Results for 'bitcoin'
Electrum Bitcoin wallets under siege
April 16, 2019 - By Adam Thomas and Jérôme Segura, with additional contributions from Vasilios Hioueras and S!Ri Since at least late December 2018, many...
Sextortion Bitcoin scam makes unwelcome return
February 11, 2019 - Heads up: a particularly nasty sextortion Bitcoin scam from at least the middle of 2018 is making the rounds once again. The...
There’s a hole in my bucket: Bitcoin scams aim to exploit volatile market
December 13, 2017 - Bitcoin! Black gold! Texas tea! Only one of these is currently worth ridiculous amounts of money (and technically numbers two and...
How cryptocurrency mining works: Bitcoin vs. Monero
December 11, 2017 - Ever wondered why websites that are mining in the background don’t mine for the immensely hot Bitcoin, but for Monero instead?...
Text messages and the Bitcoin Code: follow the money trail
November 21, 2017 - I was a bit surprised to receive lots of messages similar to the one below this past week: I mean, we’ve...
Magnitude EK actor goes for Bitcoin multiplier scam (updated)
November 6, 2017 - It is well known that hot commodities tend to attract scammers and online criminals. The continuous rise of Bitcoin over the...
ShadowBrokers fails to collect 1M bitcoins – releases stolen information
April 10, 2017 - ShadowBrokers finally made good on their promise to release the decryption key to unlock the stolen ‘auction’ file purportedly filled with...
Phishers pose as Cloudhashing to steal your Bitcoins
September 13, 2014 - Bitcoins and Bitcoin mining are a very captivating subject for anyone interested in the popular digital currency. There are always new developments...
Bitcoin Malware Found in Leaked Mt.Gox Files
March 17, 2014 - At one time, the Japan-based Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox handled 70 percent of all Bitcoin transactions. However, you’ve now likely heard...
Alleged Bitcoin Creator Gets a Free Lunch
March 7, 2014 - In a social engineering laden bit of sleuthing, Leah McGrath Goodman, a reporter at Newsweek claims to have uncovered the elusive...
