Digital Currency

Kingminer Botnet Keeps up with the Times

The e-currency boom in late 2017 sparked a new type of “gold rush”, as cyber-criminals started racing to infect home…

6 months ago

Kraken CISO Nick Percoco on the crypto exchange’s “productive paranoia” and the future of protecting home networks (Video)

  Audio Version Episode 3 of SOC Quarantine Diaries catches up with veteran security mind Nick Percoco, whose renowned career...…

7 months ago

Cyber Security Roundup for June 2020

A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous…

7 months ago

BlockFi Hacked Following SIM Swap Attack, But Says No Funds Lost

For just under 90 minutes last Thursday, hackers were able to compromise the systems of cryptocurrency lending platform BlockFi, and…

7 months ago

Fake COVID-19 Cryptocurrency Emerges Promising to Gain Value with Each Death

A new report reveals exponential growth in the number of phishing and website scams leveraging the COVID-19 pandemic, including websites…

7 months ago

Nexus Intelligence Insights: Protect Your Bitcoins from 700+ Malicious RubyGems with sonatype-2020-0196

Last week news broke about how 700 typosquatting libraries had made their way into the famous RubyGems repository. The complete…

8 months ago

VictoryGate Monero-Mining Botnet Spread via Infected USB Devices

A previously undocumented botnet called “VictoryGate” propagated via infected USB devices in order to perform Monero-mining functionality. Slovakian security firm…

8 months ago

A hackers’ dream payday: Ledf.Me and Uniswap lose $25 million worth of cryptocurrency

The cryptocurrency industry has suffered a major loss over the weekend, after bad actors managed to steal more than $25…

8 months ago

Bad actor steals $250,000 from Bisq users after faulty security patch

Bisq, a decentralized crypto exchange network, was forced to disable trading on Tuesday after the discovery of a critical security…

9 months ago

Bill Gates’ YouTube Bitcoin Giveaway (Of Course Not)

More than 30 popular YouTube channels livecasting Bill Gates asking for a small Bitcoin payment and promising you'll double your…

9 months ago