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News website BBC spotted by bitcoin-scammers

News website BBC spotted by bitcoin-scammers

Security researchers have discovered that apparently legitimate BBC News websites are being misused by scammers to mince bitcoin. The scam was discovered in the first week of January, reports The Next Web. Scammers created an email that seemed to be legitimate, containing a button to display the mes... Read more

date5 years ago
In new spam mails is threatened with bombs

In new spam mails is threatened with bombs

A remarkable new spam campaign has been launched, aimed at countries in the western world. The hackers threaten to detonate a bomb, unless the recipient of the mail makes a payment in bitcoin. Bombs have so far not been found in the locations where they would be located. The message of the mails is ... Read more

date5 years ago
Ethereum’s dropping below $100.

Ethereum’s dropping below $100.

The value of Ether has fallen by 93 percent since its highest level in January, from over 1,400 dollars. The cryptocurrency of the Ethereum network fell below 100 dollars for the first time since May 2017. According to Ars Technica, the decrease is related to the declining enthusiasm for cryptocurre... Read more

date5 years ago
Hacker places malware in popular JavaScript library

Hacker places malware in popular JavaScript library

A hacker has managed to place code in a popular JavaScript library that steals bitcoin. This is a library that many companies use. The impact could therefore potentially be very large, although there is still some uncertainty about this. The hack included placing code in Event-Stream, a JavaScript ... Read more

date5 years ago
New low point for bitcoin in chaos around bitcoin cash

New low point for bitcoin in chaos around bitcoin cash

The value of the bitcoin has fallen sharply in recent times, with a new low point. The crypto currency is worth about 3,845 euros at the time of writing, its lowest value since May 2017. According to analysts, this rapid decline is due to the bitcoin cash fork. That's what Silicon Angle reports. Bi... Read more

date5 years ago
Hackers abused StatCounter and infected nearly 700,000 websites

Hackers abused StatCounter and infected nearly 700,000 websites

Hackers who use cryptographic currency have hacked into one of the most widely used services for traffic analytics. They abuse StatCounter in an attempt to steal bitcoin from the users of online stock exchange Gate.io. More than 688,000 websites were affected by the attack. That's what the ZDNet sit... Read more

date5 years ago
Morgan Stanley wants to offer derivatives associated with bitcoin

Morgan Stanley wants to offer derivatives associated with bitcoin

After the price of most crypt currencies suffered from the rumour that Goldman Sachs would not set up a bitcoin desk, confidence has now been restored. That's because of the story that Morgan Stanley plans to offer bitcoin derivatives. Financial press agency Bloomberg, which usually has reliable sou... Read more

date6 years ago
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