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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This sex toy's security flaw could literally cockblock you for life
Chastity belts have been around for centuries. If you go to sex museums around the world, you'll see different kinds of devices with ...
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Bitfinex offers $400M reward for return of $1.3B in stolen Bitcoin
The value of the Bitcoin stolen from cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has risen by roughly 1600% since the attack in 2016. ...
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Prosecutors claim to have caught teenage mastermind behind Twitter hack
An investigation has allegedly turned up the perpetrators of the July 16 Twitter hack. The apparent mastermind is a Florida ...
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US unveils blueprint for 'unhackable' national quantum internet
The US Department of Energy has laid out a blueprint for a "virtually unhackable" national quantum internet that could be ...
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Twitter’s Bitcoin scam hack wiped $1B from its market value
Twitter stock opened 4% lower on Thursday morning, which valued the Jack Dorsey-led firm at $27.02B, down from nearly $28B ...
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Google-backed Indian delivery startup Dunzo suffers data breach
Google-backed Indian hyperlocal delivery service Dunzo said it suffered a data breach that left customer data including email ...
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Russian scammers used corporate buzzwords to try and defraud Fortune 500 firms
Russian hackers orchestrated more than 200 email-based attacks designed to swindle Fortune 500 companies out of hundreds ...
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Indian education platform Unacademy's database with 22M user records up for sale on the dark web
Unacademy, one of India's largest learning sites, has suffered a data breach with records of more than 22 million users was ...
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Use this code to remove the Coronavirus Tracker ransomware
If you installed the malicious Coronavirus Tracker app for Android, we've got some good news: You can unlock your phone without ...
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Hackers are using coronavirus maps to infect your computer
As coronavirus threatens to become a global pandemic, everyone’s keeping a close eye on how it’s spreading across the ...
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Dutch university pays $220K in Bitcoin to alleged Russian hackers
The University of Maastricht has resorted to paying a Bitcoin ransom to hackers who'd taken its computer systems offline ...
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UN suffered a serious hack — and then tried to cover it up
The United Nations suffered a critical breach in its networks last year, and subsequently tried to cover it up. The hackers ...
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UK's high court orders crypto exchange Bitfinex to dox recipients of $860K in Bitcoin
A UK court has put pressure on Bitfinex to let authorities know who received almost a million dollars worth of Bitcoin as ...
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Bitcoin sextortionists target Google Nest cameras in latest campaign
Bitcoin-hungry criminals are targeting Google Nest home security camera owners in their latest sextortion campaign — but ...
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Russian military hackers go after the Ukrainian quid that Trump tried to pro quo
The 2020 US Presidential campaign has officially kicked off in Russia. Russian leader Vladmir Putin's military hackers recently ...
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Jeopardy! adds Bitcoin ransomware to its GOAT tournament
Jeopardy! loves cryptocurrency. The show has once-again featured Bitcoin as an answer to a question, but this time, it had ...
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Foreign exchange firm Travelex hit with '$6M ransomware attack'
Travelex is being held to ransom by hackers who unleashed the Sodinokibi ransomware and are reportedly requesting a $6 million ...
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How AI is preventing email phishing attacks
Since its invention in 1970, email has undergone very little changes. Its ease of use has made it the most common method ...
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Hackers steal $480,000 worth of NULS cryptocurrency from its dev team
Those pesky cryptocurrency hackers are back at it again. This time, they've forced a blockchain to 'hard fork' their network ...
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Alleged Bitcoin extortionist extradited to US for ties to 'Dark Overload' hacker crew
An alleged member of “The Dark Overload,” hacking group — which demanded Bitcoin ransom payments from victims — ...
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Ring home surveillance cameras are far less secure than Gmail and Facebook
Ring's offerings lack basic features to help protect customers from being snooped on by people who gained unauthorized access ...
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Bitcoin ransomware peddlers are publicly shaming victims for not paying
Bitcoin-hungry ransomware attackers are reportedly threatening to expose victims who refuse to pay the requested cryptocurrency ...
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Amazon Ring owners foil $400K Bitcoin extortion plot by removing batteries
Hackers will do anything to get their hands on Bitcoin. Extortionists managed to breach Ring cameras to demand cryptocurrency ...
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Bitcoin ransomware hacker must pay $356K or spend 2 more years in prison
A jailed hacker responsible for distributing highly effective Bitcoin-demanding ransomware campaigns has been ordered to ...
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Bitcoin ransomware locks 10 years' worth of government data in Argentina
Bitcoin-hungry hackers have attacked a data center in Argentina which houses local government files.
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Bitcoin-hungry hackers 'target major US data center firm' with ransomware
A prominent data center provider in the US has reportedly been hit by the Sodinokibi ransomware, which several months ago ...
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Upbit hacker moves $51.7M Ethereum stash, labels themselves '1337'
Whoever stole $50M worth of Ethereum from South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit is taunting onlookers by using an old-as-fuck ...
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Hackers steal $48.7M in Ethereum from South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit
Hackers have ransacked the Ethereum hot wallet of cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, stealing 342,000 ETH, a stash worth almost ...
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Hackers demand $14M in Bitcoin to unlock systems for 110 nursing homes across US
The IT services company responsible for some 80,000 computers powering care facilities and nursing homes across the US can't ...
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Hackers inject 'coin-stealing' malware into official Monero cryptocurrency wallet
Privacy-focused cryptocurrency Monero has warned users that hackers compromised its official website after a coin stealer. ...
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Vulnerability in Asus Wi-Fi software put users at risk of fraud and robbery
A data leak in Asus Wi-Fi software made it possible for hackers to sniff your data and hijack your smart home devices, including ...
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SIM-swap victim sues Bittrex over $1M Bitcoin theft, claims inside job at AT&T
Another SIM-swap victim wants to take their case to court. This time, it's over 100 Bitcoin stolen earlier this year, worth ...
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Uber used Bitcoin to pay $100K hacker ransom in 2017, court docs confirm
Uber used Bitcoin to pay hackers who held sensitive data for ransom, court documents have confirmed.
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North Korea-linked hackers revive cryptocurrency scam to hijack macOS
Security researchers uncovered another attack from Lazarus hacking group which seems to be nothing more than a rehash of ...
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A bug in Indian local search app exposed over 156 million accounts
A major flaw in an Indian local search app, Justdial, allowed hackers to log in to any of its 156 million users accounts. Apart ...
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Moonday Mornings: Investigations into UK crypto businesses rise 74% in 1 year
Welcome, it's time for Moonday Mornings. It's Hard Fork's wrap-up of the weekend's top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines. ...
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Ransomware attack hits Spanish city demanding undisclosed amount of Bitcoin
Jerez de la Frontera, the home of sherry, has been under siege by Bitcoin-hungry ransomware attackers since Tuesday this ...
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MakerDAO bug could've let hackers steal Ethereum powering its DAI stablecoin
MakerDAO just paid $50,000 to a researcher who reported a bug that could've led to the theft of millions of dollars and the ...
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North Korean hackers are targeting ATMs in India with new data-stealing malware
North Korean hackers have developed a new strain of malware that has been used to record and steal data from cards inserted ...
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These hackers are supercharging your sex toys for increased pleasure
This article was originally published on SEXTECHGUIDE, an independent publication that looks at the intersection between ...
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's account has been hacked
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's had his account hacked. Several tweets have been sent from his verified @Jack account, many of ...
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Cryptojacking malware found in 11 RubyGem language repositories
Malware designed to surreptitiously mine cryptocurrency on behalf of hackers has been found in 11 code libraries on programming ...
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Kink in porn site exposes the personal data of over 1M users
A kink in adult site Luscious, which focuses on pornographic images and animations, allowed hackers to access the personal ...
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Another chunk of the Bitcoin stolen from Bitfinex has mysteriously moved
Once again, a piece of the billion-dollar Bitcoin stash stolen from Bitfinex in 2016 has been mysteriously transferred between ...
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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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Researchers hacked a Canon DSLR with ransomware demanding Bitcoin
Bitcoin demanding ransomware knows no bounds, and the latest potential victim? DSLR cameras. Researchers managed to exploit ...
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This cryptocurrency stealing malware was blocked more than 360,000 times over the past year
According to the latest figures from cybersecurity firm Avast, a cryptocurrency stealing malware has been blocked more than ...
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UN: North Korean cryptocurrency hackers have earned up to $2 billion so far
The financial impact of North Korea's cryptocurrency hacking exploits could be much larger than first thought, experts believe ...
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Opportunistic hackers delete files from Iomega network drives, demand Bitcoin ransom
Nefarious hackers are wiping files on publicly accessible Iomega storage devices and are leaving just a Bitcoin ransom note ...
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Google researchers disclose ‘interactionless’ iOS exploits valued at $5M
A duo of Google researchers have disclosed several "interactionless" vulnerabilities in iOS that allowed hackers to hijack ...
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Capital One data breach compromises 106 million customers' personal data
Capital One bank, revealed last night a data breach that exposed data of exposed the data of 106 million credit card applicants including ...
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European police trial sending young hackers to remedial classes instead of jail
European police are mulling the idea of giving a second chance to young hackers instead of sending them straight to the clink. ...
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Federal judge refuses to dismiss $224M lawsuit against AT&T for SIM-swap bungle
AT&T must answer to a $224 million lawsuit related to a devastating SIM-swapping incident in 2017, which saw $24 million ...
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Met Police website hacked, tweets 'F*CK THE POLICE'
It appears hackers took over control of Metropolitan Police's website, posting a series of bizarre messages on its press ...
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MyDashWallet was compromised for 2 MONTHS — users, move your cryptocurrency
Hackers have targeted DASH cryptocurrency users, after web wallet MyDashWallet was found compromised for two whole months. ...
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55,000 cryptocurrency users affected in Bitpoint’s $28 million hack
The president of embattled cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint has revealed the full extent of last week's $28 million hack. ...
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Hackers breached Bulgaria's tax agency and leaked the data of 5M people
Hackers breached Bulgaria's National Revenue Agency – its own version of the IRS – and emailed the personal data of five ...
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Fears of AI-powered hacking are misplaced as criminals are doing fine without it
AI is captivating tech news audiences. But, growing expectations for AI’s impact on legitimate business have spawned a ...
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Binance hackers suddenly move $8 million worth of stolen Bitcoin
A chunk of Binance's stolen Bitcoin was mysteriously transferred earlier today. Are the hackers getting ready to cash out ...
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Florida city that paid $500,000 Bitcoin ransom, fires IT director
Lake City, the Florida city that paid a $500,000 Bitcoin ransom last week, has fired its IT director following the debacle. ...
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Hackers breach cryptocurrency exchange Bitrue for $4.2M in Ripple and Cardano
Another day, and another cryptocurrency exchange hack. This time it's Bitrue to the sum of $4.5 million worth of cryptocurrency. ...
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Bitcoin ransomers claim second victory as Florida town pays $500,000
A second town in Florida has paid over $500,000 in Bitcoin to hackers following a ransomware attack.
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Hackers target major UK supermarket's Twitter with phoney Bill Gates Bitcoin scam
Hackers took control of British multinational retailer Tesco’s Twitter account yesterday, urging followers to send Bitcoin ...
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Hackers are turning our AI security systems against us — but they can be stopped
With the use of AI growing in almost all areas of business and industry, we have a new problem to worry about – the “hijacking” ...
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Mozilla fixes second Firefox zero-day bug used in Coinbase hack attempts
This is the second 'zero-day' exploit patched by Mozilla in a week week, as reports indicate spearphishers have been targeting ...
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Bitcoin healthy AF following Zuckbuck reveal, hash rate hits all-time high
Bitcoin is running on more computational power than ever before, proof that it simply doesn't care who or what launches which ...
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Unique multi-platform Monero mining malware targets audio engineer pirates
We’ve seen cryptocurrency hungry hackers hiding mining malware in Adobe Flash updates, but now hackers are hiding it in ...
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Hackers exploit Mozilla Firefox bug reportedly affecting Coinbase users
Mozilla has urged Firefox users to update their browsers immediately, after its team patched a critical security flaw appearing ...
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How to recover your hacked Instagram account
Now, Instagram is rolling out new measures to help you get your hacked account back. It'll confirm your email ID and phone ...
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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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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 ...
