Blockchain & Digital Currencies

Latest updates on blockchain, the technology that underpins bitcoin and most digital currencies and it’s impact on the Cybersecurity Community.

How to Stop Online Tracking: 3 New Ways

Reddit Hacked, Preventing Accidental Location Sharing, Developer Hacks His Own Company

Reddit announced that it was the victim of a phishing attack aimed at its employees, resulting in unauthorized access to internal documents, code, and some unspecified business systems. Advice on managing device ...
‘Serious’ Ransomware Emergency in Oakland, Calif. — Legacy FAIL

‘Serious’ Ransomware Emergency in Oakland, Calif. — Legacy FAIL

Oakland is still reeling from last week’s ransomware attack. San Francisco’s poorer neighbor is asking for help ...
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2023: Complexity Reigns in Cybersecurity as Existing Threats Adapt and New Technologies Emerge

2023: Complexity Reigns in Cybersecurity as Existing Threats Adapt and New Technologies Emerge

Last December, the team looked at various topics related to the field of cyber and information security. One thing is for certain: cybersecurity is not monolithic—there are so many facets of cybersecurity, ...
Forum user offers to fund various cyber-criminal endeavors, including cryptocurrency “hype” projects

Unmasking Crypto Scams: The Team Effort Behind the Con

Whether you’re a crypto-skeptic or a crypto-maximalist, it cannot be denied that the mostly unregulated cryptocurrency ecosystem is no stranger to fraud. It has links to multiple types of cyber crime, including ...
Top Crypto Scandals: FTX Crypto Scam and Other Notable Hacks in 2022

Top Crypto Scandals: FTX Crypto Scam and Other Notable Hacks in 2022

Explore the FTX crypto scam of 2022 & other large crypto scams/hacks. Learn about the ecosystems targeted, tactics used & tips to protect yourself ...
North Korea China's MSS Leveraging Students In, From U.S.

Mitigating the North Korean Cybersecurity Threat

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky recently published an analysis that detailed how a North Korean threat actor, which it called the BlueNoroff group, is stealing cryptocurrency by bypassing the “Mark of the Web” flag ...
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Blockchain, projects, EBI Transactional Security

9 Reasons Blockchain Projects Fail (And How to Succeed)

At least 95% of enterprise blockchain projects end in failure. Was yours one of them, or could it be on the same path to failure? The slow death of blockchain consortia has ...
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SIM Swapping, Crypto Theft, and Sentencing in the United States

As you know from the title of my blog, "CyberCrime & Doing Time," I'm very interested in cybercrime and the criminal justice system. This week I've been looking at SIM Swapping cases ...

Decarbonizing Cryptocurrencies through Taxation

Maintaining bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies causes about 0.3 percent of global CO2 emissions. That may not sound like a lot, but it’s more than the emissions of Switzerland, Croatia, and Norway combined ...
Flashpoint Year In Review: 2022 Cryptocurrency Threat Landscape

Flashpoint Year In Review: 2022 Cryptocurrency Threat Landscape

Throughout 2022, threat actors committed fraud targeting cryptocurrency entities, investors, and users. Centralized exchanges (CEXs) and nonfungible token (NFT) markets were the primary targets of fraud schemes over the past year. The ...