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[ad_2][ad_1] The scammers have redirected email and web traffic destined for different cryptocurrency trading platforms in the past week. The attacks were facilitated by scams targeting employees a Go dad, the largest domain name registrar in the world, learned KrebsOnSecurity. The incident is the latest foray into GoDaddy based on …

[ad_2][ad_1] Privacy-focused cryptocurrency network Grin (GRIN) was the victim of a 51% attack according to a number of reports. An unknown entity allegedly gained control of over 57% of the network’s hashrate on Saturday. According to the Grin website, the team advises people to wait for “extra transaction confirmations for …

[ad_2][ad_1] Privacy-focused cryptocurrency network Grin (GRIN) was the victim of a 51% attack according to a number of reports. An unknown entity allegedly gained control of over 57% of the network’s hashrate on Saturday. According to the Grin website, the team advises people to wait for “extra transaction confirmations for …

[ad_2][ad_1] Malicious actors have been targeting cryptographic protocols and exchanges ever since Bitcoin began gaining popularity and value in 2011. However, while chain analysis shows such attacks have declined this year, they remain the leading cause of concern for crypto projects. However, contrary to popular belief, Ethereum-based applications and tokens …

[ad_2][ad_1] Customers of Ledger, the cryptocurrency hardware wallet, are being targeted by a phishing attack that comes as an email from Ledger’s support. The fake email apparently informs users that their Ledger assets may be compromised. He says: “Our team of scientific experts found that many of Ledger Live’s administrative …

[ad_2][ad_1] Bloomberg Mnuchin, McConnell want to leverage unused federal funds to stimulate (Bloomberg) – Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has offered to revive stimulus talks with Congressional Democrats, proposing the use of untapped Federal Reserve relief funds as part of a new aid package, but the plan of Mnuchin to block …

[ad_2][ad_1] According to a new analysis, a solution implemented to guard against so-called 51% attacks on the Ethereum Classic (ETC) network may not be as secure as other alternatives. This summer, ETC’s blockchain suffered three such attacks in one month. Soon after, ETC Labs – a leading network support organization …

[ad_2][ad_1] According to new research published by cybersecurity firm Symantec, the rise in cryptocurrency prices since March has been accompanied by a wave of cryptojacking attacks. According to the company there was a 163% increase in browser-based cryptojacking activity in the second quarter of 2020. Cryptojacking had previously been in …

[ad_2][ad_1] The Israeli intelligence blockchain company Whitestream states that the Canadian payment gateway, CoinPayments, was used to convert Bitcoin to Fiat Money Several international media reports show that Bitcoin and Altcoin were used to support suicide bombers connected to ISIS who bombed several Christian hotels and churches in Sri Lanka, …

[ad_2][ad_1] Following the recent bombing just before Easter in Sri Lanka, the Whitestream blockchain firm has uncovered the ghastly terrorist group, ISIS, got their funds. The tech team at Whitestream discovered that there was a tremendous increase in the Bitcoin wallet address managed by ISIS a day before the bombing. …