cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency: Fact vs. Fiction

Paul Lee is the CISO of Uphold, a leading technology platform to trade between cryptocurrencies, precious metals and U.S. equities. Paul is considered a leading expert on blockchain and cryptocurrency. In this ...
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President Trump’s Campaign Website Defaced by Cryptocurrency Scammers

Unknown individuals temporarily defaced the official campaign website of President Donald Trump with a cryptocurrency scam. Twitter user Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler was among the first to spot the defacement, which is believed ...
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Coinbit Seizure: Why New Cryptocurrency Exchanges Conduct Wash Trading  

On Aug. 26, the South Korean newspaper Seoul Shinmun published a report stating that 99% of transaction volume was faked through wash trading on Coinbit, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in ...
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Hackers Steal $150 Million from Asian Cryptocurrency Exchange

Hackers Steal $150 Million from Asian Cryptocurrency Exchange

KuCoin, a Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange, has disclosed a security incident that resulted in the unauthorized transfer of roughly $150 million in digital assets. In a notice published last week, KuCoin notified clients that it ...
U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russian Hackers for Stealing $17 Million in Crypto Cash

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russian Hackers for Stealing $17 Million in Crypto Cash

This week, U.S. authorities sanctioned two Russian nationals for defrauding several cryptocurrency exchanges of a combined $17 million. The duo, who had several other accomplices, used phishing schemes to meet their goals, ...

Hackers pumped and dumped GAS cryptocurrency for $16.8 million, alleges US DOJ

US authorities have charged two Russian men with allegedly defrauding cryptocurrency exchanges and their customers out of at least $16.8 million. The men – Danil “Cronuswar” Potekhin, 25, and 35-year-old Dmitrii Karasavidi, ...
Eterbase Exchange Hacked: Hackers Stole $5.4 Mn

Eterbase Exchange Hacked: Hackers Stole $5.4 Mn

Eterbase Exchange, a popular Slovakian cryptocurrency exchange platform was hacked by threat actors, on September 8, 2020. Reportedly, $5.4 MillionContinue reading The post Eterbase Exchange Hacked: Hackers Stole $5.4 Mn appeared first ...

Are you listening to your logs? Part 3: High disk usage

In the previous blog of this series, we saw how server crashes can be avoided by detecting low disk space in time using logs. In this blog, we’ll talk about another server metric, disk ...
Cryptocurrency Exchange Eterbase Loses $5.4 Million to Hackers Overnight

Cryptocurrency Exchange Eterbase Loses $5.4 Million to Hackers Overnight

A group of hackers on Monday night compromised cryptocurrency exchange Eterbase and raided six hot wallets to steal $5.4 million in Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Tezos, Algorand, and TRON. The criminals transferred the ...
Cryptocurrency exchange Eterbase hacked, $5.4 million worth of funds stolen

Cryptocurrency exchange Eterbase hacked, $5.4 million worth of funds stolen

European cryptocurrency exchange platform Eterbase has announced that it has suffered a security breach which saw malicious hackers access its network and steal funds worth US $5.4 million. In a message posted ...