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This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for June 24th 2019 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: Facebook announces a new cryptocurrency called Libra, two new zero-day vulnerabilities affecting Firefox, and should you be scanning y… Continue reading Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency, Firefox Zero Day, Smart TV Malware
Coinbase acquired Neutrino in February, sparking a #DeleteCoinbase campaign in protest. Continue reading Coinbase Says Ex-Hacking Team Members Will ‘Transition Out’ After Users Protest
Users trying to #DeleteCoinbase are having trouble after the exchange acquired a startup staffed by former Hacking Team members. Continue reading Coinbase Users Struggle to Delete Their Accounts in Protest
Coinbase said it’s aware of the Neutrino founders’ controversial past, but their technology is the best the major exchange has encountered. Continue reading Former Hacking Team Members Are Now Spying on the Blockchain for Coinbase
In an interesting move for villainy, a thief who stole over $1 million from the Ethereum Classic blockchain has given some of it back. Continue reading Blockchain burglar returns some of $1m crypto-swag
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A 21-year old Manhattan resident has been accused of SIM-swapping the mobile number of Robert Ross, a Silicon Valley executive, and managed to steal $1 million. The accused, Nicholas Truglia, not only targeted Ross’s phone number with SIM… Continue reading Man arrested for stealing $1m from Silicon Valley Exec via SIM-swapping
Ethereum’s complexity proves to be a rich source of bugs, again. Continue reading Cryptocurrency ‘minting’ flaw could have leached money from exchanges
Police in Florida have arrested a 25-year-old man accused of being part of a multi-state cyber fraud ring that hijacked mobile phone numbers in online attacks that siphoned hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from victims.
On July 18, 2018, Pasco County authorities arrested Ricky Joseph Handschumacher, an employee of the city of Port Richey, Fla, charging him with grand theft and money laundering. Investigators allege Handschumacher was part of a group of at least nine individuals scattered across multiple states who for the past two years have drained bank accounts via an increasingly common scheme involving mobile phone “SIM swaps.” Continue reading Florida Man Arrested in SIM Swap Conspiracy
In my last article, I was discussing how malicious cryptocurrency mining is all set to exploit technological as well as human vulnerabilities this year. In this article, I will continue digging deeper and discuss its patterns of invasions. As people k… Continue reading The Changing Face of Malware: Malware Being Used as Cryptocurrency Miners
AG Schneiderman sent letters to 13 exchanges including Coinbase and Bitfinex asking for information on their operations. Continue reading New York Attorney General Launches Inquiry Into 13 Cryptocurrency Exchanges