The hacker who created a seed-phrase generator for IOTA cryptocurrency wallets in order to steal users' keys was detained by Europol on January 23. According to current data, the damage from his fraudulent activity is estimated at more than 10 million euros...

A special virus has been discovered in China aimed at attacking mining equipment created by the company Bitmain. It is noted that the virus attacks Antminer from Bitmain and extorts 10 BTC from their owners under the threat of overheating the device and causing it to fail...

On January 14, 2019, the New Zealand cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia was hacked. The platform's team confirmed the security breach and stated that the exchange's losses are "significant". The Cryptopia crypto exchange is currently carrying out "unscheduled system maintenance"...

Monero is the most popular coin among cryptojackers, who mine cryptocurrencies using hidden mining viruses. Scientists from the Carlos III University of Madrid and King's College London reached this conclusion after conducting a study. The next most popular cryptocurrency among cryptojackers is Bitcoin...

Fraudulent schemes in the cryptocurrency world are no news at all. But recognizing them is sometimes not at all easy. Thus, Ethereum scam forks are in fact engaged in phishing private keys from users, offering the latter to take part in a free coin giveaway....