Massive Monero Mining Fraud
The altcoin, Monero (XMR), mined fairly and associated with privacy, lost $175 million. Scammers and hijackers appear behind the theft. This discovery is due to the findings of a US cyber security researcher...
Category: Altсoins
Malta Has Become The World’s Cryptocurrency Hub
Malta is attracting some of the world’s biggest exchanges. This is because of the country’s attractive regulations towards the cryptocurrency sector. Malta’s Prime Minister, Joseph Muscat, says...
Japanese Public Companies Are Increasingly Entering The Crypto Space
Publicly listed companies in Japan are joining the crypto space at a very high rate. A recent report showed that six fully listed companies were launching their own crypto exchanges. The same report...
Website Belonging To Russian County Government Hacked To Mine Cryptocurrency
Criminals have hacked a website belonging to the Russian county government of Khabarovsk to mine digital currencies. Using the processing power of the site’s visitors, the criminals took advantage...
Chinese Firm Makes $18M From Questionable ICO
A healthcare firm from China appears $18 million richer through the issuance of a custom cryptocurrency. This comes despite a Chinese ban on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) in 2017. Hailing from Hangzhou,...
Prowli Malware Infected More Than 40,000 Crypto Mining Machines
On June 6th, 2018, the GuardiCore security team discovered a malicious traffic manipulation and also a crypto mining campaign. This manipulated campaign affected more than 40,000 machines from different...
Report: $41.1 Billion In Cryptocurrency Stolen In 2018
Carbon Black, a cyber-security company, announced that roughly $1.1 billion in cryptocurrencies was stolen in the first and second quarters of 2018....
Elepig Platform Will Help Small Investors Trade in Digital Currencies
Several entrepreneurs created a platform which will enable people to trade in digital currencies like Bitcoin. This new platform aims to ensure all people, even those lacking crypto trade knowledge, can...
Blockchain Pyramid Scheme Caught in China
Many scams presented as blockchain projects appear to be multi-level marketing schemes in reality. Adding to the list of these MLM...
China Watchdog Issues Cryptocurrency Scam Warning
Scams and scandals have become a common occurrence in the cryptocurrency space lately. Many of these scandals have involved millions of dollars. To help people avoid these scams, governments are warning...