Blockchain

Iran Reduces Internet Access After Israeli Airstrikes, Cyberattacks
The Iranian government has sharply restricted internet access in the country following almost a week of Israeli airstrikes and a cyberattacks on an Iranian bank and cryptocurrency exchange by a pro-Israeli hacker ...
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RSA and Bitcoin at BIG Risk from Quantum Compute
Richi Jennings | | Craig Gidney, cryptanalytically relevant quantum computer, ECDSA, Elliptic Curve Cryptography, imaginary money, NIST-standardized PQC encryption algorithms, post quantum, post-quantum cryptograph, Post-Quantum Cryptography, Post-quantum cryptography (PQC), Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) algorithms, Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration, Post-Quantum Migration, post-quantum security, PQC, PQC adoption, PQC migration, PQC readiness, PQC transition, quantum, rsa, SB Blogwatch
PQC PDQ: Researchers find we’ll need 20 times fewer qubits to break conventional encryption than previously believed ...
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Crypto Drainers are Targeting Cryptocurrency Users
As cryptocurrency becomes more popular and the adoption rises, we see a related increase in the number of cybercrimes, fraud, and malware schemes. Criminals like to hunt and plunder where there is ...

Coinbase Hacked and Turns the Tables on the Cybercriminals!
This is how you handle cybercrime digital extortion! Coinbase was compromised by trusted 3rd party partners, which exposed customer data — but customer keys to their assets were still safe. The cyber criminals then ...

Building with Bitcoin: A Survey of the Use of Its Scripting System Across Projects
A look into Bitcoin's scripting system and how several projects use Bitcoin's features in their own software ...

Advanced Malware Targets Cryptocurrency Wallets
More attacks targeting cryptocurrency users. Microsoft has identified a new Remote Access Trojan, named StilachiRAT, that has sophisticated capabilities to remain stealthy and persistent so it can harvest crypto wallet credentials via ...

Hackers Made $600,000 Selling Stolen Taylor Swift Concert Tickets
Employees of a third-party company hacked into StubHub's computer system, stole almost 1,000 digital tickets to Taylor Swift concerts and other events, and emailed them to conspirators in New York, who then ...
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North Korean Hackers Steal $1.5B in Cryptocurrency
It looks like a very sophisticated attack against the Dubai-based exchange Bybit: Bybit officials disclosed the theft of more than 400,000 ethereum and staked ethereum coins just hours after it occurred. The ...

Fake Solana packages target crypto devs, abuse Slack & ImgBB for data theft
Ax Sharma | | cryptocurrency, malicious code npm, Malware, Nexus Firewall, npm, Sonatype Repository Firewall, Vulnerabilities, vulnerability
Recently discovered malicious packages on the npmjs.com registry named "solanacore," "solana-login," and "walletcore-gen" target Solana crypto developers with Windows trojans and malware capable of keylogging and sensitive data exfiltration. Furthermore, these packages ...

The Evolution of Hashing Algorithms: From MD5 to Modern Day
Deepak Gupta - Tech Entrepreneur, Cybersecurity Author | | algorithm, Crypto, Cyber Security, data protection, encryption, hashing
Hashing algorithms have come a long way! This blog post takes you on a journey through the evolution of hashing, from early examples like MD5 to the modern SHA family and beyond ...