Tag: Bitcoins
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Sneaky websites continue to mine cryptocurrency even after you close them
With the massive rise in popularity — and value — of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, it’s little wonder that people are seeking out …
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How secure are cryptocurrency mobile apps?
Are the mobile apps you’re using to store or handle your cryptocurrency stash, track the currencies’ price, or interact with …
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66 Percent of Popular Android Cryptocurrency Apps Don’t Use Encryption
As the value of cryptocurrencies continues to skyrocket nearly across the board, hackers and scammers are stealing digital money from …
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Bitcoin Gold wallet compromised, users may have downloaded malware
It seems that Bitcoin Gold has been dealt more than their share of bad luck recently. The company is still mired in the aftermath of the …
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Blockchain Wallet CoinPouch Hacked; Verge Coins Stolen
We discovered a hack of a @vergecurrency node that is connected to Coinpouch which resulted in the loss of user’s funds. We are preparing a …
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Tether hits back after $31m cryptocurrency hack
Hackers have stolen another $30.9m in cryptocurrency. In a “critical announcement” on Monday, cryptocurrency startup Tether said the …
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Hidden Cryptocurrency Miner Coinhive’s Rapid Growth and it’s Prevention Techniques
At GBHackers, we discovered one such fake site ( www.1337x.io ) of the very popular torrent sharing site 1337x doing this. The problem …
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Will Bitcoin Trigger Stock Market Bust?
It’s not hard to see the parallels between today’s cryptocurrency craze and the stock market crash of 1987. Both involved clueless …
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Americans Mainly See Bitcoin as a Tool for Criminals
Despite a groundswell in the use of Bitcoin and the like around the world, cryptocurrencies have a bad rep in the States: More than 25% of …
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More Prison Time for Ex-Federal Agent Who Stole Bitcoins
A former U.S. Secret Service agent already convicted for stealing bitcoins from the now-defunct underground marketplace Silk Road has been …
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Quantum computers could crack Bitcoin, but fixes are available now
An international group of quantum boffins reckons Bitcoin could be broken by the year 2027. The researchers from Singapore, Australia and …
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Multi-Sig Wallets worth $300M Mistakenly Blocked by User
As surprising and unbelievable as it sounds, it is indeed true that a single user has managed to jeopardize lives of countless individuals …
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