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There has been a decline in ransomware infections, but that does not mean that earned revenue has reduced for cyber-criminals.…
When returns on ransomware and cryptojacking started to decline, cyber-criminals had to get creative with alternative methods of making money,…
A hacker managed to steal over $7m in cryptocurrency last week after a blacklisting system failed to do its job…
Attackers have been exploring new forms of phishing bait that will entice users to click and have reportedly had success exploiting Bangladesh’s…
Cryptocurrency mining tool Coinhive has decided to shut up shop, although not because of its rampant abuse by hackers over…
The founder of a US ‘cryptocurrency’ firm has been charged with multiple counts of fraud after allegedly swindling investors out…
Covering topics as far and wide as Blockchain, voting security, homomorphic encryption and government policy, the annual RSA Conference Cryptographers’…
In the proposed 2020 federal budget, released by the White House today, President Donald Trump has requested nearly $11bn be allocated…
Researchers have discovered a new crypto-mining campaign targeting Elasticsearch instances which contains sinkholing capabilities to squash any competing miners. The…
The boss of notorious cryptocurrency exchange Mt Gox has received a suspended sentence after a Tokyo district court found him…