by admin | Feb 3, 2019 | Crypto-Crime
A new threat to crypto users has been exposed as CookieMiner, a malware designed to steal web cookies and user passwords for cryptocurrency exchanges. A Novel Attack Vector Malware has been in the news a lot lately. For instance, it was revealed that four percent of... 
by admin | Feb 1, 2019 | Crypto-Crime
An investigation led by Europol, an EU law enforcement agency, along with German and British police agencies, has led to the arrest of an individual from Oxford, UK, who allegedly stole roughly $11 million worth of IOTA tokens. Europol announced the arrest of the... 
by admin | Jan 31, 2019 | Crypto-Crime
A report this week from CCTV News in China has revealed the details of a recent raid that took place in the in the Jian’an District of Xuchang City, involving a gang of cryptocurrency scammers. While the raid took place in August, the details were only made... 
by admin | Jan 29, 2019 | Crypto-Crime
In 2018 criminals appropriated approximately $1 billion dollars worth of cryptocurrency. However, “illicit transactions comprised less than 1% of all economic bitcoin activity in 2018, down from 7% in 2012“.... 
by admin | Jan 27, 2019 | Crypto-Crime
Mastercard, the giant payment processor has been fined 650 million dollars for artificially raising fees for merchants a thing that influenced the price increase affecting the overall prices even for customers that do not use Mastercard. Credit card companies charge a... 
by admin | Jan 27, 2019 | Crypto-Crime
The popular peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin trading platform LocalBitcoins has been accessed by “an unauthorized source,” the platform confirmed, which was caused by a third-party feature vulnerability. LOCALBITCOINS FORUM DISABLED According to...
