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Black Hat Demo to Reveal ‘White Rabbit’ Crypto-Transaction Surveillance Tool

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This week in Las Vegas there are two well-known events taking place dedicated to information security and the global hacking counterculture — Black Hat Arsenal and Defcon 2018. During the conference festivities, there will be a bunch of demonstrations showcasing all kinds of hacker tools, security services, and engineering studies. Two developers from the intelligence … Read more

Cryptojacking Becomes Less Popular Due to Falling Cryptocurrency Prices, Report Claims

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Cryptocurrency malware is a thriving business among online criminals. Hundreds of threats still exist, and this trend will not be slowing down anytime soon. Even so, it seems the era of cryptocurrency mining malware is nearing an end, primarily due to low cryptocurrency prices. The Future of Cryptocurrency Malware Over the years, the concept of … Read more

Top 5 Threats Keeping Cybersecurity Professionals Up at Night

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If you’d asked any cybersecurity professional around this time last year what the greatest threat to cybersecurity was, they’d have undoubtedly said ransomware. Now worth over a billion dollars a year (and rising), with attacks like WannaCry and Petya/NotPetya wreaking havoc, every expert worth their salt was planning ways to stay ahead of the hackers. … Read more

The Daily: Decentralized Exchanges – New and Hacked, and Some Lost Coins

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In today’s edition of Bitcoin in Brief, we cover two decentralized exchanges – an Irish team that’s launching its Local Token Exchange and the already operating Bancor that has reported a security breach and admitted the loss of $12.5 million worth of coins. Also, hackers in China have mined cryptos worth $2 million using malware … Read more