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AlphaBay Adds Support for Ethereum as Transaction Volume Surpasses Bitcoin

The Internet's largest Dark Web marketplace AlphaBay announced upcoming support for Ethereum, the cryptocurrency that recently is giving Bitcoin a running for today's most popular digital currency.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- March 20, 2017
- 06:00 AM
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Polish Authorities Confirm Hack of Bitcurex Bitcoin Exchange, Launch Investigation

Polish authorities in the town of Lodz have launched an official investigation into the closure of Bitcurex, a Bitcoin trading platform that launched in 2012, and closed earlier this year.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- March 18, 2017
- 09:28 AM
- 0
1 Bitcoin More Valuable Than an Ounce of Gold for the First Time

For the first time, yesterday, March 2, the price of 1 Bitcoin surpassed the trading value of an ounce of gold, with Bitcoin valued at $1,265 and an ounce of gold at $1,237. Today, Bitcoin continue to grow and outrun gold price, being currently valued at $1,289.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- March 03, 2017
- 06:05 AM
- 1
Bitcoin Trader Hit By "Severe DDoS Attack" as Bitcoin Price Nears All-Time High

Top Bitcoin trading platform Bitfinex was hit yesterday late night by what its experts categorized as a "severe DDoS attack."
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 22, 2017
- 10:05 AM
- 0
A Source Code Typo Allowed an Attacker to Steal 370,000 Zerocoin ($592,000)

The Zcoin project announced yesterday that a typo in the Zerocoin source code allowed an attacker to steal 370,000 Zerocoin, which is about $592,000 at today's price.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 18, 2017
- 09:10 AM
- 0
China's Top Three Bitcoin Traders Freeze Withdrawals for a Month

China's top three Bitcoin exchange platforms have announced plans to freeze all withdrawals following harsher regulations from China's Central Bank.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 16, 2017
- 12:00 PM
- 0
Researchers Create New System That Makes Bitcoin Transactions Harder to Track

Researchers from Boston University, North Carolina State University, and George Mason University have created a new protocol called TumbleBit that they say can anonymize Bitcoin transactions better than any other previously developed Bitcoin mixing service.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 16, 2017
- 04:45 AM
- 0
Federal Reserve Employee Admits to Installing Bitcoin Miner on Government Server

Nicholas Berthaume, a former employee of the US Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 12 months probation for installing Bitcoin mining software on one of the government servers he was supposed to manage.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 31, 2017
- 04:30 AM
- 0
Microsoft to Add Bitcoin Support to Excel Later This Year

With Bitcoin popularity soaring like never before, Microsoft plans to add support for the cryptocurrency in Excel for both mobile and desktop versions.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 03, 2017
- 05:10 PM
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Attacks on Phones of Bitcoin Moguls Continue with Recent KeepKey Security Breach

On the last day of 2016, KeepKey, a vendor of Bitcoin hardware wallets, has notified users of a security breach that inadvertently exposed some of its customers' details.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 03, 2017
- 08:10 AM
- 0
As Bitcoin Price Surges, Phishing Attacks on Cryptocurrency Wallets Intensify

Bitcoin price surge reverberates through cybercriminal landscape, as cyber-criminals ramp up phishing attacks against Bitcoin users.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 23, 2016
- 06:10 AM
- 0
Ethereum Cryptocurrency Forum Suffers Data Breach

Administrators of the Ethereum Project have announced today a data breach that affected over 16,500 users of the platform's community forums. The breach took place last Friday, on December 16. The database backup the attacker managed to get his hands on was taken on April 2016.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 20, 2016
- 05:50 AM
- 1
Cryptocurrency Miners Turn Their Sights to Zcash

Barely a month and a half have passed since Zcash became available, and crooks have already started deploying malware that infects the computers of unsuspecting users and uses their resources to mine for this very profitable cryptocurrency.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 12, 2016
- 07:13 AM
- 0
Hacker Steals $300,000 from Major Cryptocurrency Investor

An unknown hacker has stolen at least $300,000 in Augur and Ether cryptocurrency from Bo Shen, the founder of venture capital firm Fenbushi Capital, and one of the early adopters of many of today's cryptocurrencies.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 07, 2016
- 08:20 PM
- 0
Bitcoin Price Reaches $995 in India After Government Rendered Most Currency Useless

Prices have skyrocketed at Indian Bitcoin exchange platforms following the government decision to denominate the 500 and 1,000 Rupees currency notes with only a night's notice.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 28, 2016
- 05:20 PM
- 2
IRS Petitions Coinbase for Data on All Active US Bitcoin Traders

The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has filed a motion asking the US Federal Court of Northern California to force Coinbase to disclose the personal details of all US users that have conducted Bitcoin trades between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2015.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 19, 2016
- 05:50 PM
- 0
Zcash Promises the Anonymous Transactions Bitcoin Can't Deliver

A team of internationally-recognized cryptography experts has helped launch a new cryptocurrency called Zcash, which promises the anonymity Bitcoin couldn't deliver.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 07, 2016
- 11:00 AM
- 0
Most Connected Seagate Central devices infected by Monero Mining Trojan

Sophos recently reported about a Trojan that installs a Monero mining program called NsCpuCNMiner32.exe on an infected computer and then spreads itself to other computers and FTP sites. Since connected Seagate Central devices have a writable Public folder, many have been compromised by this ransomware.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 13, 2016
- 05:10 PM
- 0
DDoSCoin - An Incentive to Launch DDoS Attacks?

Researchers have devised a new cryptocurrency called DDoSCoin that could potentially incentivize criminals to harass, extort, and attack websites designated as targets. This coin would award people who perform Denial of Service Attacks on chosen victims by rewarding them with DDosCoins.
- David Bisson
- August 15, 2016
- 01:58 PM
- 2
Adware Bundlers pushing CryptoCurrency Miners on Unsuspecting Victims

Adware bundlers are now installing cryptocurrency miners on victim's computers. A new offer called VNLGP Miner has been discovered that installs a cryptocurrency miner that utilizes 70% of the user's graphics card in order to generate revenue for the developer.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 14, 2016
- 09:15 AM
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