Category: Security
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Ensuring trust in crypto is tough, but audits and transparency go a long way
Cryptocurrency platforms perform audits to ensure transparency, but it’s not a golden solution to solve all potential trust and security issues.
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Crypto trader and accused Ponzi scheme is now fighting the SEC and jilted investors
The SEC subpoenas the former owner’s bank accounts to find out what happened to investments into Crypto Traders Management.
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CipherTrace warns of surge in funds lost to MetaMask phishers
Phishers are coming after MetaMask users in increasingly clever ways.
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Microsoft Report says Nation-State Hacker Group is Leveraging Cryptocurrency Techniques to Stay Under the Radar
A new security report by Microsoft says nation-state hacker group Bismuth is now deploying cryptocurrency-mining malware alongside its regular cyber-espionage toolkits. According to the report, the deployment by Bismuth of Monero coin miners in recent campaigns has provided another way for the attackers to monetize compromised networks. Bismuth is reportedly backed by the Vietnamese government.…
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Garlinghouse: Ripple would still thrive even if XRP were declared a security
The CEO thinks his company will be just fine, even in this hypothetical scenario.
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Ethereum 2.0: Less is more… and more is coming
Ethereum 2.0 is no longer about just the potential to bring Ethereum to a much more diverse audience than ever before.
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Hackers Paradise: Yet Another Defi Protocol Exploited for Nearly $20 Million in DAI
Decentralized finance (defi) protocol Pickle Finance was hacked for $19.7 million of the stablecoin DAI over the weekend, as the defi industry appears to be turning into a hackers paradise. Pickle’s native token (PICKLE) plunged 62% on the news, falling from $23.27 to $8.70 when the hack was first reported on Nov. 21. At the…
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Smart contract standards: Making DeFi transactions on Ethereum more secure
A new working group aims to create standards that will ensure secure Ethereum smart contracts are used by businesses and DeFi projects.