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Update1: The heading of this article was updated due to confusion among readers that stolen currency was in USD – The stolen money was in South Korean Won not in USD. Bithumb, one of the largest Bitcoin and Ether exchange platforms, has been hacked resulting in a loss of billions of South Korean Won with […]
This new phishing scam shows that even some dark web criminals are not the smartest, regardless of their skill level. 35 years old, professional technology, Michael Richo, has recently been arrested for using phishing techniques to steal Bitcoin’s dark web criminals. In official court documents, Richo managed a masked phishing site from popular darknet markets. […]
Armada Collective, a group of online attackers, is demanding a ransom payment of $315,000 from South Korean banks – In the case of refusal, the group has threatened the banks with a series of massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. The threats came days after South Korean web hosting company NAYANA paid over $1 million […]
Again Ransomware Back to Form !!! A Ransomware called “Petya” Attack Large Number of Countries across the Globe and it affecting a large number of banks, energy firms and other companies based in Russia, Ukraine, Spain, Britain, France,India,etc.. Few weeks Before Wannacry Ransomware performed Massive breaches across the world and now petya Ransomware threatens the […]
South Korean web hosting firm hit by Erebus ransomware infected 153 Linux servers and more than 3,400 business sites the organization hosts. According to the blog note issued by NAYANA’s initially, hackers asked to pay 550 Bitcoins and after they negotiated up to 397.6 BTC to be paid in installments. On June 18, NAYANA began […]
The FireEye cyber security firm has discovered that a number of Canadian mines and casinos were hacked by a group named FIN10 whose location has not yet been identified – FireEye labels FIN10 to be “one of the most disruptive threat actors observed in the region.” Sensitive data and information were stolen: As part of the campaign, […]
With the exponential rise in the price of bitcoin, this cryptocurrency is generating tons of interest among people. By now, many people have heard of bitcoin and it’s gaining acceptance. So, in that line, here are some interesting bitcoin facts that you must know. Give them a read and share it with your friends and […]
After the Internet of Things (IoT) devices, the favorite target of cyber criminals is cryptocurrency exchanges. In the latest, the popular Bitcoin and Litecoin exchange platform BTC-E.com suffered a series of massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks disrupting its service and forcing the platform to go offline. The attacks started on 5th June when a Tweet came […]
Sure seductive narratives have taken preserve is what is going on. those narratives, in its maximum extreme versions, says that cryptocurrencies today are just like the internet in 1996: not simply new technologies however an intensive new kind of technology, belittled or disregarded with the aid of by means of maximum of, which has slowly […]
We are quite used to seeing hackers using ransomware apps to trick unsuspecting users into paying ransoms. But, in Thailand instead of targeting ordinary users, hackers targeted the big fish in the business. By big fish, we mean influential companies in the country, and the worst part, they couldn’t even lodge an official complaint in fear […]
Yapizon, a South Korean Bitcoin exchange suffered a massive data breach earlier this week when hackers stole 3816.2028 Bitcoin (US$5 million) which is 37% of user funds. According to the official statement from the exchange in the Korean language, the attack took place on Saturday, April 22, 2017, when a hacker compromised four of the […]
Short Bytes: BitTorrent inventor Bram Cohen believes that a storage-based cryptocurrency will do better as compared to processor time-based Bitcoin, which has flaws like 51% attack. Due to these reasons, Cohen is planning to create his own cryptocurrency and Bitcoin-alternative. In the upcoming months after completing some work at BitTorrent Inc., he plans to dedicate himself […]
Short Bytes: Over the years, Bitcoin has become a multi-billion-dollar industry but requires a lot of time and patience. However, the seasoned individuals who have learned the ropes are using it to their advantage. According to a new report, Bitcoin miners are definitely raking in the money as they have accumulated more than $2 billion […]
Yesterday was a big day for the officials at Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction’s (ODRC) as they cracked down a major scheme going on for about a year and a half. As per investigatory report [PDF], officials at ODRC were investigating a case of possible breach of the security of their network since July […]
A famous Dark Web vendor known by their handle of “DoubleFlag” is selling databases of eleven Bitcoin forums on a popular dark web marketplace. The databases were stolen between 2011 to 2017 from widely visited forums providing information about Bitcoin mining and trading. The combined number of data stolen from these forums is more than […]
Researchers from Boston University, North Carolina State University, and George Mason University have created a new protocol called TumbleBit that they say can anonymize Bitcoin transactions better than any other previously developed Bitcoin mixing service. Bitcoin mixing services, also known as mixers or tumblers, are services that offer to anonymize Bitcoin transactions. They usually realize […]
Cyren, an Internet security firm, has discovered a new malware that can steal bitcoin and passwords from cryptocurrency wallets on computers. The company wrote on its blog that the malware is primarily targeting banking customers and the campaign is quite huge. The US and Singapore-based users are mainly targeted by this campaign. The malware is […]
A popular horse racing website (Racingpulse.in) that operates out of Bangalore, India was reportedly hacked on Tuesday. The hackers posted a statement on the home page informing that the entire data on the website has been encrypted. As is the norm, they also informed about what they expected as ransom. The ransom note suggested that they […]
A Florida man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges stemming from his employment with an unlicensed bitcoin exchange that prosecutors say was owned by an Israeli who oversaw a massive scheme to hack companies including JPMorgan Chase & Co. Ricardo Hill, 38, entered his plea in Manhattan federal court to seven counts, including conspiracy to […]
Blockchain, the technology underlying the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, is modeled to revolutionize as per the nature of commercial transactions. Bitcoin is a non-governmental and peer-to-peer currency, and it is the first currency of its nature. Bitcoin is famously known as a virtual currency, and its maker is trying to make it equivalent to the currencies issued […]
MongoDB is a famous, open-source NoSQL database. Organizations use them regardless of their size; from MetLife, LinkedIn, City of Chicago, Expedia, BuzzFeed to KMPG and The Guardian there are several other high-profile platforms that are currently taking advantage of MongoDB. At the same time, having a high-profile customer doesn’t mean that platform is completely secure. […]