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John McAfee, the eccentric crypto promoter and iconic cybersecurity expert, made a bold prediction years back that Bitcoin would reach $1 million per BTC by the end of the year of 2020. Now that the year is upon us, and Bitcoin price is experiencing a case of price impotence, McAfee is now backtracking on his... The post appeared first on NewsBTC.
2020-1-29 19:21 | |
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Bitcoin (BTC) was the star of Jeopardy! Last night, after the 3 contestants were left fighting for the “Greatest of All Time” place were given a quiz on cybersecurity. The $800 question was tweeted by a viewer: #cybersecurity on #Jeopardy Greatest of All Time! pic.
2020-1-10 19:15 | |
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If you’ve been following Bitcoin over the past few years, you likely remember John McAfee’s crazy BTC price prediction. As the cryptocurrency market was blowing up in 2017, McAfee, the creator of the cybersecurity company that shares his name, posted the below tweet, claiming that he is betting that Bitcoin will hit $1 million by... The post appeared first on NewsBTC.
2020-1-6 00:00 | |
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Experts predict that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies will gain momentum in 2020 and therefore will become increasingly pervasive in all industry sectors. There will also be an explosion of cybersecurity threats targeting all verticals worldwide next year, they say.
2019-12-31 14:00 | |
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Bitcoin demanding ransomware knows no bounds, and the latest potential victim? DSLR cameras. A group of security researchers have managed to exploit vulnerabilities in a Canon EOS 80D digital camera to hold its owner’s photos to a Bitcoin ransom, The Inquirer reports.
2019-8-12 16:59 | |
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Cybersecurity firm Symantec has warned that Bitcoin sextortion scams are on the rise, with scammers making a fortune by targeting people who watch porn – and don’t want their loved ones to know about it.
2019-8-1 17:58 | |
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In an effort to raise awareness of the vulnerabilities of blockchain, the poster boy of future technology just within reach, cybersecurity firm Kudelski Security announced that they will be releasing a “purposefully vulnerable” blockchain for demo at information security conference, Black Hat.
2019-7-26 14:10 | |
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Two years have passed since cybersecurity wild-man John McAfee first told the world he would eat his own dick if his Bitcoin price prediction didn’t come true — and things still aren’t looking good.
2019-7-17 17:32 | |
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CryptoNinjas - Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Asset SourceRadware, a leading provider of cybersecurity and application delivery solutions, today announced that its Cloud Workload Protection Service now identifies and mitigates coin-mining malware known as ‘crypto-jacking’ operations taking place in customers’ public cloud environments.
2019-7-16 14:31 | |
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By CCN Markets: 19 percent of survey participants have reported that they had experienced hacking attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges while 15 percent of consumers have become victims of crypto fraud, Kaspersky says.
2019-6-22 12:01 | |
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John McAfee, a cybersecurity expert, and popular cryptocurrency figure announced yesterday, June 12, that his crypto trading platform is now up and running. The platform, McAfee Magic went live despite attempts by hackers to disrupt its launch, with McAfee encouraging cryptocurrency enthusiasts to enjoy the services it offers.
2019-6-13 18:34 | |
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By CCN: Better the thief you know than the one you don’t. Cryptocurrency platform Komodo has had to hack its users after discovering a serious security flaw in one of its wallets. According to a press statement by the blockchain startup, Komodo’s cybersecurity team was able to ‘sweep’ in and retrieve 8 million Komodo coins (KMD) and 96 Bitcoin before hackers got hold of the exposed loot.
2019-6-7 15:19 | |
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Cybersecurity researchers have discovered BlackSquid, a new malware family that exploits unpatched loopholes in web servers, network drives, and removable drives to mine privacy-centric monero (XMR), according to a TrendMicro report on June 3, 2019.
2019-6-5 09:00 | |
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By CCN: Bitcoin is a worthless sham that’s only useful for facilitating crime, and the public must be warned about the full spectrum of the crypto-sphere’s sleaziness. That’s the opinion of attorney John Reed Stark, a cybersecurity expert who worked for 20 years at the SEC’s enforcement division.
2019-6-3 02:30 | |
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John McAfee has always been vocal about being bullish about Bitcoin. His famous prediction, Bitcoin hitting a valuation of $1 million by 2020, garnered a lot of attention in the cryptocurrency community.
2019-5-28 18:30 | |
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A cryptocurrency mixing service that turned over $200 million worth of Bitcoin has been shut down following an investigation led by authorities from a number of European nations. The Dutch anti-fraud agency (FIOD) and Public Prosecution Service announced yesterday they have shut down Bestmixer.
2019-5-23 11:50 | |
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A new kind of scam has accrued almost $1 million in bitcoin from frightened porn viewers, says a new report — and they’re staining the good names of Shakespeare and Austen to do it. According to the report, from cybersecurity firm Area 1, this scam involves a threatening email, in which the victim is told videos or pictures of them watching pornography will be leaked to their contacts, along with whatever they were watching, unless they pay a ransom in Bitcoin.
2019-5-16 04:07 | |
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Even as Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of Binance, revealed the exchange platform’s plans to resume deposits and withdrawal services on Tuesday, the controversy surrounding the biggest cryptocurrency exchange has not cooled down.
2019-5-13 17:00 | |
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By CCN: Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao is receiving support from some of the most unlikely places. John McAfee has extended a helping hand to the beleaguered Binance chief. In a tweet, McAfee relied on a little bit of self-depreciation to charm Zhao, the latter of whom is learning quickly who his real friends are.
2019-5-9 23:30 | |
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By CCN. com: Even as the bearish conditions in the crypto markets persisted in this year’s first quarter, bad actors in the sector continued to thrive. According to cybersecurity firm CipherTrace, during the first quarter of the year, the amount that bad actors generated from stealing from bitcoin exchanges and operating cryptocurrrency scams reached $1.
2019-5-1 15:13 | |
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Cryptojacking — the process of infecting computers with malware to mine cryptocurrency — has declined alongside prices during cryptowinter. But like any dextrous organism facing extinction, the virus and its propagators are adapting.
2019-4-27 22:07 | |
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John McAfee, the creator of McAfee antivirus and computer and cybersecurity genius, promised his fans that he would reveal the true identity of the person behind Bitcoin. McAfee’s earlier tweets hinted that there were a few people in the crypto-space who knew the actual identity of Satoshi Nakamoto.
2019-4-18 09:00 | |
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John Delaney, a United States politician and business mogul looking to contest for the 2020 U. S. presidential seat, has buttressed the country’s need for a centralized and dedicated “Department of Cybersecurity,” as the nation remains a target to all kinds of cyber threats, according to a blog post on April 16, 2019.
2019-4-18 23:00 | |
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By CCN. com: John McAfee has been really bold when it comes to predicting the price of bitcoin, claiming that each unit of the cryptocurrency will be worth $1 million by the end of 2020. The cybersecurity expert had first said in July 2017 that one bitcoin would be worth $500,000 by the end of 2020.
2019-4-17 17:31 | |
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Researchers at Malwarebytes break down the phishing attacks on the Electrum bitcoin wallet. The cybersecurity firm outlines the two methods used to carry out phishing attacks, where the stolen crypto seems to be going, and how investors can protect themselves from future attacks.
2019-4-18 00:42 | |
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It is impossible for the bitcoin price to stay below $1 million by the year 2020, said John McAfee. The British-American cybersecurity expert cited basic mathematics as his single metric to justify his six-figure prediction for bitcoin.
2019-4-16 16:32 | |
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WISeCoin, the distributed ledger technology (DLT) project of WISeKey, a Swiss-based cybersecurity firm that claims to be focused on protecting connected cars against cyber-attacks, has successfully raised $7 million through its pre-security token offering (STO) round, according to a press release on April 11, 2019.
2019-4-12 17:00 | |
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In a bid to safeguard modern electric grids from cyber attacks, the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has announced Phase II of its blockchain-based electric grid security project in collaboration with Taekion, a distributed ledger technology (DLT) and cybersecurity platform, according to a press release on April 10, 2019.
2019-4-12 01:00 | |
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Coinspeaker Bitcoin Exchange Bitstamp Receives NY’s BitLicense After 3-Year WaitTo receive BitLicense, Bitstamp has undergone a robust examination into the company’s Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance as well as the anti-fraud, capitalization and cybersecurity policies.
2019-4-10 08:33 | |
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CryptoNinjas Bitbuy, a Canadian bitcoin and crypto exchange, has announced today that it has engaged Cipherblade, US-based blockchain forensics, investigative, and cybersecurity agency, to conduct a proof of reserves audit.
2019-4-9 00:10 | |
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North Korean hackers with the backing of Pyongyang are targeting cryptocurrency exchange platforms as part of efforts to raise funding for the country’s nuclear weapons program. Wired reports that several international cybersecurity experts believe a hacking syndicate based in the country is also responsible for attacks against banks across the globe.
2019-4-5 13:00 | |
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The darknet has a new soldier in the form Gustuff, a new Android trojan that has targeted over 125 cryptocurrency and banking apps. Gustuff has been in existence since April 2018 and stands with Anubis, Red Alert, and BankBot as one of the deadliest threats to the financial space.
2019-3-29 01:00 | |
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The cryptocurrency sector may still be in a bearish phase, but the state-sponsored North Korean hacking group Lazarus remains absurdly bullish on the bitcoin industry – at least if its continued focus on the sector is anything to go by.
2019-3-28 02:30 | |
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Blockchain investigation and cybersecurity firm CipherBlade has done its own research, the results of which seem to exonerate crypto exchange ShapeShift from a scathing report in The Wall Street Journal.
2019-3-22 20:20 | |
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There have been several hackers that stole users’ spare computing power to mine virtual currencies. Other attackers targeted large websites and injected crypto mining software to steal users’ computing power when they were visiting the site.
2019-3-20 20:01 | |
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Ledger’s Nano S Wallet has become the first crypto hardware wallet to be certified by the National Cybersecurity Agency of France, according to their published list of products on March 18, 2019. Welcome To The Club The Ledger Nano S Wallet has had an interesting life thus far.
2019-3-19 06:00 | |
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The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has appointed U. S. cybersecurity company Ciphertrace to help with compliance monitoring of crypto assets. Ciphertrace will be expected to keep track of transactions that pass through local crypto exchanges and digital wallets including ICOs, screening for potential money laundering and terrorism financing violations.
2019-3-12 03:01 | |
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PolySwarm’s malware detection marketplace creates a platform where antivirus companies and cybersecurity experts compete and receive remuneration do detect threats. Replacing VirusTotal, it provides a better protection model for identifying and sharing information about malware for the benefit of users.
2019-3-8 16:00 | |
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Russian cybersecurity expert Eugene Kaspersky has said cryptocurrencies can be a success, but only if governments stop trying to control them or alternatively when all countries unite under a single global government.
2019-3-7 04:11 | |
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According to a Forbes report published March 5, 2019, IT giant IBM’s cybersecurity team X-Force Red has launched a new blockchain testing service. The service is the latest to enter the rapidly inflating bubble of enterprise-level blockchain offerings.
2019-3-7 00:00 | |
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CoinSpeaker This Cybersecurity Pioneer Thinks Bitcoin Cannot Replace the Current Financial System While some experts insist that quite soon Bitcoin will replace fiat money, cybersecurity pioneer Eugene Kaspersky believes that the world is not ready for such changes.
2019-3-6 11:58 | |
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Billionaire Eugene Kaspersky says bitcoin is a brilliant innovation, but the world is not ready for cryptocurrency just yet. However, the CEO of Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab believes that will change — in 100 years.
2019-3-5 20:22 | |
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Curv, a New-York-based startup, announced it was able to raise $6. 5 million to develop a platform that will tackle the problem of custody in crypto, as noted by Fortune on February 26, 2019. The company was able to gather the investment from Israeli cybersecurity group Team8 and crypto giant Digital Currency Group (DCG), to buildRead MoreRead More.
2019-2-28 20:30 | |
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According to a press release published February 19, 2019, blockchain security firm CipherTrace has secured $15 million in venture capital from leading Silicon Valley and New York venture capital firms with a proven track record in the crypto asset and cybersecurity space.
2019-2-21 12:00 | |
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There are two primary reasons why storing your private crypto keys in the cloud is a bad idea. First, your cloud provider represents a centralized honeypot that could experience a security breach, allowing cyber criminals to access your data.
2019-2-19 00:19 | |
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$740,000 Bitcoin? Over the years, a number of zealots for the crypto ecosystem have made ambitious price predictions. Presidential candidate hopeful John McAfee, who founded the cybersecurity company that shares his surname, once told CoinTelegraph.
2019-2-17 01:46 | |
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Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are experiencing a bearish experience, but that hasn’t dampened the experience of this phenomenon. Russian cybersecurity titan Kaspersky and Coinmap have conducted a study that proves critics wrong.
2019-2-16 14:00 | |
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The use of cryptos and blockchain technologies has proved to be an unstoppable phenomenon, and despite the bearish streak, adoption is growing steadily under the gaze of critics and proponents. A study by the Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky Labs has found that more than 13% of consumers have used crypto to make some kind of […] The post Bitcoin Use Increased by 571% in the Past 5 Years and 13% of Online Buyers Have Used Cryptocurrencies, Coinmap and Kaspersky Reveal appeared first on Ethereum World News.
2019-2-15 05:45 | |
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Researchers at cybersecurity firm, Kaspersky Labs say one-in-ten people have now used Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to make purchases online. Also, data from Bitcoin directory service platform, Coinmap shows that businesses accepting Bitcoin have surged by more than 700 percent within the last six years.
2019-2-14 02:00 | |
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