July 7, 2020 Bitcoin Will Never Be Truly Private Says Andreas Antonopoulos Andreas Antonopoulos says Bitcoin will probably never have privacy features like those in Monero. Bitcoin educator Andreas Antonopoulos says he would like to see more privacy features on Bitcoin, but they’re unlikely to happen anytime soon.In…
July 7, 2020 The US Secret Service Issues Ransomware Warning The US Secret Service issued a security alert about ransomware attacks. The U.S. Secret Service issued a warning about an increase in hacks targeting managed service providers, or MSPs, of both the U.S.…
July 2, 2020 IRS Wants to Track ‘Nefarious’ Privacy Coin and Lightning Transactions The IRS is looking to expand its investigative capabilities around privacy coins, layer-two solutions, and sidechains. The United States’ Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is seeking information and tools to help it trace transactions using privacy coins, layer two protocols such as Lightning Network and side chains like Plasma and OmiseGo (OMG).A…
June 29, 2020 International Authorities Work Together to Take Down Crypto-Funded Child Porn Ring The Spanish authorities arrested several individuals related to ongoing investigations against crypto-driven child porn sites in the dark web. The Spanish Civil Guard has taken down a dark web child porn ring that used cryptocurrency transactions to pay for content.…
June 27, 2020 South Korea Looks to Track Crypto Transactions in Light of Recent Scandal A South Korean government agency aims to trace crypto transactions conducted on the dark web by developing an AI-based software. The Korea Internet and Security Agency, or KISA, plans to develop an artificial intelligence-based software to trace cryptocurrency transactions on the dark web in response to the Telegram Nth Room sexual ring case.According…
June 25, 2020 Diabolical Malware Targets Windows Users to Mine Monero A malware called “Lucifer” is targeting old vulnerabilities in Windows systems to install a well-known Monero mining application. On June 24, security experts from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 warned about a new self-propagating malware that launches cryptojacking and DDoS attacks against Windows systems.…
June 25, 2020 ISIS-Affiliated News Website to Collect Donations with Monero A news website for the jihadist movement associated with ISIS has adopted Monero donations after having taken donations in Bitcoin for three years. The terrorist organization known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, is beginning to switch to Monero (XMR) to accept donations from the public.As…
June 21, 2020 Top 5 Cryptocurrencies to Watch This Week: BTC, ETH, ADA, LEO, XMR A few major cryptocurrencies are attracting buyers on dips, which suggests that investor sentiment remains bullish. Only about 3.5…
June 18, 2020 Australian Beverage Giant Faces Monero Ransom Demand of Nearly $1M Ransomware gang REvil launched a second attack on an australian drink manufacturer. Another ransomware attack has hit the Australia-based drinks manufacturer, Lion.…
June 13, 2020 Website Compiles List of KYC-Free Exchanges, Along With Some Warnings The website Kycnot.me has compiled a list of cryptocurrency exchanges that do not require identity verification to preserve the independence of crypto. A new website seeking to compile an active list of every cryptocurrency exchange that welcomes traders in some capacity without forcing them to hand over personal information through know-your-customer, or KYC, verification.Kycnot.me…
June 12, 2020 Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Clusters Cryptojacked to Mine Monero Hackers have attacked badly configured machine learning clusters on Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing network, and hijacked them to mine Monero. Microsoft announced on June 10 that it had discovered a number of cryptojacking attacks on powerful machine-learning clusters on its Azure cloud computing network.In…
June 8, 2020 Chainalysis Can Now Track Your ‘Privacy Coins’ Zcash & Dash Chainalysis calls the ‘privacy coin’ bluff — adds support for Zcash and Dash, calling Dash a ‘privacy coin’ is a ‘misnomer.’ On June 8, Chainalysis announced support for privacy coins Zcash (ZEC) and Dash (DASH) making it easy for the law enforcement to track them.Calling…
