cryptocurrency

Mt. Gox CEO doxing was a ploy to spread Bitcoin-stealing malware

March 17, 2014

The recent hacking and defacing of the blog and Twitter account of Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles, and the leaking of a 716 Mb archive file that allegedly contained trade data, …

Hackers dox Mt. Gox CEO, say they have proof of fraud

March 10, 2014

News about what actually happened in the days leading up to the Mt. Gox Bitcoin exchange filing for bankruptcy are few and far between, and some of its customers are losing …

More Bitcoin thefts, Bitcoin bank Flexcoin shuts down

March 4, 2014

Mere days after Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy, “Bitcoin bank” Flexcoin and Bitcoin exchange Poloniex have announced that they have been successfully targeted by …

Mt. Gox users targeted with fake promises of lost Bitcoin recovery

March 3, 2014

Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has shared more details about the issues that have led to it filing for bankruptcy protection just as malware peddlers have started taking advantage …

Mt. Gox Bitcoin exchange files for bankruptcy protection

February 28, 2014

After a series of bad news from Mt. Gox comes the ultimate blow to its users: the prominent Bitcoin exchange has filed for bankruptcy with the Tokyo District Court in Japan. …

Silk Road 2.0 allegedly hacked, user funds stolen

February 14, 2014

The second incarnation of the (in)famous Silk Road underground market has been hacked, claims one of its moderators who goes by the online handle “Defcon”, and an …

Mac Bitcoin-stealing Trojan lurks on download sites and GitHub

February 13, 2014

CoinThief, the recently discovered Bitcoin-stealing Trojan that targets Mac users, has been spotted being offered on several download websites such as CNET’s …

Hit with DoS, several Bitcoin exchanges suspend withdrawals

February 12, 2014

As popular Bitcoin exchanges continue to be bombarded with malformed transactions, a lot of them have decided to temporarily prevent its customers to withdraw their funds. The …

Trojan steals Bitcoins and targets OS X

February 10, 2014

SecureMac has discovered a new Trojan which targets OS X and spies on web traffic to steal Bitcoins. The OSX/CoinThief.A malware has been found in the wild, and there are …

How to recover deleted or corrupted digital currency

January 30, 2014

The popularity of Bitcoin and other digital / cryptographic currency cannot be denied. Different users like using it for different reasons, but many agree that the question of …

Feds arrest Bitcoin Foundation vice chairman and Bitcoin exchanger

January 27, 2014

The US Department of Justice has announced the arrest of and the unsealing of criminal charges in Manhattan federal court against Robert Faiella (also known as …

Silk Road forfeits $28 million in Bitcoins

January 17, 2014

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the forfeiture of approximately 29,655 Bitcoins (which, at today’s Bitcoin …