Chuck Norris gives a helping hand to a mysterious cryptocurrency CEO who may have separated investors from over a billion dollars, generative AI creates a nightmare for those wanting to Know Their Customer, and a determined journalist finally gets their revenge on a sneaky Airbnb scammer.All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by special guest Maria Varmazis.
Deepfakes are being used for good (perhaps), common usernames could pose a security threat, and someone has paid a $500,000 fee... just to send $1,865.Oh, and our guest mentions Mr Blobby (to the horror of the show's hosts...)All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by The Cyberwire's Dave Bittner.
After a series of high-profile cryptocurrency hacks, the state-sponsored North Korean Lazarus Group is poised to cash out millions of dollars.Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
After a series of high-profile cryptocurrency hacks, the state-sponsored North Korean Lazarus Group is poised to cash out millions of dollars.Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
More than ten years after the hack of the now-defunct Mt. Gox cryptocurrency exchange, the US Department of Justice says it has identified and charged two men it alleges stole customers' funds and the exchange's private keys.Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
More than ten years after the hack of the now-defunct Mt. Gox cryptocurrency exchange, the US Department of Justice says it has identified and charged two men it alleges stole customers' funds and the exchange's private keys.Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
As suspected, the KYC details of thousands of Binance's customers that hackers obtained and leaked online earlier this month came from the company's third-party vendor, Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange Binance confirmed.For those unaware, Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, hit by a "Potential KYC leak" earlier this month, with an unknown hacker distributing
Are you using Komodo's Agama Wallet to store your KMD and BTC cryptocurrencies?Were your funds also unauthorisedly transferred overnight to a new address?If yes, don't worry, it's probably safe, and if you are lucky, you will get your funds back.Here's what exactly happened…Komodo, a cryptocurrency project and developer of Agama wallet, adopted a surprisingly unique way to protect its
Though once synonymous with underground networks and black hat hackers, bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have gone mainstream over the past two years.In 2017, we saw the skyrocket of bitcoin to an all-time high of close to $20,000 followed by a significant decline the following year.But beyond the ups and downs in the market for the world's largest cryptocurrency is a much more sinister
Binance, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, confirmed today that the company lost nearly $41 million in Bitcoin in what appears to be its largest hack to date.In a statement, Binance's CEO Changpeng Zhao said the company discovered a "large scale security breach" earlier on May 7, as a result of which hackers were able to steal roughly 7000 bitcoins, which worth 40.6
