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Bitcoin miner’s control over minting new coins creates security risks, researchers say

Jun

2014

A single bitcoin mining network has repeatedly supplied more than half the computational power necessary to mint new bitcoins, undermining the decentralized nature of the digital currency and creating new security concerns. Ars Technica reports on new research from Cornell University showing that GHash, a top mining pool whose leaders are unknown, performed more than 51 percent […]

Category CA Technologies Tech Written by The Verge 0 Comments

Bitcoin Botnet Mining

Jun

2011

A digital currency known as Bitcoin (BTC) has been causing a bit of a media stir of late due to its use for illicit purposes. Some readers of this blog will be familiar with and have used a digital currency of some form in the past to purchase goods online. Some may even remember failed […]

Category General Written by Symantec Security Response Blog 0 Comments

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