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Tiny Pacific nation forges ahead with national cryptocurrency

September 16, 2019 0 Comments Blockchain, cryptocurrency, Law & order, libra, marshall islands, Money Laundering, republic of the marshall islands, rmi, sov, timed release monetary issuance, trmi

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 11:00:44 +0000

The Marshall Islands is facing rising seas and financial isolation. But critics say their get-rich-quick cryptocurrency scheme won’t work.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/LvYhpd-UdBw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Court squeezes $1 million back from convicted phisher

August 27, 2019 0 Comments 2-factor Authentication, 2fa, Alpha bay, Courvoisier, cryptocurrency, dark web, data loss, Grant West, Law & order, MFA, Operation Draba, password reuse, passwords, phishing, security threats, strong passwords

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 09:56:31 +0000

Prolific phishing scammer Grant West has been sentenced to 10 years, 8 months, and reimbursement for victims.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/sHYkSkwLCAs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Coinbase explains background to June zero-day Firefox attack

August 14, 2019 0 Comments Coinbase, cryptocurrency, firefox, Mozilla, phishing, phishing attack, security threats, University of Cambridge, Web Browsers, zero-day vulnerability

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 10:52:43 +0000

A recent, highly targeted attack on cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase offers a glimpse into how sophisticated phishing attacks can be.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/USzrlHhxRxk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Blackmailed for Bitcoin – exchange rebuffs $3.5m ransom demand

August 9, 2019 0 Comments Binance, bitcoin, blackmail, cryptocoin, cryptocurrency, sextortion

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 14:53:14 +0000

Here’s a story of super-sized digital blackmail aimed at one of the biggest cryptocoin exchanges out there.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/wjsAyiwmQzo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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US chases fraudulent bitcoin exchange BTC-e for $100m

July 30, 2019 0 Comments Bitcoin exchange, bitcoin fraud, BTC-e, cryptocurrency, FinCEN, Law & order, Money Laundering

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 13:19:26 +0000

Two years ago, the US government fined an international cybercriminal and his fraudulent bitcoin exchange over $100m. Now, it’s going after them for the money.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/n6rUDnziA4A” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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