Stay secure in the digital age. This section covers crypto hacks, wallet vulnerabilities, exchange breaches, and blockchain security upgrades. Learn how to protect your assets and understand the threats facing Web3 and DeFi platforms.
As it is quite common for the majority of hackers, REvil is now demanding over $70M in Bitcoin to decrypt the infected machines.
Following the news of an inevitable ban from China, DiDi has responded that the company will follow the order directed by the authorities and will halt all their app activities in the region.
The attack of Colonial Pipeline is a good example of the necessity to better protect data. However, many agree that the FBI breaking into the crypto pockets of cybercriminals proves that using cryptos is not as risky as some may think.
The cybercriminal interacts with a victim, thereby coercing the individual to provide his or her personal data, such as their ID (passport/driver’s license). With this, the attacker can gain access to the victim’s account.
New generation blockchains increase throughput to several thousand transactions per second with new engineering solutions such as PBFT proof of stake.
The Twitter hacker was tried and sentenced as a “Youthful Offender,” as he was yet to turn 18 when the hack was perpetrated. This helped him to avoid a minimum 10-year sentence that would have followed if he’d been convicted as an adult.
CD Projekt said its backup systems remain untouched and doesn’t believe the compromised systems contained any personal data of its users of its services and players.
The attack had a rather strange outcome, as the Hacken CEO stated that this “was not a typical hacking”, and he plans to discuss the project with the hackers.
The malicious Trezor app has been downloaded over 1000 times and may have already caused some serious problems to unsuspecting users.
Ledger has indicated that the leaked database will not compromise the customers’ funds or even their personal hardware wallet.
This has been one of the major breaches of cybersecurity where the hackers tried to access the secret data of the US government. The FBI and other intelligence agencies have started an investigation into this matter and will submit a detailed report in the coming days.
Before the attack was contained and the actor successfully interrupted, their document storage had already been accessed. Unfortunately, the actor compromised the infrastructure in the well-calculated attack and executed his mission.
Ledger customers are now facing a significant increase in phishing attempts after a major leak of email and private information affected them in early 2020.
Protect your money and your personal information by being always on guard of your account and banking details.
In a move to protect customers from any threats, this week Robinhood encouraged users to implement such measures as two-factor authentication.