Latest Ethereum news

Hacker Hijacks DNS Server of MyEtherWallet to Steal $160,000

A hacker (or group of hackers) has hijacked the DNS servers of MyEtherWallet.com, a web-based Ether wallet service.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 24, 2018
- 12:33 PM
- 0
This Heater Not Only Heats Your Home But Also Mines Ethereum

Qarnot, a heater manufacturing company based out of France, may have come up with one of the most innovative uses of cryptocurrency. That is to take the heat generated by mining cryptocoins and use it to heat your home.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 09, 2018
- 03:01 PM
- 0
ComboJack Trojan Replaces Cryptocurrency Addresses Copied to Windows Clipboard

Security researchers have discovered a new malware strain that is capable of detecting when users copy a cryptocurrency address to the Windows clipboard. The malware works by replacing this address with one owned by its author.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- March 05, 2018
- 11:28 AM
- 2
Researchers Find 34,200 Vulnerable Ethereum Smart Contracts

A scan of nearly one million Ethereum smart contracts has identified 34,200 vulnerable contracts that can be exploited to steal Ether, and even freeze or delete assets in contracts the attackers don't own.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- March 04, 2018
- 05:00 AM
- 1
Eclipse Attack Plugged in Ethereum Network

Maintainers of the Ethereum network have issued an update for the network's underlying codebase that fixes flaws described in a research paper released this week.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- March 02, 2018
- 02:21 PM
- 0
Hacker Returns $26 Million Worth of Ethereum Back to Hacked Company

A hacker has returned over $26,2 million worth of Ethereum to Coindash, the company it obtained the funds from in July 2017.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 26, 2018
- 11:23 AM
- 0
Ethereum Scammers Make $5,000 in a Night by Impersonating Celebs on Twitter

Online scammers have made over $5,000 worth of Ethereum in one night alone, showing how gullible some cryptocurrency users can be.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 07, 2018
- 07:15 AM
- 1
Hacker Steals Over $150,000 Worth of Ethereum From Experty ICO Participants

A hacker has tricked Experty ICO participants into sending Ethereum funds to the wrong wallet address. He was able to do this by sending emails with a fake pre-ICO sale announcement to Experty users who signed up for notifications.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 28, 2018
- 07:01 AM
- 1
Satori Botnet Is Now Attacking Ethereum Mining Rigs

A new variant of the Satori botnet has sprung back to life, and this one is hacking into Claymore mining rigs and replacing the device owner's mining credentials with the attacker's own.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 17, 2018
- 05:05 AM
- 0
Electrum Bitcoin Wallets Left Exposed to Hacks for Two Years

The administrators of the Electrum Bitcoin wallet app have released a security update that fixes a vulnerability that existed in the software for almost two years.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 10, 2018
- 06:20 AM
- 0
HC7 Planetary Ransomware May Be the First to Accept Ethereum

A new variant of the HC7 Ransomware is in the wild that encrypts a victim's files and appends the .PLANETARY extension to the filename. What makes this particular ransomware variant unique is that it may be the first one that accepts Ethereum as a ransom payment.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 09, 2018
- 06:26 PM
- 0
Hackers Hijack DNS Server of Crypto-to-Crypto Exchange EtherDelta

Cryptocurrency exchange EtherDelta, announced it suffered a security breach in a series of tweets posted online last night. The exchange said it believed hackers managed to take over control over its DNS server and redirected the etherdelta.com domain to a malicious server hosting a copy of their website.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 21, 2017
- 07:06 AM
- 3
Bitcoin Exchange Shuts Down After Getting Hacked a Second Time This Year

YouBit, a South Korea-based cryptocurrency exchange, has filed for bankruptcy and will shut down later today after getting hacked for the second time this year.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 19, 2017
- 09:00 AM
- 2
There's Some Intense Web Scans Going on for Bitcoin and Ethereum Wallets

With both Bitcoin and Ethereum price hitting all-time highs in the past seven days, cyber-criminals have stepped up efforts to search and steal funds stored in these two cryptocurrencies.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 24, 2017
- 02:00 AM
- 1
Unknown User Triggers Bug That Freezes $285Mil Inside Ethereum Wallets

On Monday, November 6, an unknown user triggered a bug in the source code of the Parity Ethereum wallet that has permanently locked funds inside users' accounts.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 07, 2017
- 01:32 PM
- 0
Hackers Using Default SSH Creds to Take Over Ethereum Mining Equipment

A threat actor is mass-scanning the Internet for Ethereum mining equipment running ethOS that is still using the operating system's default SSH credentials. The attacker is using these creds to gain access to the mining rig and replace the owner's Ethereum wallet address with his own.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 01, 2017
- 02:15 PM
- 0
Ethereum Phishing Attack Nets Criminals 15K in Two Hours

A Ethereum phishing scam netted attackers over $15,000 in just two hours. This was done by creating a site pretended to be a popular online Ethereum wallet site and using it steal people's wallets..
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 25, 2017
- 12:51 PM
- 2
Hackers Hijack Another Ethereum ICO, Small Number of Users Affected

Hackers disrupted the Etherparty ICO (Initial Coin Offering) after they hijacked the platform's website on Sunday and displayed their own Ethereum address, tricking some ICO participants into sending funds to the wrong wallets.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- October 02, 2017
- 05:25 PM
- 0
Hacker Steals $475,000 Worth of Ethereum After Breaching Enigma Project

An unidentified hacker (or hackers) has taken control of the Enigma Project website, Slack channel, and mailing list, and tricked users into sending funds to a wrong Ethereum account.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- August 21, 2017
- 06:51 AM
- 0
Hacker Steals $8.4 Million Worth of Ethereum From Veritaseum Platform

Veritaseum has confirmed today that a hacker stole $8.4 million from the platform's ICO on Sunday, July 23. This is the second ICO hack in the last week and the fourth hack of an Ethereum platform this month.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 24, 2017
- 11:25 AM
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