Sentences with phrase «attacks against cryptocurrency»

Some experts believe that North Korea may use that knowledge in order to conduct hostile attacks against cryptocurrency infrastructure like exchanges and mining operations.

Much like the case of the TrickBot Trojan, which relies on its existing capabilities to use serverside webinjections in attacks against cryptocurrency holders, mobile malware leverages the overlay screen to do the same.

Recent reporting regarding North Korean attacks against cryptocurrency exchanges and using Pyeongchang Olympics as a lure describe techniques that are unusual for the Lazarus Group.

According to Kent, two weeks ago there was a similar attack against another cryptocurrency in the Ethereum ecosystem — Shift.

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This is to hedge against so - called phishing attacks, where false e-mails attempt to trick users into parting with their cryptocurrency.

The value of cryptocurrencies has fallen across the market against the U.S. dollar after the news of the attack broke out.

Details are still emerging around a two - pronged attack against a popular cryptocurrency website - Jonathan Lewis explores the attack, and provides hel...

In this post, we'll cover what are the primary attack vectors for cryptocurrency scams, as well as how to stay safe against them.

As well as creating a full - blown cryptocurrency economy inside the app, it would also insulate it against the attacks and accusations of nation - states such as Iran, where it now accounts for 40 % of Iran's internet traffic but was temporarily blocked amongst nationwide protests against the government.

As well as creating a full - blown cryptocurrency economy inside the app, it would also insulate it against the attacks and accusations of nation - states such as Iran, where it now accounts for 40 % of Iran's internet traffic but was temporarily blocked amongst nationwide protests against the government.

Michael Herh of publication Business Korea reporting from Seoul, notified today that there is a probe being launched by South Korean authorities into a suspected cyber attack against Bithumb, the country's most popular cryptocurrency exchange.

«We've seen DDoS attacks against them; we've seen different groups targeting cryptocurrency exchanges trying to steal the currencies they hold; trying to garner information on how they operate, particularly how they operate their KYC processes for anti-money laundering; we also see them try and understand who are the insiders, who are the people that might work there to conduct other crimes,» he explained.

This is to hedge against so - called phishing attacks, where false e-mails attempt to trick users into parting with their cryptocurrency.

Just because the Bitcoin blockchain and thus Bitcoin have been technically safe and secure historically, this does not mean that other blockchains and cryptocurrencies will exhibit the same long - term reliability, security, and resiliency against attacks.

A cybersecurity firm has warned that North Korea is launching hacking attacks to accrue bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies as a means of circumventing the stiff sanctions brought against the country by the United Nations.

Hackers stole at least $ 533 million in an attack against Coincheck, Japan's largest cryptocurrency exchange, the company's president...

This latest action followed a series of high - profile attacks and successful thefts of South Korean cryptocurrency by North Korean actors in 2017, mainly in the form of spear - phishing campaigns against South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges, as well as Bitcoin and Monero mining.

A late - 2017 state - sponsored cyber attacks by North Korea against South Korea not only targeted cryptocurrency users and exchanges, but also college students interested in foreign affairs, new research from Recorded Future has found.

North Korea shows no signs of letting up on its cyber war against South Korea with state - sponsored attacks against users of cryptocurrencies and exchanges that also are taking aim at new targets — college students, research released Tuesday by Recorded Future found.

Recent reports indicate that intelligence services in South Korea suspect that North Korea is behind additional attacks against domestic cryptocurrency exchanges, including market - leader Bithumb.

2017 has seen several attacks against South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges, and this activity has since spread to banking groups in Europe and South Korea, Bitcoin exchanges, and even an ATM company.

The value of cryptocurrencies has fallen across the market against the U.S. dollar after the news of the attack broke out.

So far in 2018, multiple new attack vectors against cryptocurrencies have been disclosed, as well as at least one major vulnerability.

However, it appears the cryptocurrency exchange does not want to just defend itself against attacks.

Vectra also notes the problems with cryptocurrency mining and crypto jacking as «creat [ing noise that can may [sic] hide serious security issues; -LSB-...] impact [ing] the reputation of an organization's IP address -LSB-...]; [allowing] cybercriminals [to] buy access to compromised computers to launch targeted attacks against universities.»

Alexander Bastrykin, the head of Russian Investigative Committee, believes that cryptocurrency threatens the country's financial stability and is used to finance extremism and media attacks against Russia.