cryptocurrency

Coinbase denies security breach, defends spamming-friendly features

April 3, 2014

Popular Bitcoin exchange and online wallet service Coinbase has denied that it had suffered a breach and claims that the list of some 2,000 Coinbase user names and emails …

Hidden crypto currency-mining code spotted in apps on Google Play

March 27, 2014

You already know that cyber criminals are using malware to make victims’ computers mine crypto currencies for them, but did you know that your phone can be instructed to …

Bitcoin software update fixes transaction ID malleability bugs

March 21, 2014

Bitcoin Core – as the Bitcoin infrastructure software has been renamed to in order to avoid confusion with the the Bitcoin network – has been updated to make, …

Over 31,000 IoT devices and computers infected by cryptocoin-mining worm

March 20, 2014

A new version of the Darlloz Linux worm, which targets Internet-enabled devices such as home routers and security cameras, computers running Intel x86 architectures as well as …

Mt. Gox CEO doxing was a ploy to spread Bitcoin-stealing malware

March 17, 2014

The recent hacking and defacing of the blog and Twitter account of Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles, and the leaking of a 716 Mb archive file that allegedly contained trade data, …

Hackers dox Mt. Gox CEO, say they have proof of fraud

March 10, 2014

News about what actually happened in the days leading up to the Mt. Gox Bitcoin exchange filing for bankruptcy are few and far between, and some of its customers are losing …

More Bitcoin thefts, Bitcoin bank Flexcoin shuts down

March 4, 2014

Mere days after Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy, “Bitcoin bank” Flexcoin and Bitcoin exchange Poloniex have announced that they have been successfully targeted by …

Mt. Gox users targeted with fake promises of lost Bitcoin recovery

March 3, 2014

Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has shared more details about the issues that have led to it filing for bankruptcy protection just as malware peddlers have started taking advantage …

Mt. Gox Bitcoin exchange files for bankruptcy protection

February 28, 2014

After a series of bad news from Mt. Gox comes the ultimate blow to its users: the prominent Bitcoin exchange has filed for bankruptcy with the Tokyo District Court in Japan. …

Silk Road 2.0 allegedly hacked, user funds stolen

February 14, 2014

The second incarnation of the (in)famous Silk Road underground market has been hacked, claims one of its moderators who goes by the online handle “Defcon”, and an …

Mac Bitcoin-stealing Trojan lurks on download sites and GitHub

February 13, 2014

CoinThief, the recently discovered Bitcoin-stealing Trojan that targets Mac users, has been spotted being offered on several download websites such as CNET’s …

Hit with DoS, several Bitcoin exchanges suspend withdrawals

February 12, 2014

As popular Bitcoin exchanges continue to be bombarded with malformed transactions, a lot of them have decided to temporarily prevent its customers to withdraw their funds. The …