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Building Smarter Ransomware

08

Mar

2017

Matthew Green and students speculate on what truly well-designed ransomware system could look like: Most modern ransomware employs a cryptocurrency like Bitcoin to enable the payments that make the ransom possible. This is perhaps not the strongest argument for systems like Bitcoin — and yet it seems unlikely that Bitcoin is going away anytime soon. […]

Category Malware Written by Schneier 0 Comments

Hardware Bitcoin Wallet KeepKey Informs Users of Breach

03

Jan

2017

KeepKey, a hardware wallet designed for the secure storage of bitcoin and other virtual currency, informed users on Saturday that the company’s systems had been targeted by a hacker on Christmas Day. KeepKey founder Darin Stanchfield said the attacker activated a new phone number under his PIN-protected Verizon account and used it to hijack his […]

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Bitcoin website suspects it will be targeted by state-sponsored hackers, warns users

19

Aug

2016

Hopefully we are all aware that we should exercise caution when downloading programs from the internet. There have been plenty of cases of malicious software being distributed via the web, and even legitimate programs being tampered with in order to carry an unexpected payload in order to compromise security on the computer which downloaded them. […]

Category Hacker Virus & Malware Written by Hotforsecurity 0 Comments

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