Most criminal cryptocurrency is funneled through just 5 exchanges
A few big players are moving a “shocking” amount of currency in a tight market. Enlarge (credit: Eugene Mymrin/Getty Images) For years, the cryptocurrency economy has been rife with black market sales, theft, ranso.....»»
Hydra, the world’s biggest cybercrime forum, shut down in police sting
Hydra market facilitated $5 billion in transactions for 17 million customers. Enlarge / Laundering of stolen cryptocurrency was a key service offered by Hydra. (credit: Getty Images) Hydra, the world’s biggest cybercrime for.....»»
New Revelations Raise Pressure on NASA to Rename the James Webb Space Telescope
E-mailed exchanges show the space agency’s internal struggle to address pleas to change the controversial name of its latest, greatest observatory -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Axie Infinity Was Losing Gamers Even Before Record Crypto Hack
The popular play-to-earn Axie Infinity game had been losing users even before the record cryptocurrency hack disclosed last week restricted the ability of players to move digital money out of the virtual world. From a report: The number of daily acti.....»»
Nearly Half of Crypto Owners First Bought Digital Assets Last Year, Survey Shows
Almost half of all cryptocurrency owners in the United States, Latin America and Asia Pacific purchased the digital assets for the first time in 2021, according to a new survey from U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Gemini. From a report: The survey of ne.....»»
Father-Son Team Helps People Brute-Force Their Lost Bitcoin Wallets
Hundreds of people have lost access to their cryptocurrency, and recovering those lost Bitcoins has become a lucrative business. "Motherboard talks to some of the people trying to get back their crypto, and the people who are making that happen in th.....»»
Crypto Miners in Texas Need "Approval to Energize" in New Grid Hurdle
Texas has started requiring new large-scale cryptocurrency miners to seek permission to connect to the state's power grid in anticipation of a flood of requests expected to drive up electricity demand. From a report: The Electric Reliability Council.....»»
Log4Shell Exploited To Infect VMware Horizon Servers With Backdoors, Crypto Miners
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: The Log4Shell vulnerability is being actively exploited to deliver backdoors and cryptocurrency miners to vulnerable VMware Horizon servers. On Tuesday, Sophos cybersecurity researchers said the attacks.....»»
Some Twitter Traffic Briefly Funneled Through Russian ISP, Thanks To BGP Mishap
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Some Internet traffic in and out of Twitter on Monday was briefly funneled through Russia after a major ISP in that country misconfigured the Internet's routing table, network monitoring services.....»»
Hackers Steal $600M From Play-to-Earn Game Axie Infinity"s Ronin Network
A cryptocurrency affiliated with the popular free-to-play blockchain game Axie Infinity has been hacked in one of the largest crypto heists in history. From a report: The Ronin network is a blockchain launched in February 2021 to make interacting wit.....»»
Some Twitter traffic briefly funneled through Russian ISP, thanks to BGP mishap
Despite the timing, the 45-minute hijacking was most likely an error, not an attack. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Some Internet traffic in and out of Twitter on Monday was briefly funneled through Russia after a major ISP in.....»»
Lapsus$: Oxford teen accused of being multi-millionaire cyber-criminal
Police say they've arrested seven teenagers as part of their investigation into a hacking group......»»
Over a Dozen Researchers and Critics Respond To New York Times" "Thinly-Veiled Cryptocurrency Ad"
Molly White: On March 20, 2022, the New York Times published a 14,000-word puff piece on cryptocurrencies, both online and as an entire section of the Sunday print edition. Though its author, Kevin Roose, wrote that it aimed to be a "sober, dispassio.....»»
Exxon Weighs Taking Gas-to-Bitcoin Pilot to Four Countries
Exxon Mobil is running a pilot program using excess natural gas that would otherwise be burned off from North Dakota oil wells to power cryptocurrency-mining operations and is considering doing the same at other sites around the globe, Bloomberg News.....»»
Student researcher examines impact of digital arrest logs on arrestees" futures
Camille Ingham, who recently graduated from Penn State Harrisburg with a master of arts in criminal justice, for her master's thesis partnered with the college's Center for Survey Research to assess how the publication of digital arrest logs impacted.....»»
Assessing the links between observed fishery-related offenses across the world"s oceans
A pair of researchers, one with Canada's Nautical Crime Investigation Services, the other with the University of British Columbia, has conducted an assessment of fishery-related criminal offenses on the world's oceans. In their paper published in the.....»»
Telegram ban reversed as company tells Brazilian Supreme Court it didn’t get its emails
The Telegram ban imposed in Brazil has now been overturned. The secure messaging app was banned in the country for failing to comply with court orders to take down groups and channels used by criminal gangs, as well as those used by politicians to s.....»»
DeFi Projects Rife With Hidden Risks, Global Regulatory Body Warns
The global umbrella organisation for securities regulators has warned that decentralised finance contains myriad hidden conflicts and risks, as authorities begin circling one of the fastest growing corners of cryptocurrency markets. From a report: Co.....»»
This cryptocurrency and NFT trading bundle is on sale for 98% off
TL;DR: The Essential 2022 Cryptocurrency and NFT Trading Bundle is on sale for £22.74, saving you 98% on list price.As the executive order on digital assets announced last week signifies, cryptocurrency is the future — whether we like it.....»»
Web3 Crypto: A Decentralized Utopia or Dystopia?
Many believe the rise of Web3 will allow for the widespread adoption of cryptocurrency. But do experts agree? Find out. Continue reading........»»
Hackers Target Cryptocurrency Companies in HubSpot Data Breach
Hackers accessed HubSpot data, targeting cryptocurrency companies, in a reported breach by the marketing software company. Continue reading........»»