Cryptojacking may not be entirely gone following the shutdown of notorious cryptomining service Coinhive – but it’s drastically diminished.
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Chrome extension cons cryptocurrency users out of hardware wallet key
Ledger has warned users about a rogue Chrome extension that duped users into giving up the keys to their hardware crypto wallets.
Official Monero site delivers malicious cash-grabbing wallet
If you downloaded the Monero command line wallet recently, check it before using it.
Bitcoin eats as much energy as Switzerland
That’s around seven gigawatts, equal to 0.21% of the world’s supply: as much power as generated by seven Dungeness nuclear power plants.
Scammers pwn verified Fox Twitter account to scam cryptocurrency
Scammers have been exploiting Twitter for months now to steal digital currencies from naïve users, but this month one attacker pulled off a rare coup by compromising a verified Twitter account.