[ad_1] Spighe yellow and blue shapes begin to fill a screen that covers an entire wall in a laboratory of Imperial College London. The shapes emerge from the empty space while the display pulsates and dances. Visualization is hypnotic and confusing, but it makes sense once you realize what you …
Read More »Your smart fridge could extract bitcoins for criminals
[ad_1] Is your web browser slower than usual? It could be bitcoin mining for criminals. With the rise in popularity of virtual currencies, hackers are focusing on a new type of robbery: putting malicious software on phones, televisions and refrigerators of people who make them mines for digital money. The …
Read More »Close connection between Monero (XMR) and criminals from another angle
[ad_1] A large number of analytical firms such as Chainalysis are improving in marking digital treasures related to crime or money laundering, alerting exchanges and preventing conversion into traditional money. But they can do it only on transparent registers like that of Bitcoin. Monero is a completely different beast. And …
Read More »ShapeShift is used by criminals, an illogical comparison
[ad_1] An investigative report has been published concerning the popular cryptic exchange ShapeShift AG, a company registered in Switzerland. Money laundering is the problem at hand and the report highlights a potentially troubling theme: that ShapeShift allows anonymous users to convert Bitcoins, which authorities can not trace in other digital …
Read More »Europol report: criminals choose Bitcoin, terrorists choose Zcash – Live Coin Watch
[ad_1] The latest report by Europol, entitled Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA), indicates that Bitcoin remains the cryptocurrency favored by cybercriminals, but terrorist groups such as ISIS are moving towards more anonymous cryptocurrencies, such as Zcash. Cybercriminals and Bitcoin [19659003] According to the report, transmitted by The Next Web, …
Read More »The new vice report states that Bitcoin captures criminals as a money laundering device
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Read More »Cryptojacking becomes "more attractive" for criminals in the Netherlands, says the security agency
[ad_1] Fraudsters have begun to abandon traditional cyberattack practices such as ransomware for crypto hacking as a quicker and easier way to steal money, showed the latest report from the Dutch government
Read More »DEA American criminals "really want" to continue using Bitcoin
[ad_1] A US Drug Enforcement Administration agent told the mainstream press that he "wants" that criminals use cryptocurrencies because it makes them easier to follow. "I want to keep them" Speaking with Bloomberg on 7 August, Lilita Infante, who participates in the 10-person Task Force Cyber Investigative of the agency, …
Read More »DEA Agent: more speculators than criminals use Bitcoin
[ad_1] Five years ago criminals were behind about 90% of all bitcoin transactions – a figure that has now fallen to 10%. This is according to Lilita Infante, a special agent of the US Drug Enforcement Administration who spoke in Bloomberg about changing trends in the relationship between cryptocurrency and …
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