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Ethereum-based DeFi major Balancer learned of a "critical vulnerability" that imperils a slice of the protocol's user-deposited crypto. origin »
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According to cryptocurrency investor Warith Al Mawali, he has lost all of his life savings in the tune of $60,000 to $70,000 on Coinomi, a widely utilized crypto wallet on Android. In a detailed report, Mawali claimed that a critical vulnerability found on the wallet led to the loss of user funds as it compromised the private key of his wallet.
2019-2-27 16:31 | |
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A security consultant has revealed what he claims is a vulnerability in a crypto wallet that has seen more than 500,000 downloads. The seed text is plain text as in... The post Alleged Coinomi Crypto Wallet Vulnerability Fixed Says Rep appeared first on Trustnodes.
2019-2-27 14:42 | |
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Most of the stories in the media about cryptojacking and hacking are due to a vulnerability in a crypto exchange or simply highly advanced hackers. However, in a new report by Symantec, Microsoft has been the victim of the presence of a surreptitious Monero mining code on multiple applications. As such, Microsoft has since removed […]
2019-2-16 00:12 | |
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In this edition of The Daily, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has paid out a bug bounty of $30,000 for a critical vulnerability. Also, Tradingview has launched a new crypto dashboard allowing traders to track developments in the cryptocurrency markets and digital asset trading platform Bitfinex has released a new version of its mobile app.
2019-2-15 16:01 | |
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Zcash (ZEC) could be the only blockchain project in which a gaping security flaw can bring the community together. But support is pouring in, after the Zerocoin Electric Coin Company (Zcash Co) revealed a counterfeiting vulnerability that could potentially put put billions of dollars in the crosshairs.
2019-2-7 21:38 | |
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A vulnerability with certain Parity Ethereum nodes was discovered and addressed, the Groundhog crypto subscription toolset was soft-launched on Groundhog Day, and Gnosis announced there will be a bug bounty program for dxDAO.
2019-2-5 20:06 | |
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In Tuesday’s edition of The Daily, we detail the theoretical vulnerability found in the Coldcard crypto wallet, coming just one month after its manufacturer ridiculed the flaw found in other hardware wallets.
2019-1-29 17:00 | |
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In today’s edition of The Daily we feature another recent example of venture capital infusion into the cryptocurrency space as Japan’s SBI invests in the BRD wallet. We also cover a recent security vulnerability that was detected on the P2P exchange Localbitcoins, and a new AML/KYC compliance solution for stablecoins.
2019-1-27 13:05 | |
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It has been a long week for Ethereum developers in the wake of the delayed Constantinople upgrade. The hard fork was expected earlier this week, opening the road to further scaling and efficiency for the smart contract protocol.
2019-1-19 20:02 | |
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A long time crypto security researcher has come out to say the Constantinople bug was revealed months ago. Sergio Demian Lerner says: “At Coinspect we discussed a months ago the “vulnerability”.
2019-1-17 18:13 | |
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The developers that work on a crypto called Beam, which is focused on being a privacy coin, have affirmed that they have discovered a critical bug that could have put their wallets at risk. Fortunately, the bug was uncovered last then and it was quickly patched up before anything happened. Despite the fact that they […]
2019-1-17 00:20 | |
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According to some news that reached different crypto news sites, the DX. Exchange experienced serious security weaknesses that could have affected users’ funds. The DX. Exchange was launched just a few days ago.
2019-1-12 21:35 | |
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Researchers recently identified vulnerabilities in cryptographic signatures for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple, that allowed attackers to calculate private keys and, consequently, steal any crypto in that wallet.
2019-1-12 22:11 | |
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In Friday’s edition of The Daily, we cover the news about a vulnerability found in the Beam Wallet days after the launch of the Mimblewimble-based coin. Also, crypto card provider Wirex has added waves to its list of supported cryptocurrencies, and digital asset exchange Exmo has registered an increase in the number of Belarusian users […] The post The Daily: Critical Bug Found in Beam Wallet, Wirex Adds Another Cryptocurrency appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2019-1-11 14:30 | |
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Crypto researchers have discovered what they claim is a previously unknown vulnerability in digital signatures which happens to affect only $54 worth of bitcoin out of its circa $70 billion... The post Bitcoin 0Day Discovers Only $54 Worth of Bitcoin, $14 XRP and 0.00002 ETH Are Vulnerable appeared first on Trustnodes.
2019-1-10 14:35 | |
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The Beam privacy coin's development team announced a "critical" vulnerability discovered in its wallet software Wednesday, telling users to remove old versions immediately.
2019-1-10 00:52 | |
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The cryptocurrency analysts, Bryce Weiner and Andrew Desantis, decided to explain why Segregated Witness (SegWit) – an implementation to make Bitcoin transactions’ size smaller – has a vulnerability.
2019-1-6 22:17 | |
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This year $878,000 have been reportedly awarded to hackers by blockchain companies on vulnerability disclosure platform HackerOne
2018-12-31 17:04 | |
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Hackers have recently shown that a new attack vector to hacking the Trezor wallet is now possible. A team of hackers has managed to find a new way to hack the Trezor wallet, as reported this Thursday, December 27, 2018, in a tweet from a crypto enthusiast.
2018-12-30 16:00 | |
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A major vulnerability has been exposed in Electrum, a leading Bitcoin wallet with several forks that are compatible with other cryptocurrencies. This is the second Electrum bug in a single year, and the crypto community is now debating the merits of the wallet.
2018-12-29 23:09 | |
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Tencent’s Security Joint Lab has notified users of the Neo (NEO) blockchain of a potential bug that allows hackers to remotely steal tokens native to the blockchain. The vulnerability affects the popular Gas (GAS) tokens.
2018-12-2 11:15 | |
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A newly discovered vulnerability on Ethereum allowing for malicious GasToken Minting was found. The development team already acknowledged the issue and informed most of the affected users on November 13, 2018, via private disclosure.
2018-11-24 18:00 | |
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Earlier this year, Forbes reported that crypto jacking is now the world’s most popular cyberthreat after displacing ransomware from the top spot. Apparently, the threat is now so prevalent that hackers are indiscriminate when it comes to their target.
2018-11-21 14:29 | |
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The recent victim to a cryptojacking attack is U. S. -based non-profit organization Make-A-Wish Foundation’s website. Since March 2018, the hacker has been taking advantage of the Drupal vulnerability to mine Monero cryptocurrency, as per research findings from an independent research lab.
2018-11-21 12:00 | |
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Less than two months from today, NASDAQ and Bakkt are slated to launch their cryptocurrency trading tools to institutional investors. At the same time, major projects continue to exit scam and defraud their communities.
2018-10-31 06:32 | |
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In today’s rapidly advancing world of blockchain innovation, it’s no secret that cryptocurrency wallets, exchanges and enterprise platforms are targets for nefarious activity.
2018-10-16 18:58 | |
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After losing money during a 51 percent attack earlier this year, crypto project Horizen claims to have a solution to crypto's famed vulnerability.
2018-10-10 15:59 | |
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Every time a criminal or pirate convert digital currency to government issued ones it creates a ‘vulnerability’ according to an official with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Let’s consider that from the start, Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general was designed with privacy and anonymity in mind, therefore these latest findings may come of some concern to those who have used Bitcoin illicitly in the past.
2018-10-4 12:30 | |
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Earlier on in the week, the crypto and blockchain community was made aware of a bug in the Bitcoin Core code. The vulnerability affected versions 0. 16. 3 and 0. 17. 0rc4 of the code behind the famous blockchain network.
2018-9-22 15:45 | |
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Developers from the Bitcoin Core project seem to have discovered a vulnerability that could have seen the end of Bitcoin. To put a long story short, the entire Bitcoin blockchain was at risk of being pulled down by one single DDos attack.
2018-9-21 06:00 | |
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In a 25-page report released Wednesday, the Cyber Threat Alliance (CTA) detailed the worrying rise of illicit cryptocurrency mining in 2018; specifically, how hackers are using a software vulnerability leaked from the NSA last year to do it.
2018-9-20 01:00 | |
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After discovering a new security vulnerability, hackers managed to flood a crypto exchange with fake EOS tokens. By the end of their operation, they ended up stealing as much as $58,000 from the exchange’s users directly.
2018-9-19 17:00 | |
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It is a never-ending cat-and-mouse game between crypto exchanges and hackers. While exchanges will do their best to secure their clients’ digital assets, hackers will inevitably find some system vulnerability to exploit.
2018-8-28 12:49 | |
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Security Flaw Exposed In Intels Software Guard Extensions On Tuesday, analysts discovered the Foreshadow vulnerability in Intel’s Software Guard Extensions (SGX). This vulnerability is defined as “a speculative execution attack on Intel processors which allows an attacker to steal sensitive information stored inside personal computers or third-party clouds.” There are two different approaches that this […]
2018-8-16 19:25 | |
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According to reports out last week, a lone Bitcoin Core developer found a huge vulnerability on the Bitcoin Cash network back in April, one that could have been used to cause some serious damage to Bitcoin Cash.
2018-8-13 08:00 | |
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On Thursday, August 9, a developer and researcher in the crypto industry detailed the difficulties he had communicating a vulnerability in the Bitcoin Cash protocol to their dev team. Cory Fields from the Digital Currency Initiative at MIT Media Lab in Massachusetts outlined the issue in a post on his Medium blog.
2018-8-10 12:02 | |
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Reports out today highlight yet another security vulnerability within Monero XMR, a cryptocurrency designed for optimum privacy. Now we already know of the associations between Monero and malicious mining, but this marks another example of how XMR traders and investors have been put at risk, simply due to the markup of the currency.
2018-8-2 17:00 | |
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According to researchers at Cornell, blockchains utilizing on-chain voting – such as EOS and Tezos – are vulnerable to certain vote buying attacks.
2018-7-20 11:00 | |
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Since its invention, a recurring question for cryptocurrency holders has been how to best secure their digital assets. This question of security carries the greatest weight when one understands the stakes of holding unprotected cryptocurrency — vulnerability to hackers.
2018-7-6 03:51 | |
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The EU’s Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies released a report entitled “Virtual currencies and central banks monetary policy: challenges ahead.
2018-7-3 23:28 | |
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SlowMist has confirmed that Tether’s double-spending vulnerability was not caused by its own blockchain, but rather by some crypto exchanges’s poor practices
2018-7-1 19:10 | |
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This week, leading South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb experienced a major hack, while Mt Gox, the most notorious exchange to be hacked in bitcoin history, is also back in the news.
2018-6-24 20:05 | |
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Cornell university science professor, Emin Gun Sirer has predicted that EOS will be a victim of an enormous hack. After a series of tweets earlier this week, Emin Gun Sirer believes that the hackers will take advantage of the vulnerability of EOS in the near future.
2018-6-20 14:00 | |
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Dealing in cryptocurrencies without obtaining a license from relevant authorities has been declared illegal in Cambodia, according to an official statement published Tuesday, June 19. The authorities specify these risks as including the fact that cryptocurrencies’ issuance is “not backed by collateral,” vulnerability to cybercrime, price volatility, and a lack of investor protection mechanisms that
2018-6-20 23:16 | |
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According to data from EOS Authority, EOS has finally acquired the minimum votes required for its network to go live. After EOS failed to launch its platform on its projected launch date of June 2, a live-stream vote was called, where users voted “Go” to launch the blockchain network.
2018-6-15 03:10 | |
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Bitcoin’s recent drop below its key support level over the past week triggered a massive liquidation in the crypto market, with analysts warning of a potential further correction ahead. Bitcoin’s (BTC) price recorded a sharp drop of nearly 5.5% over…
Robert Kiyosaki, author of “Rich Dad Poor Dad,” has argued that Bitcoin will force the US dollar “into hiding.” He cited economic principles and network effects to support his prediction about the future of currency. In a series of tweets,…
Inflows into spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in the United States tapered off over the past week, starkly contrasting the expectations of the crypto community following President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Jupiter's strategic acquisitions could significantly enhance its influence in the Solana ecosystem, potentially reshaping decentralized finance dynamics. The post Jupiter takes majority stake in Moonshot and integrates SonarWatch appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Fineqia AG, the European subsidiary of digital assets and investment firm Fineqia International, has unveiled the first-ever exchange-traded note that deploys Cardano assets for yield bearing in decentralized finance.
The SEC imposed $4.9 billion in crypto-related penalties in 2024. The SEC expanded its focus to NFTs, charging creators with unregistered securities offerings, signaling tighter regulation for The post How will the 33 SEC crypto cases impact DeFi? Details appeared first on AMBCrypto.
Circle launches Paymaster to simplify blockchain transactions by allowing users to pay gas fees in USDC, now live on Arbitrum and Base. The post Circle launches Paymaster, enabling users to pay gas fees with USDC appeared first on Crypto Briefing.