In our “Security” section, we cover cybersecurity issues, risks, and protective technologies in the cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem. Here you will find information about hacks, fraud schemes, wallet security, and best practices for protecting digital assets. Read the “Security” section on ForkNews to learn how to keep your crypto funds safe.
Mark Richer, director of advertising product management at Google, believes that the more information you post online about your cryptocurrency activities, the more likely you are to be subject to a phishing attack.
A team of Chinese cybersecurity researchers 360 Netlab reports the emergence of new versions of malware aimed at hidden mining of the Monero cryptocurrency
As it became known earlier this week, two databases of Nova Poshta clients were put up for sale on the darknet. The first database contained detailed information about half a million service clients, and the second, which was much more serious, about 18 million users.
According to a tweet from the company published on February 3, a vulnerability has been discovered in Ledger's hardware cryptocurrency wallets that compromises users' funds. A “man in the middle” attack (data interception) can be applied to wallets, which attempts to generate an address for receiving cryptocurrency, and more specifically Bitcoin, to another wallet.
Hackers who hacked the large cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck in Japan a week ago and, as a result, illegally withdrew $530 million in NEM cryptocurrencies, are already trying to sell the stolen assets.
YouTube users are concerned that their devices are slowing down while watching videos on the site because the advertisements have been hijacked by Coinhive code.
The FBI has issued a warning about an online scam that threatens people with death if they don't hand over their Bitcoin. The staff also published one of the letters that was sent to a Bitcoin investor. The letter demanded $2,800 in Bitcoin and said: "I'll be brief. I have been ordered to kill you."
The Opera browser, which has already provided computer users with anti-mining protection against malicious websites and programs in its new version, will now add a similar feature to smartphone browsers, the company said in a statement on January 22.
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