecurity company Forcepoint
By satoshi
April 21, 2019
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Online payment giant PayPal won a U.S. patent to protect users from losing access to their data due to a crypto ransomware attack
By satoshi
April 18, 2019
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South Korea’s largest telecom firm KT has launched its blockchain-powered 5G network brand GiGA Chain
By satoshi
April 16, 2019
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Two alleged Romanian hackers have been convicted by a U.S. federal jury of spreading malware to illicitly mine cryptocurrency
By satoshi
April 13, 2019
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A subsidiary of cybersecurity firm WISeCoin raised $7 million in advance of its STO
By satoshi
April 11, 2019
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A report about blockchain cybersecurity has been released by the World Economic Forum, with a stress on the importance of cybersecurity leadership
