NFT Marketplace Says $4.5 Million in Crypto Has Been Stolen By Nathaniel Mott published 13 December 21 Vulcan Forged said that 4.5 million of its PYR cryptocurrency have been stolen from 148 compromised wallets.
A Server Farm That Was Likely Mining Crypto Burst Into Flames By Nathaniel Mott last updated 10 December 21 A server farm believed to be devoted to cryptocurrency mining burst into flames and caused over 2 million baht in damages.
Cryptojackers Target QNAP's NAS Products Once Again By Nathaniel Mott published 7 December 21 QNAP said in a security advisory that its NAS products are being targeted by "cryptojacking" malware.
Self-Proclaimed Bitcoin Creator Wins Trial Involving $56 Billion Worth of Crypto By Nathaniel Mott published 7 December 21 A man claiming to be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto has won a court case over a wallet containing 1.1 million Bitcoin.
Hackers Are Disguising Cryptbot Malware as a Windows Activator By Nathaniel Mott published 6 December 21 Red Canary revealed that hackers are using a fake version of a popular software piracy tool to spread the Cryptbot malware.
BitMart Crypto Exchange Hackers Reportedly Stole $150 Million of ETH, BSC By Nathaniel Mott published 6 December 21 BitMart revealed that hackers were able to steal approximately $150 million worth of ETH and BSC from its hot wallets.
Duo Arrested for Installing Crypto Mining Software on Department Store Computers By Nathaniel Mott published 29 November 21 An Italian couple allegedly compromised machines at multiple stores to mine cryptocurrency on their behalf.
IMF to El Salvador: Yeah, You Really Shouldn't Accept Bitcoin as Legal Tender By Nathaniel Mott published 24 November 21 The International Monetary Fund has released a statement criticizing El Salvador's decision to make Bitcoin legal tender.
India Might Ban Most Cryptocurrencies and Replace Them With an Official One By Nathaniel Mott published 24 November 21 India is thinking about banning "private" cryptocurrencies in favor of an official central bank digital currency.
Report: China's Crypto Miners Sent Rigs to US, Canada, Russia By Nathaniel Mott published 23 November 21 The Financial Times reports that many of China's banned cryptocurrency miners have moved to the US and Russia.
Swedish Regulators Call for a Ban on Cryptocurrency Mining By Nathaniel Mott published 23 November 21 Swedish regulators have called for a ban on cryptocurrency mining over concerns about its environmental impact.
El Salvador Plans to Build a 'Bitcoin City' Near a Volcano By Nathaniel Mott published 22 November 21 El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said the country plans to build a "Bitcoin City" near one of its many volcanoes.
The NFT Bay Debuts to Save You a Right-Click on Someone's Precious Digital Art By Nathaniel Mott published 18 November 21 The NFT Bay has debuted as a repository of purportedly every NFT on the Ethereum and Solana blockchains.
China Kicked Out a Communist Party Official for Violating Crypto Rules By Nathaniel Mott published 16 November 21 The Chinese Communist Party announced the expulsion of an official due to his involvement with cryptocurrency mining.
Hackers Hijack Alibaba Cloud Servers With Crypto-Mining Malware By Nathaniel Mott published 16 November 21 Trend Micro reports that hackers are targeting Alibaba Cloud servers to install cryptocurrency-mining malware.
Bitcoin's Taproot Upgrade Enables Smart Contracts, More Private Transactions By Nathaniel Mott published 15 November 21 The Taproot upgrade to Bitcoin should make transactions more private and bring smart contracts to the blockchain
Windows 11 KB5008295 Arrives To Fix Built-In App Certificate Woes By Nathaniel Mott published 5 November 21 Microsoft's app certificate expiration problems are now over -- at least for Windows Insiders.
Intel Offers Workaround for DRM Issues Affecting Certain Games and CPUs By Nathaniel Mott published 5 November 21 Intel has offered a workaround for games suffering from DRM issues when played on its 12th Gen Core processors.
'Sleeping Whale' Awakens as Unused Bitcoin Wallet Comes Online By Nathaniel Mott published 29 October 21 A Bitcoin wallet that was last active in May 2010 has come back online.
Shiba Inu's Ascendance Pushes ETH Pricing to New Heights By Nathaniel Mott published 29 October 21 ETH set a record price above $4,400 as Shiba Inu, which uses the Ethereum blockchain, became increasingly popular.
Ethereum Miners Can Keep Ruining PC Gamers' Days as 'The Merge' Gets Delayed By Nathaniel Mott published 26 October 21 Ethereum's transition from the proof-of-work model that relies on miners to a proof-of-stake model has been pushed back.
Newly Revealed SmashEx Attack Targets Intel SGX-Protected Secure Enclaves By Nathaniel Mott published 26 October 21 Researchers have disclosed a new attack, SmashEx, that can be used to collect and corrupt data stored in secure enclaves.
50 Miners Control 50% of Bitcoin Mining Worldwide By Nathaniel Mott published 26 October 21 A recent study found that Bitcoin—and Bitcoin mining—is largely controlled by a few entities.
Polygon Technology Pays $2M Bug Bounty to Protect $850M Crypto Fund By Nathaniel Mott published 22 October 21 Polygon Technology paid a $2 million bounty for a bug that put up to $850 million worth of cryptocurrency at risk.
Bitcoin's Price Reaches a New All-Time High of $65,000 By Nathaniel Mott published 20 October 21 Bitcoin set a new price record by rising above $65,000 per BTC on the morning of October 20.
