Cybersecurity News

Startup Intends to Shake Up Antivirus Industry With a Decentralized Marketplace

Startup Intends to Shake Up Antivirus Industry With a Decentralized Marketplace

JAN 22, 2018 | Kira Egorova

The company plans to re-imagine threat detection with decentralized Blockchain technology.

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Newly Detected Malware Mines Monero, Sends It To North Korean University

Newly Detected Malware Mines Monero, Sends It To North Korean University

JAN 09, 2018 | William Suberg

US cybersecurity firm finds malware that compromises PCs to mine Monero and sends it to a Pyongyang university.

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Major Wallet Vulnerability Revealed As User Barely Reclaims 9 BTC

Major Wallet Vulnerability Revealed As User Barely Reclaims 9 BTC

DEC 04, 2017 | Joshua Althauser

Claims of some Bitcoin wallet susceptible to hacking due to private keys generated by malicious software.

 36497   |    4
Bitcoin Account Holder Loses $100K Over Public Wireless Network

Bitcoin Account Holder Loses $100K Over Public Wireless Network

NOV 24, 2017 | Joshua Althauser

An unidentified 36-year-old man who owns has lost over $117,000 in Bitcoins while he was logged in on a public wireless network.

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British Telecom Secures Patent for a Cybersecurity Method to Protect Blockchain

British Telecom Secures Patent for a Cybersecurity Method to Protect Blockchain

NOV 02, 2017 | Lisa Froelings

British Telecom has secured a patent for its proposed cybersecurity system for Blockchain protection in late October.

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Self-Replenishing Blockchain is Finding Implementation Everywhere

Self-Replenishing Blockchain is Finding Implementation Everywhere

OCT 16, 2017 | Iyke Aru

Blockchain is everywhere, in nearly every industry, offering solutions to problems that have long vexed businesses.

 21744   |    4
Twitter Phishing Account Steals Ethereum by Pretending To Do OmiseGo Airdrop

Twitter Phishing Account Steals Ethereum by Pretending To Do OmiseGo Airdrop

SEP 10, 2017 | Lisa Froelings

How a Twitter account has taken advantage of OmiseGo Airdrop announcement to phish for OmiseGo investors private details and steal Ethereum.

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Cyber Criminals Have Stolen $225 Mln Worth of Ethereum Through Phishing This Year

Cyber Criminals Have Stolen $225 Mln Worth of Ethereum Through Phishing This Year

SEP 05, 2017 | Joshua Althauser

Cyber criminals have lured would-be investors into sending money to their addresses rather than actual ICO addresses

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Ransomware Sneaked Onto US Government Website, Unclear if Public Was Harmed

Ransomware Sneaked Onto US Government Website, Unclear if Public Was Harmed

SEP 04, 2017 | Joshua Althauser

Computer researchers have uncovered ransomware on the website of the US National Wildfire Coordinating Group, major security implications

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North Korean Hackers Reportedly Attack Bitcoin Exchange in South Korea

North Korean Hackers Reportedly Attack Bitcoin Exchange in South Korea

AUG 28, 2017 | Joshua Althauser

Cyber hackers from North Korea have reportedly targeted Bitcoin exchanges in South Korea in retaliation to new sanctions imposed by the United Nations against t...

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Exploits, Hacks, Phishing, Ponzi Are on the Rise on Ethereum

Exploits, Hacks, Phishing, Ponzi Are on the Rise on Ethereum

AUG 20, 2017 | Wassim Bendella

The rise of cybercrime on Ethereum.

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Pentagon Thinks Blockchain Technology Can be Used as Cybersecurity Shield

Pentagon Thinks Blockchain Technology Can be Used as Cybersecurity Shield

AUG 20, 2017 | Joshua Althauser

Pentagon considers integrating Blockchain technology into critical code and infrastructure to protect from hackers, terrorists.

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Ex-MI5 Head: Don’t Weaken Very Positive Encryption

Ex-MI5 Head: Don’t Weaken Very Positive Encryption

AUG 11, 2017 | William Suberg

Encryption is “very positive” in some situations, the former head of MI5 has told the media while discussing cybersecurity.

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Growing Bitcoin Extortion: From Trump to Colleges and Businesses

Growing Bitcoin Extortion: From Trump to Colleges and Businesses

JUL 28, 2017 | Joshua Althauser

As the number of Bitcoin-related ransomware grows, how can the average Joe protect himself from such cyber threats?

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Bitcoin Ransomware Becoming Multi-Million Dollar Business: Research

Bitcoin Ransomware Becoming Multi-Million Dollar Business: Research

JUL 28, 2017 | Joshua Althauser

New York University and Google researchers who monitored the payment networks of cybercriminals announced that ransomware cases have increased significantly sin...

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Bitcoin Account Holder Loses $100K Over Public Wireless Network

Bitcoin Account Holder Loses $100K Over Public Wireless Network

NOV 24, 2017 | Joshua Althauser

An unidentified 36-year-old man who owns has lost over $117,000 in Bitcoins while he was logged in on a public wireless network.

 48492   |    32
Exploits, Hacks, Phishing, Ponzi Are on the Rise on Ethereum

Exploits, Hacks, Phishing, Ponzi Are on the Rise on Ethereum

AUG 20, 2017 | Wassim Bendella

The rise of cybercrime on Ethereum.

 44821   |    1
Newly Detected Malware Mines Monero, Sends It To North Korean University

Newly Detected Malware Mines Monero, Sends It To North Korean University

JAN 09, 2018 | William Suberg

US cybersecurity firm finds malware that compromises PCs to mine Monero and sends it to a Pyongyang university.

 41936   |    12
Major Wallet Vulnerability Revealed As User Barely Reclaims 9 BTC

Major Wallet Vulnerability Revealed As User Barely Reclaims 9 BTC

DEC 04, 2017 | Joshua Althauser

Claims of some Bitcoin wallet susceptible to hacking due to private keys generated by malicious software.

 36497   |    4
Startup Intends to Shake Up Antivirus Industry With a Decentralized Marketplace

Startup Intends to Shake Up Antivirus Industry With a Decentralized Marketplace

JAN 22, 2018 | Kira Egorova

The company plans to re-imagine threat detection with decentralized Blockchain technology.

 27823   |    4
Twitter Phishing Account Steals Ethereum by Pretending To Do OmiseGo Airdrop

Twitter Phishing Account Steals Ethereum by Pretending To Do OmiseGo Airdrop

SEP 10, 2017 | Lisa Froelings

How a Twitter account has taken advantage of OmiseGo Airdrop announcement to phish for OmiseGo investors private details and steal Ethereum.

 25785   |    1
Self-Replenishing Blockchain is Finding Implementation Everywhere

Self-Replenishing Blockchain is Finding Implementation Everywhere

OCT 16, 2017 | Iyke Aru

Blockchain is everywhere, in nearly every industry, offering solutions to problems that have long vexed businesses.

 21744   |    4
Ransomware Sneaked Onto US Government Website, Unclear if Public Was Harmed

Ransomware Sneaked Onto US Government Website, Unclear if Public Was Harmed

SEP 04, 2017 | Joshua Althauser

Computer researchers have uncovered ransomware on the website of the US National Wildfire Coordinating Group, major security implications

 21602   |    1
Ex-MI5 Head: Don’t Weaken Very Positive Encryption

Ex-MI5 Head: Don’t Weaken Very Positive Encryption

AUG 11, 2017 | William Suberg

Encryption is “very positive” in some situations, the former head of MI5 has told the media while discussing cybersecurity.

 21301   |    1
Cyber Criminals Have Stolen $225 Mln Worth of Ethereum Through Phishing This Year

Cyber Criminals Have Stolen $225 Mln Worth of Ethereum Through Phishing This Year

SEP 05, 2017 | Joshua Althauser

Cyber criminals have lured would-be investors into sending money to their addresses rather than actual ICO addresses

 20824   |    2
North Korean Hackers Reportedly Attack Bitcoin Exchange in South Korea

North Korean Hackers Reportedly Attack Bitcoin Exchange in South Korea

AUG 28, 2017 | Joshua Althauser

Cyber hackers from North Korea have reportedly targeted Bitcoin exchanges in South Korea in retaliation to new sanctions imposed by the United Nations against t...

 15697   |    1
Pentagon Thinks Blockchain Technology Can be Used as Cybersecurity Shield

Pentagon Thinks Blockchain Technology Can be Used as Cybersecurity Shield

AUG 20, 2017 | Joshua Althauser

Pentagon considers integrating Blockchain technology into critical code and infrastructure to protect from hackers, terrorists.

 14669   |    2
British Telecom Secures Patent for a Cybersecurity Method to Protect Blockchain

British Telecom Secures Patent for a Cybersecurity Method to Protect Blockchain

NOV 02, 2017 | Lisa Froelings

British Telecom has secured a patent for its proposed cybersecurity system for Blockchain protection in late October.

 13149   |    2
Bitcoin Ransomware Becoming Multi-Million Dollar Business: Research

Bitcoin Ransomware Becoming Multi-Million Dollar Business: Research

JUL 28, 2017 | Joshua Althauser

New York University and Google researchers who monitored the payment networks of cybercriminals announced that ransomware cases have increased significantly sin...

 6061
Growing Bitcoin Extortion: From Trump to Colleges and Businesses

Growing Bitcoin Extortion: From Trump to Colleges and Businesses

JUL 28, 2017 | Joshua Althauser

As the number of Bitcoin-related ransomware grows, how can the average Joe protect himself from such cyber threats?

 5063   |    2
Bitcoin Account Holder Loses $100K Over Public Wireless Network

Bitcoin Account Holder Loses $100K Over Public Wireless Network

NOV 24, 2017 | Joshua Althauser

An unidentified 36-year-old man who owns has lost over $117,000 in Bitcoins while he was logged in on a public wireless network.

 48492   |    32
Newly Detected Malware Mines Monero, Sends It To North Korean University

Newly Detected Malware Mines Monero, Sends It To North Korean University

JAN 09, 2018 | William Suberg

US cybersecurity firm finds malware that compromises PCs to mine Monero and sends it to a Pyongyang university.

 41936   |    12
Self-Replenishing Blockchain is Finding Implementation Everywhere

Self-Replenishing Blockchain is Finding Implementation Everywhere

OCT 16, 2017 | Iyke Aru

Blockchain is everywhere, in nearly every industry, offering solutions to problems that have long vexed businesses.

 21744   |    4
Major Wallet Vulnerability Revealed As User Barely Reclaims 9 BTC

Major Wallet Vulnerability Revealed As User Barely Reclaims 9 BTC

DEC 04, 2017 | Joshua Althauser

Claims of some Bitcoin wallet susceptible to hacking due to private keys generated by malicious software.

 36497   |    4
Startup Intends to Shake Up Antivirus Industry With a Decentralized Marketplace

Startup Intends to Shake Up Antivirus Industry With a Decentralized Marketplace

JAN 22, 2018 | Kira Egorova

The company plans to re-imagine threat detection with decentralized Blockchain technology.

 27823   |    4
Growing Bitcoin Extortion: From Trump to Colleges and Businesses

Growing Bitcoin Extortion: From Trump to Colleges and Businesses

JUL 28, 2017 | Joshua Althauser

As the number of Bitcoin-related ransomware grows, how can the average Joe protect himself from such cyber threats?

 5063   |    2
Pentagon Thinks Blockchain Technology Can be Used as Cybersecurity Shield

Pentagon Thinks Blockchain Technology Can be Used as Cybersecurity Shield

AUG 20, 2017 | Joshua Althauser

Pentagon considers integrating Blockchain technology into critical code and infrastructure to protect from hackers, terrorists.

 14669   |    2
Cyber Criminals Have Stolen $225 Mln Worth of Ethereum Through Phishing This Year

Cyber Criminals Have Stolen $225 Mln Worth of Ethereum Through Phishing This Year

SEP 05, 2017 | Joshua Althauser

Cyber criminals have lured would-be investors into sending money to their addresses rather than actual ICO addresses

 20824   |    2
British Telecom Secures Patent for a Cybersecurity Method to Protect Blockchain

British Telecom Secures Patent for a Cybersecurity Method to Protect Blockchain

NOV 02, 2017 | Lisa Froelings

British Telecom has secured a patent for its proposed cybersecurity system for Blockchain protection in late October.

 13149   |    2
Ex-MI5 Head: Don’t Weaken Very Positive Encryption

Ex-MI5 Head: Don’t Weaken Very Positive Encryption

AUG 11, 2017 | William Suberg

Encryption is “very positive” in some situations, the former head of MI5 has told the media while discussing cybersecurity.

 21301   |    1
Exploits, Hacks, Phishing, Ponzi Are on the Rise on Ethereum

Exploits, Hacks, Phishing, Ponzi Are on the Rise on Ethereum

AUG 20, 2017 | Wassim Bendella

The rise of cybercrime on Ethereum.

 44821   |    1
North Korean Hackers Reportedly Attack Bitcoin Exchange in South Korea

North Korean Hackers Reportedly Attack Bitcoin Exchange in South Korea

AUG 28, 2017 | Joshua Althauser

Cyber hackers from North Korea have reportedly targeted Bitcoin exchanges in South Korea in retaliation to new sanctions imposed by the United Nations against t...

 15697   |    1
Ransomware Sneaked Onto US Government Website, Unclear if Public Was Harmed

Ransomware Sneaked Onto US Government Website, Unclear if Public Was Harmed

SEP 04, 2017 | Joshua Althauser

Computer researchers have uncovered ransomware on the website of the US National Wildfire Coordinating Group, major security implications

 21602   |    1
Twitter Phishing Account Steals Ethereum by Pretending To Do OmiseGo Airdrop

Twitter Phishing Account Steals Ethereum by Pretending To Do OmiseGo Airdrop

SEP 10, 2017 | Lisa Froelings

How a Twitter account has taken advantage of OmiseGo Airdrop announcement to phish for OmiseGo investors private details and steal Ethereum.

 25785   |    1
Bitcoin Ransomware Becoming Multi-Million Dollar Business: Research

Bitcoin Ransomware Becoming Multi-Million Dollar Business: Research

JUL 28, 2017 | Joshua Althauser

New York University and Google researchers who monitored the payment networks of cybercriminals announced that ransomware cases have increased significantly sin...

 6061