After stealing about $16 million worth of governance tokens (OP) from the Ethereum scaling solution Optimism, the hacker responsible for the heist returned most of the funds. “Over the past few hours, …
Wickr, Amazon’s encrypted chat app, has a child sex abuse problem — and little is being done to stop it
Wickr Me, an encrypted messaging app owned by Amazon Web Services, has become a go-to destination for people to exchange images of child sexual abuse, according to court documents, online communities, …
Phishing, fake landing pages and emails from your boss: How crooks are targeting your crypto
Cyber criminals are sending out millions of phishing emails a day, using extortion and other schemes to steal Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from victims. The phishing attacks use a variety of …
Regulators Rush to Become “Crypto-Friendly”
Regulation might seem anathema to cryptocurrencies, whose entire raison d’être is to circumvent the power of governments and banks to control how people use their money. But as the technology pushes …
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Russia escalates threats against West in response to cyberattacks
A Russian official threatened the West on Thursday, asserting that a “direct military clash” could result if Western governments continue to mount cyberattacks against its infrastructure. “The …
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Aurora pays $6M bug bounty to ethical security hacker through Immunefi
On Tuesday, Ethereum (ETH) bridging and scaling solution Aurora announced it had paid out a $6 million bounty to ethical security hacker pwning.eth, who discovered a critical vulnerability in the …
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Beware: The companies that hold your crypto aren’t insured the way banks are
The latest "crypto winter," which sent the values of Bitcoin and other digital currencies plummeting, served as a healthy reminder that cryptocurrencies are highly risky investments. But that risk is …
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Ethereum just completed a successful dress rehearsal for its most important upgrade ever
Ethereum just completed its first big dress rehearsal for a long-awaited makeover that will be its most significant overhaul since the digital currency was launched nearly a decade …
Russia’s Use Of Cyberattacks: Lessons From The Second Ukraine War – Analysis
Russia, probably more than any other leading power, launches cyberattacks against other countries as a matter of routine. Sometimes, Russian cyberattacks accompany military action, as in the current …
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Crypto has entered a bear market in 2022. Here’s how cybercrime and NFT swindles have helped fuel the downturn.
After the digital asset boom in 2021, the market has reversed course this year as investors shed positions in cryptocurrencies and NFTs amid a broader bear market and a slate of high-profile …