An audit report of Voatz platform confirms numerous issues previously discovered, and the voting app declines to make all the necessary changes. Voatz, the Massachusetts-based company touting a blockchain-enabled mobile voting app, has been met with public criticism for a lack of transparency, among other things, particularly when it comes to data security. And with […]
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Insurance protection for online crypto wallets is finally on the market, but at what cost? Insurance underwriters associated with Lloyd’s of London are now backing a new liability policy designed to protect cryptocurrency stored in online wallets. With a modest minimum of 1,000 British pounds ($1,275) in protected assets and rather flexible terms, the product […]
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Early reports say European bank BNP Paribas has blocked transfers to Coinbase, citing “fraud, malware and scams.” Initial findings show French international banking group BNP Paribas is blocking customers from sending funds to major crypto exchange platform Coinbase. The block seems to have been initiated this week, although transfers functioned normally during the week of […]
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US-based exchange Coinbase is being targeted by a new banking Trojan that steals Google 2FA Codes. ThreatFabric, an Amsterdam-based cybersecurity firm specializing in threats to the financial industry, has identified the “Cerberus” Trojan that steals 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) codes generated by the Google Authenticator app for internet banking, email accounts, and cryptocurrency exchanges. US-based cryptocurrency […]
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An information technology employee at a Ukrainian prosecutor’s office used the offices’ systems to illegally mine cryptocurrency. In Kyiv, Ukraine, investigators have found another example of someone using the systems at their workplace for illicit cryptocurrency mining. The Kyiv Prosecutor’s Office official Facebook page announced on Feb. 26 that it concluded a pre-trial investigation against […]
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An Australian minister has slammed the government for failing to prioritize ransomware amid increasing attacks. On Feb. 24, Tim Watts, Australia’s Shadow Assistant Minister for Cybersecurity, has published an article in the Financial Review on Feb. 24, criticizing the country’s government for its response to the 2019 “ransomware epidemic.” Watts states that Australia was not […]
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Partnerships, deanonymization and transaction pattern analysis: What else do international police use to detect crypto cybercriminals? 2019 demonstrated that cyber-attacks are getting more numerous in the cryptocurrency industry, while hardware remains vulnerable and high-profile data leaks are becoming more common. Even worse, the trend is a continuing one. Way back in June 2018, Kaspersky Lab […]
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Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro has detected that hacking group Outlaw has been updating its toolkit to steal enterprise data for nearly half a year at this point. Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro has detected that hacking group Outlaw has been updating its toolkit for stealing enterprises’ data for nearly half a year at this point. Outlaw […]
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Edge, the web browser of information technology giant Microsoft, now blocks cryptojacking malware. Edge, the web browser of information technology giant Microsoft, now blocks cryptojacking malware. A Microsoft Edge spokesperson told Cointelegraph on Feb. 10 that the latest version of the web browser features a new PUA (Potentially Unwanted Apps) blocking feature that may block […]
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The Tokyo High Court has overturned the previous acquittal of the unnamed man, who used Coinhive to make website visitors mine Monero. A Japanese court has demanded a man who infected website visitors with cryptocurrency mining malware face justice — after acquitting him. As local daily news outlet The Mainichi reported on Feb. 7, the […]
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