Cryptocurrency stories

The number of cybersecurity incidents in the second quarter of 2021 has risen to more than 1,350, accounting for $3.9 million in direct financial losses.>>

"People are looking for safe ways to make their money work for them and blockchain products like yield farming can earn them double digit returns.”>>

Around 800,000 Kiwis are planning to use or hold some form of cryptocurrency by the end of 2021.>>

A clutch of well known artists and entertainers are joining a new tech company's digital marketplace to sell ownership tokens for their works or their time.>>

Raccoon Stealer, a malware platform that rents out its services for $75 a week, has upgraded its services, according to a new report from Sophos.>>

“As an asset in limited supply, fast growing cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin can be a strong inflation hedge against devaluing fiat currencies.">>

Mastercard has announced its latest Start Path global start-up engagement program supporting digital assets, blockchain and cryptocurrency companies. >>

Bybit is a cryptocurrency exchange company established in 2018 with more than 2 million registered users.>>

Avast finds cybercriminals are targeting gamers using cracked games with cryptomining malware Crackonosh.>>

Aqua Security has found a rise in cyberattacks targeting container infrastructure and supply chains, with 50% of vulnerable targets attacked within one hour. >>

New ransomware Epsilon Red has been found by Sophos researchers who detail the tools, techniques, procedures, and behaviour of the attackers behind it.>>

The healthcare industry was the hardest hit, with 97% of all hostile activity targeted at the industry being web application or application-specific attacks.>>

State Street Corporation has launched its new Bitcoin Indicator series, aiming to measure the popularity of Bitcoin and its impact on traditional markets. >>

Researchers from Avast, the global digital security and privacy company, say they have identified new cryptocurrency-stealing malware.>>

Bitcoin's escalating valuation has made some criminal organisations and malicious individuals very wealthy. The impact of this growth in wealth may have a severe impact on the future threat landscape.>>

Bitcoin's epic bull run is backed by strong investor interest, according to new research from analyst firm GlobalData.>>

ABI Research says that the revenue drop will not last long, with revenues expected to return to normal by 2023.>>

Sektor will now distribute CipherTrace’s Investigate Suite and the CipherTrace Armada risk-scoring service.>>

Inland Revenue's new guidance aims to provide more certainty for New Zealand taxpayers who hold crypto-assets, and to help people ‘get things right from the start’.>>

The malware, primarily targeting victims in Czechia and Slovakia, prioritises subterfuge through deployment of multiple techniques to avoid detection, and leans heavily on the Tor network and BitTorrent protocol to achieve its goals.>>

In this case, the attacks were launched through a phishing document sent via LinkedIn to employees at the targeted organisation. This phishing document was styled to look like a job advertisement for a role in a blockchain company.>>

The Dshop e-commerce platform is available on the Google Cloud Marketplace allowing merchants to deploy their own decentralised e-commerce store. >>

As part of the attack, the hacked accounts each tweeted a link and implored their millions of followers to send bitcoin to the address, promising to send back double the donated amount back to the sender. >>

All industry verticals will eventually be impacted to some degree, says F&S, but four areas are likely to see the biggest changes.>>