Hacker is a term that has been used to mean a variety of different things in computing. Depending on the context although, the term could refer to a person in any one of several distinct (but not completely disjointed) communities and subcultures: People committed to circumvention of computer security.
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Bancor loses $12.5M worth of Ethereum to cyber baddies in overnight raid
Israeli digital asset exchange Bancor has suffered a major hack overnight, a stark reminder that major players are not paying ...
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PSA: MyEtherWallet compromised in hack, urges users to move tokens now
Popular Ethereum interface and defacto token wallet MyEtherWallet (MEW) has been caught up yet another goddamn hack, this ...
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Etherscan rushes to plug vulnerabilities following strange hacking attempts overnight
The most widely used Ethereum blockchain explorer, Etherscan, quickly patched vulnerabilities overnight after a set of strange ...
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What Hollywood gets right and wrong about hacking
Catherine Flick, De Montfort University Spoiler warnings for Mr. Robot, Arrow, and Blackhat... Technology is everywhere ...
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John McAfee will pay you $100K if you get into his 'unhackable' crypto-wallet
McAfee says he will give $100,000 to anyone who can break into the 'Bitfi' wallet, the supposedly ‘unhackable’ cryptocurrency ...
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Researchers find tons of red flags in Bitfi’s ‘unhackable’ cryptocurrency wallet
An ad-hoc collective of security researchers and hackers has revealed that the Bitfi cryptocurrency wallet is full of spyware ...
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Everything you need to know about Reddit's recent security 'incident'
Reddit recently learned that a hacker managed to access multiple employee accounts and walk away with "some" current email ...
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John McAfee's 'unhackable' Bitcoin wallet (allegedly) got hacked
John McAfee threw down the gauntlet last week when claiming his newly-created Bitcoin wallet, Bitfi, was "unhackable." It ...
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Monero wallet vulnerability made it possible to steal XMR from exchanges
Monero, the cryptocurrency often praised for its privacy functions, was full of vulnerabilities - one allowing hackers to ...
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Bug in cryptocurrency platform Augur meant users could be duped into losing money
A massive vulnerability has been discovered in the decentralized betting platform Augur, which allowed all data shown in ...
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Blockchain bug hunters feature prominently at this year's Pwnie Awards
Three researchers are up for Pwnie Awards this year after exposing critical bugs in popular blockchain projects IOTA and ...
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Bitcoin dev finds potentially crippling security flaw in Bitcoin Cash
A massive security vulnerability was found in Bitcoin Cash that, if exploited, would have crippled its blockchain with a ...
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John McAfee’s 'unhackable' cryptocurrency wallet has been hacked (again)
A team of security researchers has a solid claim to $10,000, after meeting the three requirements of Bitfi's second bug bounty ...
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FBI warns of massive ATM scam that could affect banks worldwide
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently warned banks that cybercriminals are poised to carry out an "ATM cash-out," ...
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North Korean hackers are targeting cryptocurrency traders with fake software
Kaspersky Labs has discovered a North Korean hacking crew is targeting cryptocurrency traders by trojanizing exchange software. ...
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Mt. Gox preps to return $1B in stolen cryptocurrency to victims
Victims of cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox can now file claims to have lost funds repaid - a sum totaling over one billion ...
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Major cryptocurrency exchange delists Bitcoin Gold following $18M hack
A major cryptocurrency exchange is delisting Bitcoin Gold after a series of debilitating heists amounting to over $20 million ...
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Blockchain doesn't kill people, but smart contracts can, law professor says
Smart contracts, like the ones featured by Ethereum’s blockchain, represent simple machine intelligence, and one academic ...
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Let’s face it, users should never be the last line of defense in cybersecurity
Users have walked a very insecure tightrope for decades, clicking on links and opening untrusted attachments. It's time we ...
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Facebook hack proves we need new user authentication methods
Facebook's recent security hack that possibly affected 90 million users has exposed the fundamental flaws that our authentication ...
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Anonymous hacked 70 Gabon government websites to protest dictatorship
Anonymous has claimed responsibility for defacing and a widespread DDoS attack on Gabon's government websites over the dictatorship ...
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Bitcoin scammers steal identity of television host in New Zealand
A television host in New Zealand has denounced Bitcoin scammers for impersonating him to fraudulently market a dodgy cryptocurrency ...
