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The FBI has arrested a 21-year-old Florida man alleged to be part of a syndicate distributing crypto-draining malware through video games - infecting 8,000…
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Security firm Project Eleven has unveiled a method to prove Bitcoin ownership even after quantum computers crack private keys - a crucial concept ahead…
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New details have emerged in the Revolut extortion scheme, revealing hackers analyzed the blockchain to target 680 wealthy customers. Passport data, KYC selfies, and…
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A Chainalysis report reveals a 420% surge in malware stored on public blockchains, with North Korean and Iranian hacking groups leveraging Tron, Aptos, BSC,…
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Brian Chesky confirmed his X account was hacked after posting a lengthy thread on crypto tokenization whose convincing details were briefly mistaken for the…
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Two members of the Scattered Spider hacking group have been sentenced to over five years in prison in the UK. The group's trail ranges…
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Ethereum Classic mining pools have rolled back their software migration from Core Geth v1.13.0. The unreviewed rogue release, featuring tens of thousands of lines…
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Three men in the UK have been jailed after posing as police officers and defrauding eight victims out of $5.3 million in crypto -…
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Consensys, the company behind MetaMask, hired a developer consultant later revealed to have ties to North Korea - an incident that prompted a temporary…
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The TrustedVolumes hacker has returned half of the loot from May's exploit, but kept the remaining $2 million as a unilaterally claimed bounty -…
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