Payfone Wins SIM Swap Attack-Prevention Patent to Deter Cryptocurrency Hacks
SIM swap fraud and cryptojacking have increasingly become popular methods of cryptocurrency theft among hackers worldwide. In an attempt to deter such attacks, digital…
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A German university released a cryptocurrency mining-centric report, Aug. 14, noting a rise in revenue generated by illegal mining software, despite the fall in…
Blockchain-based predictions marketplace Augur is under fire after a significant security vulnerability was uncovered by bounty hunters who could potentially be used to sift…

In 2014, Mt.Gox declared bankruptcy after losing over 744,000 Bitcoin in a large-scale hack. Released August 1, 2018, Mt.Gox creditors revised their proposal to…
BitFi, John McAfee’s purportedly unhackable wallet, was heavily criticized by Trezor CTO Pavol Rusnak, after it threatened to challenge the solutions invented by the…

Launched July 24, 2018, Waves Decentralized Exchange allows users to exchange and issue their own tokens almost instantly. Amidst a successful $6 million launch,…
In 2018, within a span of two months, the largest crypto exchanges in Japan and South Korea were hacked. A New York-based cyber security…