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Litecoin Witnesses a Dusting Attack, Perpetrators Trying to Deanonymize Users

Litecoin has recently been targeted by malicious actors who have sought to break on-chain privacy through a dusting attack. As explained by Binance Vision, the education wing of the exchange, a dusting attack occurs when hackers send dust (an amount below the current average fee) to the personal account of a user and track itRead MoreRead More.

2019-8-11 01:00	Wallet
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Large Scale Dusting Attack On Litecoin (LTC) Users: Binance

A large scale dusting attack has been suffered by Litecoin users, reported Binance on August 10. A dusting attack is a new kind of malicious activity where scammers and hackers try and break the privacy of the cryptocurrency users by sending tiny amounts of coins to their personal wallets. Attackers track down the transaction activity […]

2019-8-10 20:23	Binance
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Binance Coin (BNB) Surges 11% Despite 'FUD' Hack Rumors

On a relatively muted Thursday for the cryptocurrency market, one coin is a clear outlier: binance coin (BNB). While bitcoin ekes out a small 2 percent rise, binance coin is up almost 11 percent in the last 24 hours.

2019-8-8 14:31	Changpeng Zhao
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Binance Coin (BNB) Surges 11% Despite ‘FUD’ Hack Rumors

2019-8-9 14:31	Changpeng Zhao
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Chinese Gov’t Hackers Are Targeting Crypto Companies: Report

Cybersecurity company FireEye claims that Chinese state hackers attack cryptocurrency and video game enterprises

2019-8-8 16:24	#hackers
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UN Report: “North Korea Raised Over $2 Billion USD in Cryptocurrency and Fiat Currency Hacks for Nuclear Missions”

Cryptocurrency exchanges and banks losing money to North Korea hackers to fund for their nuclear missions, a confidential U. N report states. In an exclusive research report published on Reuters from an exclusive U.

2019-8-6 20:31	cybersecurity
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North Korea Supplied Weapons Program with Crypto Hacks

North Korean hackers have stolen an estimated $2 billion in cryptocurrency, revealed the UN, with the funds potentially supplying its weapons program.

2019-8-6 17:32	News
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This cryptocurrency stealing malware was blocked more than 360,000 times over the past year

As long as cryptocurrency has value, people will try to steal it. According to the latest figures from cybersecurity firm Avast, a cryptocurrency stealing malware has been blocked more than 360,000 times by its software.

2019-8-6 14:47	hard fork
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Hackers continue laundering 7,000 Bitcoin from the Binance hack

The hackers who stole 7,000 BTC from Binance continue to layer funds in an attempt to launder and obfuscate the Bitcoin’s connection to the hack. Read the latest report on the movement of these coins from analytics firm Coinfirm.

2019-8-6 02:42	Hacks
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Swedish Bitcoin Trading Platform QuickBit Confirms Data Breach

In the cryptocurrency world, exchanges remain a very profitable target for hackers and other types of criminals. In the case of QuickBit, a Swedish trading platform, a data breach took place, albeit it seems no money was stolen in the process.

2019-7-25 23:00
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Federal judge refuses to dismiss $224M lawsuit against AT&T for SIM-swap bungle

A US federal judge has rejected AT&T‘s request to dismiss a $224 million lawsuit over a devastating SIM-swapping incident that led to $24 million in stolen cryptocurrency. A press release confirms the communications giant will face court over allegations it violated the Federal Communications Act, a consumer contract, as well as several other laws, when hackers assumed the identity (and telephone account) of cryptocurrency investor Michael Terpin in 2017.

2019-7-23 13:05	hard fork
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Crypto Exchange Bitpoint Admits to 50,000 Victims of $32 Million Hack

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint was hacked last week when hackers stole 3. 5 billion yen ($32 million) from the exchange’s hot wallet, of which 2. 5 billion yen were customer funds.

2019-7-16 15:48
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Bitpoint Discloses A Further $2.3 Million Is Missing From Hack

Following the high profile hacking of Japanese cryptocurrency exchange, Bitpoint, the company has announced another $2. 3 million of cryptocurrency missing. The Icing On The Bitpoint Cake As if it wasn’t already bad enough to have had $32 million of cryptocurrency stolen by hackers, Bitpoint has just disclosed that an additional $2.

2019-7-15 14:00	ripple
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New York City College Struck by Ransomware, $1.9 Million in Bitcoin Demanded

Munroe College in Manhattan has been hit by a ransomware attack that has shut down the college’s computer systems. The hackers are demanding 170 bitcoin (BTC), which is roughly $1. 9 million. The malware infection came to light on the morning of July 10, but the specifications of the infection are still largely unknown, as reportedRead MoreRead More.

2019-7-15 13:00	security
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Hackers Demand $2 Million In Bitcoin After Hacking Monroe College, Few Students Praise System Downtime

Ransomware is not a new technological concept, but it is a big problem in the cryptocurrency industry in the last few years. Rather than directly taking over an exchange, these hackers go after unrelated companies, demanding to be paid out in Bitcoin or another cryptocurrency.

2019-7-12 21:31	Ransomware
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Bitcoin Exchange Hack: $32 Million Stolen from Japanese Platform Bitpoint

The Japanese bitcoin exchange Bitpoint is the latest platform to fall victim to hackers, losing $32 million in cryptocurrencies according to a report by Remixpoint Inc. , its parent company. Bitpoint joins other Japan-based exchanges, including Zaif and Coincheck to suffer losses due to cyberattacks.

2019-7-12 19:00
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Bitpoint Crypto Exchange Discontinues Service as Hackers Abscond with $32 Million in XRP, Bitcoin

Bitpoint has just issued a notice and apology to its customers after the Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange lost $32 million to a hack. The security breach occurred on July 11, 2019, where five different cryptocurrencies were stolen from the exchange’s hot wallet.

2019-7-12 16:12	xrp news
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Bitpoint Exchange Lost $32 Million in Cryptocurrency Amid Recent Hacker Attack

Coinspeaker Bitpoint Exchange Lost $32 Million in Cryptocurrency Amid Recent Hacker AttackJapanese licensed cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint has become a new victim of hackers and lost $32 million in crypto assets in the recent attack.

2019-7-12 13:04
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Binance Hackers Move $8 Million Worth of Bitcoin

Binance hackers are moving stolen funds from the recent Binance hack. Two transactions coming from one of the hacker’s wallet were tracked on July 8, 2019. The transactions had a combined value of over $8 million – nearly 10 percent of the digital loot.

2019-7-10 23:00	Cybercrime
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Binance hackers suddenly move $8 million worth of stolen Bitcoin

More than $8 million worth of Bitcoin stolen from cryptocurrency exchange Binance has suddenly moved. Earlier today, a combined 707.1 BTC was sent from one of the hacker… This story continues at The Next WebOr just read more coverage about: Bitcoin

2019-7-9 18:49	hard fork
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Monero security flaw could’ve seen XMR stolen from cryptocurrency exchanges

Privacy-focused altcoin Monero has suddenly disclosed nine security vulnerabilities — including one that could have allowed hackers to steal XMR from cryptocurrency exchanges. Until March, rogue Monero miners were hypothetically able to create “specifically-crafted” blocks to force Monero wallets into accepting fake deposits for an XMR amount chosen by the attacker.

2019-7-4 18:18	hard fork
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Deposits And Withdrawals To Resume On Hacked-Exchange Bitrue On July 3rd

Earlier this week hackers were able to breach the accounts of about 90 users of the Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange, managing to steal 9. 3 million XRP and 2. 5 million Cardano, totaling $4. 7 million.

2019-6-30 19:50	Exchanges
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Hackers Spoof Blockchain.com and Steal Millions in Crypto

A small group of people managed to lift millions of dollars worth in cryptocurrency from thousands of victims by mimicking Blockchain.com.

2019-6-28 19:20	News
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Bitrue Suffers $5 Million Hack, Suspends Trading

Hackers were able to breach the accounts of about 90 users of the Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange, managing to steal 9.3 million XRP and 2.5 million Cardano, totaling $4.7 million.

2019-6-28 01:05	wallets and exchanges
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Crypto Exchange Bitrue Loses Over $4m Following Hack

While the cryptocurrency prices are swinging in all directions these days, some things will never change in this industry. Exchanges are still being targeted by hackers and criminals, with some efforts being more successful than others.

2019-6-28 19:08	XRP
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Bitrue Exchange Hacked, $4.3 Worth of XRP and ADA Stolen

Bitrue, a Singapore-based bitcoin (BTC) exchange, has suffered a massive security breach that has gifted hackers more than $4 million worth of XRP and Cardano (ADA) altcoins, announced the firm via Twitter on June 27, 2019.

2019-6-27 17:42	XRP
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Tesco’s Twitter Account Compromised, Hacker Asks for Bitcoin (BTC)

Hackers have hijacked the official Twitter handle of Tesco, a British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer with over 3,400 stores scattered across the globe. The bad actors tried to orchestrate a bitcoin (BTC) giveaway scam with the account without much success, according to a BleepingComputer report from June 25, 2019.

2019-6-27 13:00	#twitter
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Ransomware: Another U.S. City Pays Hackers Over $500k in Bitcoin

The leaders of Lake City, a city of less than 70,000 people, located in central north Florida’s Columbia County, have paid the sum of 42 bitcoin (about $523k at press time ) to the hackers who orchestrated the catastrophic ransomware attack that totally crippled the area’s online processes two weeks ago, according to a ZDNetRead MoreRead More.

2019-6-27 05:00	United States
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How to Cold Store Your Cryptocurrency for Safekeeping

If you’re new to the crypto scene you might have heard about people moving their assets into cold storage or cold wallets but were unsure exactly what this entails. Simply put, it means storing your crypto offline to reduce access to hackers.

2019-6-27 13:04
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Bad Actors Hijack Ukraine’s Government System to Mine Monero

Hackers have planted cryptocurrency mining malware on the computers of the Ukrainian State Judicial Administration (SJA), secretly minting privacy-centric monero (XMR) altcoin for over six months, reports Finance Magnates on June 24, 2019.

2019-6-25 21:00	XMR
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Synthetix Asset Issuance Platform Lose 37 Million sETH to Hackers

Synthetix, an Ethereum-powered synthetic asset issuance platform that claims to provide on-chain exposure to real-world assets like currencies, commodities, stocks and more, has suffered a massive oracle attack that has resulted in a loss of 37 million synthetic ether (sETH) tokens, according to The Block on June 24, 2019.

2019-6-25 17:00	Synthetix
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Hackers Planting Cryptocurrency Mining Malware on Android Smartphones

Hackers have found a way to exploit loopholes in open Android Debug Bridge (ADB) ports, a client-server program used in the development of Android applications, to mine blockchain-based digital assets.

2019-6-24 17:00	security
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Florida’s Riviera Beach Authorities Set to Pay Hackers over $650,000 in Bitcoin

Riviera Beach, a tiny city of roughly 35,000 people located just north of West Palm Beach in Miami, Florida, has been crippled by a deadly ransomware attack and the leaders of the city have agreed to cough out a whopping 65 bitcoin (over $650,000 at press time) to regain their files, according to a NewRead MoreRead More.

2019-6-23 21:00	Ransomware
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Crypto Hackers Have Targeted 20% of Users on Bitcoin Exchanges: Kaspersky

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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Mozilla fixes second Firefox zero-day bug used in Coinbase hack attempts

Mozilla has patched its Firefox browser for a second time in response to a spearphishing campaign targeting employees of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, ZDNet reports. According to ZDNet, hackers have been attempting to phish Coinbase staff with emails containing links to malicious websites.

2019-6-21 15:08	hard fork
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Bitcoin healthy AF following Zuckbuck reveal, hash rate hits all-time high

Bitcoin‘s hash rate is skyrocketing, setting a new all-time-high and flying in the face of Facebook’s ambitious Libra cryptocurrency — a remarkably healthy sign for the world’s most popular blockchain.

2019-6-20 17:15	hard fork
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Unique multi-platform Monero mining malware targets audio engineer pirates

We’ve seen cryptocurrency hungry hackers hiding mining malware in Adobe Flash updates, and even in legitimate Windows updates, but now hackers are hiding it in cracked audio production software.

2019-6-20 16:42	hard fork
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Russian Hackers May Be Responsible for Coincheck Heist

Investigators looking into the more than half a billion dollar Coincheck heist of 2018 have revealed that Russian hackers may have been responsible for the attack. Reports indicate that two malicious malware written in Russian, “mokes and “netwire,” have been discovered in the previously hacked Coincheck employee’s computer.

2019-6-20 13:00	Russia
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Hackers exploit Mozilla Firefox bug reportedly affecting Coinbase users

Mozilla has warned hackers are exploiting a critical “zero-day” exploit in its Firefox browser — and cryptocurrency owners are most at-risk, ZDNet reports. Details of the bug are scarce, but Mozilla has described it as a “type confusion vulnerability” that could occur when interacting with JavaScript objects.

2019-6-19 17:20	hard fork
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Coincheck Crypto Theft Possibly the Role of Russian Hackers Claims New Report

Previously, the heist that took away more than $530 million’s worth of cryptocurrency from the Japanese exchange Coincheck, was ascribed to North Korean hackers.

2019-6-18 14:48	News
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Russians (not North Koreans) thought to be behind $530M Coincheck hack

The $530 million hack that blighted Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck in January 2018 may have been carried out by Russian hackers. A virus thought to be used in the hack has been found on employee computers and is linked to Russian hacker groups, the Asahi Shimbun reports.

2019-6-17 17:22	hard fork
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BiteBTC Denies Allegations of Being A Scam, Claiming Other Exchanges Hired Hackers

Users of the BiteBTC exchange are reporting missing funds and blocked accounts. The platform replied to emails from AMBCrypto to explain the issues they are facing. The cryptocurrency market goes in waves, but the majority of altcoins follow the trend that Bitcoin ends up taking.

2019-6-17 17:13
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Russian Hackers May Have Carried Out Largest Ever Crypto Exchange Theft

Russian hackers, not North Korean, may be the bad actors behind probably the biggest ever theft from a cryptocurrency exchange.

2019-6-18 14:40	North Korea
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BiteBTC responds to users’ claims of being a scam; alleges competing exchanges of hiring hackers

The cryptocurrency market saw the prices of most cryptocurrencies follow the piped piper, Bitcoin, as it broke the $9,200 resistance. However, few users of BiteBTC exchange could not enjoy this price hike as they were unable to use their accounts or even withdraw their cryptos from the exchange.

2019-6-16 17:30	News
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Mcafee’s Crypto Trading Platform Live Despite Hacking Attempts

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	trading
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GateHub Issues Update on $10 Million XRP Hack

GateHub has issued an update on the efforts to recover from the hack suffered earlier in June 2019. Hackers managed to steal about $10 million worth of XRP tokens from the cryptocurrency wallet platform.

2019-6-13 09:00	XRP
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Hackers Circle Crypto Giant BitMEX as Unauthorized Login Attempts Spike

By CCN Markets: Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX has just issued a security advisory telling its customers that it is witnessing an increase in unwarranted attempts to access customer accounts.

2019-6-12 16:55	BitMex
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FBI charges NiceHash founder over dangerous dark web malware (again)

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is chasing hackers — including the founder of cryptocurrency mining marketplace NiceHash — over an alleged plot to create and distribute malware through major dark web forum Darkode.

2019-6-12 16:40	hard fork
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Cryptocurrency hackers sneak malware into Oracle servers to mine Monero

Security researchers have identified yet another cryptocurrency mining malware. This time it’s installing itself on enterprise application servers, and using a clever trick to remain hidden. If that wasn’t enough, the malware has already claimed its first major victim: Oracle servers.

2019-6-11 13:22	hard fork
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AI ransomware is on the rise as attackers scale up: Report

TRM Labs identified nine new ransomware groups that extensively use AI to scam their victims. Since the latest AI tools emerged, scammers have been using them in their attacks. On Monday, Oct. 6, blockchain analytics platform TRM Labs published a…

Ransomware kits built with AI are behind a 70% surge in attacks

Attackers are increasingly deploying AI tools to execute ransomware attacks at scale With the increased availability of AI tools, scammers are deploying ransomware at scale. According to a report by OutreachX, automation and AI are contributing to a significant increase…

Embargo ransomware group nets $34.2m within a year: TRM Labs

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Ransomware cashouts down 35% as victims snub demand: Chainalysis

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US charges developer in LockBit group, paid in crypto

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged Rostislav Panev, a dual Russian and Israeli national, for his alleged involvement with the LockBit ransomware group. Panev, 51, is accused of working as a developer for the group, earning over $230,000 in…

Crypto CEO kidnapped in Toronto, $1m ransom paid for release

Toronto police are investigating the kidnapping of Dean Skurka, CEO of WonderFi. Skurka was abducted in downtown Toronto during rush hour on Wednesday, Nov. 6. He was later released after a $1 million ransom was paid electronically, per CBC. The…

Cencora paid $75m in Bitcoin ransomware: Bloomberg

Cencora, a healthcare solutions provider, paid a total of $75 million to a ransomware group earlier this year, according to Bloomberg. The publicly traded drug distributor, formerly known as AmerisourceBergen, reportedly sent Bitcoin (BTC) worth $75 million to cyberattackers following…

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