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What’s new in ransomware?

29

Aug

2017

In June, South Korean hosting company Internet Nayana, Inc., was hit by a ransomware attack that took down its 153 Linux web servers — home to more than 5,000 customer websites. “I know that negotiations with hackers should not be done,” company CEO Hwang Chilghong said in a statement. “I would not negotiate with a […]

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Cryptocurrency doesn’t guarantee financial privacy, researchers find

22

Aug

2017

Popular cryptocurrency Bitcoin has been used for 8 years to make anonymous payments on the web, and is now also accepted by Microsoft, Newegg and Overstock. But the payments are not as below the radar as Bitcoin adepts might think, according to researchers from Princeton University who analyzed 130 merchants who accept Bitcoin.

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Men stole bitcoin by phishing individuals on the dark web

10

Jul

2017

Michael Richo, a 35-year-old from Connecticut, had the brilliant idea of stealing bitcoin from people involved in illegal deals through dark web marketplaces. Perhaps he thought that he would be safe from law enforcement if he stuck to robbing potential criminals but, as it turns out, he was wrong.

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