Several French government websites have been taken offline due to a denial-of-service (DDoS) attack reportedly connected to different hacker groups in retaliation for Telegram founder Pavel Durov’s arrest on the weekend. The 39-year-old exec was taken into custody under an arrest warrant alleging that his platform has been involved in money laundering, drug trafficking, and...Read More
New research by the cybersecurity reporters at 404 Media has uncovered a new tool named OnlyFakes that reliably generates fake IDs capable of bypassing KYC providers’ checks with relative ease. The fake documents can be generated with or without a background, which would suggest it is a picture that was just taken by a user...Read More
CoinsPaid, a payment processor offering solutions to bridge the gap between companies that generally operate within the traditional finance system and customers who wish to pay in crypto, has suffered its second major security breach within the past half year. According to its website, over a million transactions with a total value of approximately 7...Read More
A blockchain developer, Murat Çeliktepe, has shared a distressing incident recounting a holiday experience that resulted in the loss of $500 from his MetaMask Wallet to an individual posing as a ‘recruiter.’ Notably, Çeliktepe was initially contacted on LinkedIn under the pretense of a genuine web development job opportunity. Developer Falls Prey to Coding Job...Read More
Earlier this week, a BreachForums user by the name of Miembro announced the sale of access to a Binance data request portal, built and maintained to accommodate police officers and government officials worldwide in their attempts to track down cybercriminals. The sale has since been paused, owing to a blunder involving a crypto mixer being...Read More
Prominent blockchain security company – CertiK – issued a warning to OKX users to update their iOS app to the latest version after detecting a vulnerability in it. According to the update posted on X (formerly Twitter), CertiK first discovered and reported a severe Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in the OKX iOS App earlier...Read More
By Thomas Hauer, Jr.Cryptocurrency giveaway scams have been a problem for those involved in the crypto-community since the last major bull run in late 2017. Whether you’re a seasoned investor or just beginning to get your feet wet in the crypto-space, we encourage all of our customers to educate themselves on current cryptocurrency related scams...Read More
While it is hard to cyber-attack Bitcoin and other crypto asset networks, you can more easily cyber-attack companies in the space. This was proven true over the past 48 hours, with two exchanges recently revealing that they’ve been subject to a denial-of-service attack, suggesting some shenanigans going on in the backdrop of the crypto market....Read More
Experts predict that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies will gain momentum in 2020 and therefore will become increasingly pervasive in all industry sectors. There will also be an explosion of cybersecurity threats targeting all verticals worldwide next year, they say. Bitcoin Transactions and Data on the Blockchain Are Safe Just like other industries, the crypto industry...Read More
