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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Hackers are stealing personal medical data to impersonate your doctor
When it comes to health, prevention is the best cure. Now it's becoming apparent it is time to extend this philosohphy to ...
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Cryptocurrency hackers sneak malware into Oracle servers to mine Monero
Security researchers have identified another cryptocurrency mining malware. It's installing itself on Oracle servers, and ...
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Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan’s Twitter account allegedly hacked by Turkish group
Last night, a group of Turkish hackers took over Bollywood actor and Indian cultural icon Amitabh Bachchan‘s Twitter account, ...
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FBI charges NiceHash founder over dangerous dark web malware (again)
The FBI is hunting the founder of NiceHash over his role in distributing dangerous malware via dark web hacker forum Darkode. ...
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Bitfinex denies role in spooky transfer of $1.37 million in stolen Bitcoin
A bunch of Bitcoin tied to 2016's epic Bitfinex hack had been moved, but Bitfinex says it had nothing to do with it. So who ...
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Hackers reportedly stole nearly $10M worth of Ripple (XRP) in GateHub hack
Hackers have breached over 100 Ripple (XRP) Ledger wallets managed by service provider GateHub, stealing nearly $10M worth ...
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Blockchain startup hacked itself to 'save' $13M of its users’ cryptocurrency
Komodo devs took all cryptocurrency out of affected wallets and will keep it in a safe place until users submit claims to ...
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Cryptopia needs $2M to keep a database alive – or users might never recover their tokens
An Arizona-based web company demanded $2 million from embattled cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia to keep hosting critical ...
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Moonday Mornings: Bitcoin extortionists are wiping GitHub repositories – unless you pay up
Bitcoin extortionists hold GitHub respositories to ransom, Craig Wright ordered to prove Bitcoin ownership and more in this ...
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Our smartphone addiction isn’t just bad for our mental health, it’s a security risk
We’ve all had the “smartphone conversation.” The one about our unhealthy obsession and inability to put phones down. ...
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Why the cybersecurity sector needs to start hiring more hackers
Cybersecurity incidents are gaining an increasingly high profile. In the past, these incidents may have been perceived primarily ...
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Bitcoin hacker targets Meghan Markle's friend's fashion company
Meghan Markle’s designer friend's Misha Nonoo’s fashion company has been targeted by a Bitcoin hacker.
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Hackers fix 20 security flaws in cryptocurrency-related platforms in 2 weeks
Seven cryptocurrency-related companies paid hackers to patch 20 software bugs in the past two weeks alone, including Stellar, ...
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Hacker selling 26M stolen user records in exchange for $5,000 worth of Bitcoin
A hacker by the name of Gnosticplayers is trying to sell more than 26 million user records on the dark web in exchange for ...
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Google distributed malicious Chrome app designed to steal your cryptocurrency
Be wary if you come across ads for an airdrop, distributing tokens for cryptocurrency exchange Huobi: someone might be trying ...
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Why storing your Bitcoin private keys on Google Drive is a terrible idea
The Coinbase Wallet has a new feature that encourages users to back up their cryptocurrency private keys to Google Drive ...
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Where automotive cybersecurity is headed in 2019
There are more connected cars than ever -- manufacturers are making more of them than ever, more people are driving them ...
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Dutch hacker puts his kid’s LEGO train on the blockchain
A Dutch hacker/dad has made his son's LEGO toy into a literal STEEM train, after he modified it to be driven by mining the ...
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Watch out for this new cryptocurrency ransomware stalking the web
A brand new family of cryptocurrency-fuelled ransomware has been discovered, and researchers warn it's more sophisticated ...
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Fortnite vulnerability could have left millions of credit cards exposed
Just as triumphant reports come in about Fortnite's success, the world's most popular game is forced to contend with stories ...
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Ethereum devs delay Constantinople hard fork due to security fears
Core Ethereum developers have delayed the scheduled Constantinople upgrade after a code audit revealed it introduced new ...
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Long-serving cryptocurrency exchange forced offline, hackers blamed
One of the internet’s longest serving cryptocurrency exchanges, Cryptopia, claims to have suffered a debilitating hack, ...
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Surprise – the 3 biggest cybersecurity threats are all cryptocurrency miners
Cybersecurity analysts ranked supposedly neutral Monero-mining script CoinHive the number one malware threat for the 13th ...
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Moonday Mornings: Ethereum Classic hackers return $100K worth of stolen funds
It's another Monday and that means we have another Moonday Mornings for you. Here's what you need to catch up on from over ...
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Ethereum Classic hackers steal over $1.1M with 51% attacks
Ethereum Classic, one of the most popular forks of the second most valuable cryptocurrencies by marketcap has suffered a ...
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Hackers pocketed $878,000 from cryptocurrency bug bounties in 2018
Blockchain companies have resolved more than 3,000 vulnerability reports in 2018 alone. In return, white hackers pocketed ...
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Hackers take over Chromecasts to warn owners about security risks
A couple of dutiful hackers have been hijacking thousands of Chromecasts to warn users the devices can be taken over remotely. ...
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IOTA is dishing out shares of $220K bounty — if you can crack its new hash function
IOTA has just launched a new hash function, and is dishing out shares of a $220,000 bounty to anyone that can crack and improve ...
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China hacked the US Navy and stole personal info on at least 100K sailors
The US Department of Justice today unsealed documents pertaining to the Chinese state-sponsored hacking group APT 10's years-long ...
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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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Starwood breach affecting 500M users reportedly part of a larger Chinese state-sponsored attack
The New York Times reports that the Starwood breach was part of a larger state-sponsored intelligence-gathering effort spurred ...
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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 ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
