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Russian cybercrime forums launch contests for cryptocurrency hacks

Security Affairs

. “Over the past month, operators of one of the top Russian-language cybercrime forums have been running a “contest,” calling for the community to submit papers that examine how to target cryptocurrency-related technology.” ” reads a post published by Intel 471. The submissions were accepted over a 30-days period.

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INVDoS, a severe DoS issue in Bitcoin core remained undisclosed for two years

Security Affairs

” reads the paper published by the expert. “This could be through a loss of mining time or expenditure of electricity by shutting down nodes and delaying blocks or causing the network to temporarily partition.” ” continues the paper. ” The INVDoS flaw affects Bitcoin Core v0.16.0,

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Hijacking Computers for Cryptocurrency Mining

Schneier on Security

Interesting paper " A first look at browser-based cryptojacking ": Abstract : In this paper, we examine the recent trend towards in-browser mining of cryptocurrencies; in particular, the mining of Monero through Coinhive and similar code-bases.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 223 – News of the week

Security Affairs

Paper Copy. Israel surveillance firm NSO group can mine data from major social media. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition. Once again thank you! For nearly a year, Brazilian users have been targeted with router attacks.

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Experian Glitch Exposing Credit Files Lasted 47 Days

Krebs on Security

It’s not entirely clear whether Experian sent me this paper notice because they legally had to, or if they felt I deserved a response in writing and thought maybe they’d kill two birds with one stone. To make matters worse, a majority of the information in that credit report is not mine.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 203 – News of the week

Security Affairs

Paper Copy. CoinHive Cryptocurrency Mining Service will shut down on March 8, 2019. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition. Once again thank you! 70000 Pakistani banks cards with PINs go on sale on the dark web.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 181 – News of the week

Security Affairs

Paper Copy. Ngrok Mining Botnet. The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. 20% discount. Kindle Edition. Once again thank you! Cyber attack took offline flight display screens at the Bristol Airport.