XPCTRA financial malware leaves no stone unturned

A Trojan that has previously been only stealing users’ banking credentials has been modified to do much more than that. This new variant, dubbed XPCTRA, can also steal users credentials for bitcoin cryptocurrency wallet Blockchain.info, online e-payment service PerfectMoney, e-wallet provider Neteller, as well as email credentials. The XPCTRA financial malware threat The threat was discovered and analyzed by Morphus Labs CRO (and SANS ISC incident handler) Renato Marinho, who says that the sample he … More Continue reading XPCTRA financial malware leaves no stone unturned

FBI is Investigating Theft of $1.3 Million in Bitcoin from a Massachusetts Man

Over two months ago, the world’s third largest Bitcoin Exchange Bitfinex lost around $72 Million worth of Bitcoins in a major hack.

Shortly after the company encountered a $72,000,000 Bitcoin theft, an unnamed Bitfinex user from Cambridge, Massachuset… Continue reading FBI is Investigating Theft of $1.3 Million in Bitcoin from a Massachusetts Man

BlockChain.info Domain Hijacked; Site Goes Down; 8 Million Bitcoin Wallets Inaccessible

UPDATE: The site is back and working. Blockchain team released a statement via Twitter, which has been added at the end of this article.

If you are fascinated with the idea of digital currency, then you might have heard about BlockChain.Info.

It’s Down!

Yes, Blockchain.info, the world’s most popular Bitcoin wallet and Block Explorer service, has been down from last few hours, and it’s

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