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US government knows you’re buying opioids with Bitcoin — and it doesn’t like it
The US government has released a series of advisory notes, one of which specifically looks at the role played by cryptocurrencies ...
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Dark web dealer made to forfeit millions in cryptocurrency gets 70 months in the slammer
A drug dealer ordered to forfeit millions of dollars in cryptocurrencies has been sentenced to 70 months in prison for distributing ...
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This spooky Monero-mining malware waits to be controlled remotely
Meet 'Norman,' a powerful new strain of cryptocurrency mining malware that has cybersecurity researchers a little confused. ...
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Cryptocurrency scammers have netted $4.26B so far this year, report
Cryptocurrency scammers continued to swindle funds throughout Q2 2019, netting approximately $4.26 billion so far this year. ...
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Unsuspecting victims were cryptojacked 52.7 million times in the first half of 2019
Criminals made a staggering 52.7 million cryptojacking hits during the first six months of the year. According to the ...
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$840,000 Bitcoin ransom plot foiled, kidnapped crypto traders rescued
Police in India have rescued three people, including two cryptocurrency traders, that were held to ransom for two weeks to ...
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Monero security flaw could've seen XMR stolen from cryptocurrency exchanges
Monero devs have disclosed nine security vulnerabilities over the past two days - and some could have been outright devastating. ...
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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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Yet another cryptocurrency mining botnet caught targeting China
Security researchers have uncovered a Monero cryptocurrency mining botnet that seems to be targeting China. The botnet appears ...
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Bitcoin is the most popular cryptocurrency on Reddit, followed by Ethereum and Monero
Bitcoin is the most popular cryptocurrency on Reddit with an average of 3,600 comments about the digital currency being posted ...
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New cryptocurrency malware hijacks China's enterprises to mine Monero
Beapy is the next generation of cryptocurrency mining malware, with thousands of machines across Asia already infected to ...
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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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Japan court lets Monero cryptojacker walk away free
A Japanese web designer is walking free after appearing in court for using his visitor's computers to mine cryptocurrency ...
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Security researchers found over 40 bugs in blockchain platforms in 30 days
The security experts found kinks in Monero, EOS, and popular cryptocurrency exchange desk Coinbase. Fortunately, none of ...
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Blockchain researchers are still finding critical vulnerabilities in EOS
2019 has barely started and Block.one has already handed out $50,750 worth of bug bounties to researchers who found kinks ...
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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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Kidnappers in Norway demand $10M Monero ransom for millionaire's wife
Police fear the wife of one of Norway's richest men is being held ransom for $10M, payable only in the anonymity-focused ...
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Report: GitHub hosts the most cryptocurrency mining malware of any site
New research estimates cryptocurrency malware is responsible for mining $57M worth of Monero over the last 4 years - thats ...
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Moonday Morning: Fortnite accidentally started accepting Monero
It's the first Moonday Morning of 2019 and that means that there's a lot of cryptocurrency and blockchain news to catch up ...
