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The Man on the Train: Caught with his phishing loot
How does it end for phishing attackers who get caught? In a case that’s been working its way through the British courts since last September, the unusual answer is in the first-class carriage of a train travelling between Wales and London.
Hacker mines up to $1 million in Verge after exploiting major bug
According to a forum post, a malicious miner appeared to have found a way to subject Verge to a widely-hypothesised blockchain takeover called a “51% attack”.
Unmasking Monero: stripping the currency’s privacy protection
The features that make blockchains trustworthy may leave them vulnerable to retrospective action.
Cryptocurrency clampdown! Twitter bans ICO ads to combat scammers
Twitter is to ban advertisers from pushing Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) or selling tokens on its platform.
Cobalt/Carbanak bank malware gang’s alleged leader arrested
The hackers have made ATMs across Europe spit out cash upon command.
Cryptocurrency startup Gemcoin busted for alleged $32m Ponzi scheme
The US SEC broke up an alleged scheme that promised to mine amber and pay profits in cryptocurrency.
BitPay spearphished and loses $1.8 million, insurer refuses to pay
BitPay is embroiled in a legal dispute with its insurer over a commercial crime policy it says should cover $1.8m spear phishing losses.
Law enforcement is learning to navigate the Dark Web
Police from 11 countries got to role-play as vendors, buyers and admins on a virtual Darknet, replete with illicit marketplaces and cryptocurrencies.
FTC acts against dodgy mobile app that mined Dogecoin behind your back
The app was called “Prized,” but it was the app vendor that took the prizes by co-opting your phone into a cryptocurrency mining botnet.