Tag: Bitcoins
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Smashing Security podcast #339: Bitcoin boo-boo, deepfakes for good, and time to say goodbye to usernames?
Deepfakes are being used for good (perhaps), common usernames could pose a security threat, and someone has paid a $500,000 fee… just to …
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Data Safety in Digital Gambling: Ensuring Your Bitcoin Casino’s Security
Since the inception of the Internet, our world has increasingly become digitized in nearly every aspect. For example, advances in …
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North Korea ready to cash out more than $40 million in Bitcoin after summer of attacks, warns FBI
After a series of high-profile cryptocurrency heists, a state-sponsored North Korean malicious hacking group is poised to cash out millions …
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North Korea may be itching to sell $40m of purloined Bitcoin
Lazarus Group, the infamous cryptocurrency thieves backed by North Korea, may try to liquidate a stash of stolen Bitcoin worth more than …
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Married couple pleaded guilty to laundering billions in cryptocurrency stolen from Bitfinex in 2016
A married couple from New York pleaded guilty this week to laundering billions of dollars stolen from Bitfinex in 2016. The couple pleaded …
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Couple admit they laundered $4B in stolen Bitcoins after Bitfinex super-heist
Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan on Thursday pleaded guilty to money-laundering charges related to the 2016 theft of some 120,000 …
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Nexo Achieves Type 2 SOC 2 Audit, Reinforces Data Security Compliance
Nexo, the leading digital assets institution, announced a major milestone today as it successfully completed an independent Type 2 SOC 2 …
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Watch: Behind the Zero-Day Software Exploit Market Powering Cybercrimes
Ransomware and cyber attacks have seen a steady rise in recent years, fueled in part by the growing popularity of cryptocurrencies. Behind …
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Smashing Security podcast #323: Botched Bitcoin blackmail, iSpoof, and Meta’s billion dollar data bungle
13 years jail for spoofing scammer, a rogue IT security expert’s Bitcoin blackmail goes wrong, and Facebook’s eyewatering GDPR fine may …
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Man Gets Four Years for Stealing Bitcoins Seized by Feds
An Ohio man has been sentenced to four years and three months behind bars after stealing 712 bitcoin ($21m), which were seized by …
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Attackers hit Bitcoin ATMs to steal $1.5 million in crypto cash
Unidentified miscreants have siphoned cryptocurrency valued at more than $1.5 million from Bitcoin ATMs by exploiting an unknown flaw in …
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