News in the CryptoCurrency category

Scammers Steal Over $1 Million Worth of Ethereum From Bee Token ICO Participants

Hundreds of users fell victims to email scams over the past week, sending over $1 million worth of Ethereum to a scammer who sent fake emails posing as the Bee Token ICO (Initial Coin Offering).
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 03, 2018
- 02:30 PM
- 1
Teen Arrested for Creating Malware That Steals Cryptocurrency Wallet Passwords

Japanese police have arrested a 17-year-old boy on suspicion of creating malware that steals private keys (passwords) that are used to access cryptocurrency wallets. He's also under investigation for using these passwords to steal funds from victims, albeit no charges have been filed.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 02, 2018
- 07:13 AM
- 2
Facebook Bans Ads for Cryptocurrencies and ICOs

In a new ad policy that rolled out today, Facebook, the Internet's largest social network, has banned all ads for cryptocurrencies and ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings).
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 30, 2018
- 07:10 PM
- 0
IOTA Cryptocurrency Users Lose $4 Million in Clever Phishing Attack

A clever hacker made off with nearly $4 million worth of IOTA cryptocurrency after patiently setting up an elaborate phishing site for almost half a year.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 29, 2018
- 12:00 PM
- 0
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
Coincheck Loses $500 Million in Biggest Cryptocoin Hack Ever

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck announced today that it lost over 500 million NEM tokens, worth over $500 million at the time of the incident.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 26, 2018
- 03:40 PM
- 5
MoneroPay Ransomware Disguised as Wallet for Fake SpriteCoin CryptoCurrency

A ransomware called MoneroPay has been discovered that takes advantage of the cryptocurrency craze by spreading itself as a wallet for a fake coin called SpriteCoin. While users were installing what they was a new cryptocoin and synching it to the blockchain, secretly behind the scenes MoneroPay was silently encrypting the computer.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 24, 2018
- 07:02 PM
- 0
World's Largest Spam Botnet Is Pumping and Dumping an Obscure Cryptocurrency

Necurs, the world's largest spam botnet, is currently sending millions of spam emails that push an obscure cryptocurrency named Swisscoin.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 17, 2018
- 11:23 AM
- 1
Hackers Hijack DNS Server of BlackWallet to Steal $400,000

Unknown hackers have hijacked the DNS server for BlackWallet.co, a web-based wallet application for the Stellar Lumen cryptocurrency (XLM), and has stolen over $400,000 from users' accounts.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 14, 2018
- 08:40 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
Microsoft Halts Bitcoin Transactions Because It's An "Unstable Currency"

Microsoft has stopped supporting Bitcoin as a payment method for Microsoft products, Bleeping Computer has learned.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 07, 2018
- 07:20 AM
- 6
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
Citing Conflicts of Interest, Litecoin Founder Sells All His Litecoin Holdings

In a post to Reddit, Charlie Lee, the Litecoin cryptocurrency founder and former director of engineering at Coinbase, has stated that he has sold all of his Litecoin holdings, other than a few physical collectibles, and donated the proceeds to charity..
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 20, 2017
- 11:43 AM
- 0
Bitcoin Cash Trading Halted on Coinbase as Insider Trading Probe Begins

CryptoCurrency exchange Coinbase has stated that they are investigating possible insider trading on the release of Bitcoin cash on their trading platforms.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 20, 2017
- 11:15 AM
- 0