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UK-Based EXMO Exchange is ‘Updating its Anti-Hack Software’ After Suffering a DDoS Attack

EXMO, a leading crypto exchange in Europe, suffered its second attack in less than two months reporting a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack on Monday. The exchange has since started to improve its anti-DDOS attack software, warning users the exchange’s services “may be unavailable” during the update, a tweet sent out today reads. дальше »

2021-2-17 22:56


Decentralized Exchange Bisq Loses 3 Bitcoin (BTC) and 4,000 XMR ($230k) in an Attack

The decentralized bitcoin trading network Bisq has reported an attack that resulted in the loss of 3 BTC worth nearly $22,000 and 4,000 XMR worth $224,000. The open-source, peer-to-peer exchange that requires no registration to trade cryptos suffered an attack 24 hours ago where the attacker exploited a flaw in Bisq’s trade protocol. Statement on the […] дальше »

2020-4-9 20:31


Advanced botnet attack caused $1.2bn in Bitcoin longs liquidation on BitMEX

Bitcoin’s price struggle was further exacerbated last week when the coin plunged to $3,700 on BitMEX and caused almost $1. 2 billion in long contracts to be liquidated on the platform. Now, the exchange’s CTO has revealed that the liquidations were caused by sophisticated botnet attacks that have been probing the platform for days and were […] The post Advanced botnet attack caused $1. дальше »

2020-3-17 22:34


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24 Hours After a Top Crypto Exchange Was DDoSed, It Happened Again

While it is hard to cyber-attack Bitcoin and other crypto asset networks, you can more easily cyber-attack companies in the space. This was proven true over the past 48 hours, with two exchanges recently revealing that they’ve been subject to a denial-of-service attack, suggesting some shenanigans going on in the backdrop of the crypto market. дальше »

2020-2-28 13:36


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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. дальше »

2019-8-11 01:00


Coinbase being targeted by ‘unique attack’ highlights how serious attackers are about the cryptospace, claims CISO Martin

Philip Martin, Chief Information Security Officer at Coinbase, recently spoke about a hack which the exchange successfully managed to evade. According to Coinbase, the highly sophisticated attack began on 30 May, when a dozen Coinbase employees received an email for a certain Gregory Harris, who was supposedly a Research Grants Administrator at Cambridge University. дальше »

2019-8-11 13:00


Coinbase Reveals How It Averted A Complex Hacking Attack Seeking To Extract Private Keys And Passwords

Coinbase’s security team has revealed that it managed to stop a complex phishing attack that sought to extract user private keys and passwords. In an official blog post the crypto exchange giant revealed that the incident involved the exploitation of two 0-day vulnerabilities on the Mozilla Firefox browser. According to the blog post, the first […] дальше »

2019-8-9 21:17


Security Researcher Uncovers Witty Phishing Attack On Binance Exchange Users

Security Researcher Uncovers Clever Phishing Attack On Binance Users One of the major issues affecting the cryptocurrency industry and a major hindrance to its popularity is lack of security. Cryptocurrency exchanges have been targeted in hacks that have led to the loss of billions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency. However, it seems the attackers are […] дальше »

2019-6-3 22:31


Cryptopia Limited Files for US Bankruptcy Protection Following Massive Hack in Early 2019

Cryptopia Limited was hacked multiple times in the first quarter of 2019. The shareholders of Cryptopia have decided to file for bankruptcy in a Chapter 15 case in New York. The hacking of the Cryptopia exchange made headlines in January after a massive attack took $16 million from the exchange. The exchange was the host […] дальше »

2019-5-25 04:41


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Binance Relaunches With $1.2M Giveaway Following System Upgrade

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is preparing to leave its $40 million hack behind it, confirming it had relaunched most of its service May 15. Binance Goes Live (Again) Only around one week after hackers managed to circumvent security mechanisms in what CEO Changpeng Zhao said was a coordinated attack, Binance is finishing its last checks before going fully live. дальше »

2019-5-15 16:30