Mining malware in 2018: growth, Macs, the NSA and amateur cryptojackers 2017 was a big year for cryptojacking. It increased by 8,500 percent, according to figures published by Symantec in March. And it would seem that 2018 has so far been an even bigger year for mining malware, as the Cyber Threat Alliance September report […]
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BTC price once again has torn through resistance levels and with many October catalysts seems to be on the cusp of a bullish breakout. Could a bull run be on the horizon? Market Analysis The last 3 weeks saw TRIG, VIBE, and INS predicted prior to their Northern price trends and this week an underpriced […]
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A recent report by WSJ found that $9 million of nearly $90 million in ill-gotten funds went through crypto exchange ShapeShift. A recent Wall Street Journal investigation has found that $88.6 million in ill-gotten funds have been funneled through 46 cryptocurrency exchanges, the WSJ reported September 28. $9 million of the suspect funds reportedly went […]
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A number of experts have suggested that cryptocurrency prices have formed a bottom and a rally might be waiting around the corner. The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own […]
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XMR developers were quick enough to patch the burning bug. This week, the developers of Monero (XMR) patched a bug that could allow an attacker to ‘burn’ the funds of an organization’s wallet. The breach was initially revealed by a community member, and XMR developers were quick enough to fix it before any damage was […]
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A recent report by the Statis Group shows that the volume of cryptocurrency trading will grow at a CAGR of 9 percent until 2028. The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct […]
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Monero devs have created a patch for a bug that could allow an attacker to burn consumers’ funds and trigger significant damage. The developers of open-source cryptocurrency Monero (XMR) have patched a bug that could allow an attacker to “burn” the funds of an organization’s wallet while only losing network transaction fees, according to an […]
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Circle, the Goldman Sachs-backed payments company has acquired Poloniex on February 26, 2018, according to a press release on the Poloniex website. Poloniex is a cryptocurrency exchange and current users are able to trade against Bitcoin, Ethereum, Monero and Tether. With a payments company backed by one of the world’s largest investment banks coming into […]
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The digital currency market is growing, and with growth, we can only expect growing pains. Among these are the latest reports of hackers and digital currency theft. There was the BitGrail hack, which resulted in $170 million in NANO disappearing, and there was the Browsealoud plugin hack where an intruder injected Monero mining JavaScript into […]
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