cryptocurrency

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 …

Bitcoin cold storage and insurance services sprout

January 13, 2014

The pros and cons of using and investing in Bitcoin and crypto currency in general are no longer a mystery, and solutions to some of the problems are being presented almost …

Bitcoin-stealing malware delivered via clever email campaign

January 9, 2014

Users of popular Bitcoin exchanges are being actively targeted by cyber crooks looking to syphon funds out of their digital wallets. When cyber crooks are looking to infect as …

Key trends in ransomware, evasion techniques and social attacks

January 2, 2014

McAfee Labs released a predictions report, analyzing 2013 trends through its Global Threat Intelligence (GTI) service to forecast the threat landscape for the coming year. In …

Police arrests Chinese Bitcoin exchange owners suspected of fraud

December 4, 2013

Three individuals allegedly involved in the recent ransacking of the Hong Kong-based Global Bond Limited Bitcoin exchange have been arrested in China. According to a report by …

Huge quantity of Bitcoins stolen from Sheep Marketplace

December 3, 2013

Another week, another huge Bitcoin theft. This time, it’s the customers of Tor-based underground market Sheep Marketplace who have been left with empty wallets. If the …

Legitimate apps bundled up with secret Bitcoin miner

December 2, 2013

As the value of Bitcoin continues to rise, a lot of people are trying to cash in on the craze. Some do it legally, by getting their own machines to perform the calculations …

$1M lost in attack against Bitcoin Internet Payment Services

November 26, 2013

Copenhagen-based Bitcoin Internet Payment Services (BIPS) has been hit with a DDoS attack and has had 1,295 BTC stolen (a little over $1M) mostly from the company’s own …

New threats subverting digital signature validation

November 22, 2013

McAfee Labs found new efforts to circumvent digital signature app validation on Android-based devices. The McAfee Labs team identified a new family of mobile malware that …

Bogus “free Bitcoin generator” offer leads to malware

November 20, 2013

The rising popularity of Bitcoin hasn’t gone unnoticed by online scammers, and according to ThreatTrack’s Chris Boyd, they have started tricking users into …

E-sports to pay $1M to settle covert Bitcoin mining complaint