Baltimore Ransomware Attack Could Be Blamed on the NSA I think this is what they call a tease. Technically correct, however. You may remember the NSA hacking tool that got out into the wild called EternalBlue? It was leaked by the hacking group ShadowBrokers in 2017. Before that, it exploited a Microsoft bug that the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]A story that seems to be repeated with way too much frequency is cryptocurrency attacks. This is because most users don’t understand how easy these attacks are. I am aware of *NO* attacks that compromised the cryptography of cryptocurrencies. Always it is the software. Sometimes on the user’s side. Other times on the exchange’s side. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]There is a lot of attention focused on digital currency and the potential it represents – maybe too much attention. In May I wrote about the Bitcoin exchange Gatecoin, that was hacked to the tune of $2 million. This week hackers made off with with $50 million in another virtual currency, Ether, but this time […]
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