The New York Attorney General has accused major cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and cryptocurrency Tether of an $850m fraud.
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Blochainbandit stole $54 million of Ethereum by guessing weak keys
Someone has been quietly pilfering Ethereum (ETH) cryptocurrency worth millions of dollars without anyone noticing or, apparently, caring.
DragonEx exchange hacked, smoking ashes being raked over
“Part” of its assets have been retrieved, and they’ve got an address for a suddenly much plumper Bittrex wallet.
Monero cryptominers hijack hundreds of unpatched Docker hosts
A recently-disclosed vulnerability in the Docker containerisation platform is being exploited by cybercriminals to mine the Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency on hundreds of servers.
Ep. 022 – Plaintext passwords, cryptocoin criminality and the Momo monstrosity [PODCAST]
Here’s the latest episode of the Naked Security podcast – listen now!
Is a Facebookcoin in the works?
Facebook, Signal and Telegram are all planning cryptocurrencies. But why these companies, why now, and will they be successful?
Disgruntled dev blames crypto-wallet for losing cryptocoins
Warith Al Maawali is blaming wallet vendor Coinomi for the loss of $65,000 in bitcoin. Coinomi countered by blaming him for blackmail.
Opera integrates a cryptocurrency wallet – is this Web 3.0?
When it appears in the next few weeks, the next version of Opera (“Reborn 3” or “R3”) for Windows, Mac and Linux will become the first mainstream desktop browser to integrate a cryptocurrency wallet.
Secret Service busts online car sales crime ring
They posed as military needing to offload cars before deployment, allegedly posting bogus ads on Craigslist, eBay, and AutoTrader.
Child abuse imagery found in cryptocurrency blockchain
For the second time in a year, illegal child abuse images have been spotted inside a blockchain. According to a post by web blockchain payments system Money Button, on 30 January its service was abused to place “illegal content” inside the Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV) ledger, a recent cryptocurrency hard fork from Bitcoin Cash [BCH]. […]