virtual currency

US govt sanctioned a Russian woman for laundering virtual currency on behalf of threat actors

The Treasury Department sanctioned a Russian woman accused of laundering virtual currency on behalf of cybercriminals. The Department of the…

1 year ago

Bitcoin Gold hit by double-spend attack, exchanges lose over $18 million

An unknown hacker made over $18 Million worth of BTG (Bitcoin Gold) powering "double spend" attacks on the Bitcoin Gold cryptocurrency…

7 years ago

A flaw in Ledger Crypto Wallets could allow to drain your cryptocurrency accounts. Fix it!

Saleem Rashid, a 15-year-old researcher from the UK, has discovered a severe vulnerability in cryptocurrency hardware wallets made by the Ledger company. Hardware…

7 years ago

CBS Showtime website was spotted mining cryptocurrency in viewers’ web browsers

The websites of the CBS's Showtime was found containing a JavaScript code that allowed someone to secretly mine cryptocurrency in…

8 years ago

Bitcoin.org warns state-sponsored attacks against the Bitcoin Core

The organization that controls the development of the Bitcoin software warns users that nation-state actors may hit the upcoming Bitcoin…

9 years ago

DDoSCoin, the cryptocurrency that pays the participation in DDoS attacks

Two researchers have devised a cryptocurrency scheme dubbed DDoSCoin that pays everytime a user participates in a DDoS attack against…

9 years ago

Bitfinex offers a $3.5M reward for info that help to recover stolen Bitcoins

Bitfinex exchange is willing to offer 5% of the lost funds (nearly 6,000 BTC) as a reward for the recovery…

9 years ago

Approximate machine improves the Bitcoin mining by 30 percent

A team of Illinois-based scientists have conducted a research to improve the Bitcoin mining process by 30 percent. Bitcoin mining…

9 years ago

Senior Bitcoin developer expects a failure of the currency

Mike Hearn explains that the fundamentals are broken and the price the long term trend should probably be downwards. Mike…

9 years ago

Someone could break the Bitcoin Network on demand

Researcher with the pseudonym of "Alister Maclin" claims to be able to break Bitcoin network on demand by running the…

10 years ago

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