Category sc : Security & Ransomware

Cookies, Online Trackers and the Blockchain –...

Almost 8 years after the launch of bitcoin's network, more and more e-commerce businesses are choosing to add bitcoin, and other cryptocurrencies, as accepted...

A Novel Scheme For Protection of the...

Since the genesis block was first mined, bitcoin has evolved to become the most popular decentralized currency all over the planet. It promotes a...

Pay Us Bitcoin, or Your Patients Will...

On the 28th of March, 2016, a group of workers in MedStar Health (MedStar), a nonprofit healthcare system, which includes ten hospitals in Washington...

Ransomware and Cryptocurrencies – (Part 1)

The surging popularity of ransomware attacks indicates that it is highly unlikely that these attacks will decline in the near future, especially that the...

Creators of WannaCry Ransomware Only Made $50,000...

Creators of "WannaCry", a new form of ransomware, managed to only make around $50,000 worth of bitcoins via infecting and encrypting the files on ...

How To Secure Your Funds In Periods...

2017 is definitely the year of crypto, as the past 4 months have witnessed unprecedented growth of multiple coins' markets. Bitcoin has recorded more...

Bitcoin, Tor and Botnets – Creating a...

  The advent of darknets, along with the popularization of cryptocurrencies, namely bitcoin, have helped hackers market their services, throughout the past few years, via...

Hijacking Bitcoin – Network Routing Attacks on...

  Being the most successful and most popular cryptocurrency to date, bitcoin represents an attractive target for hackers and cybercriminals. Even though most attack vectors...

Bitcoin Address Clustering (New Heuristics) – Part...

Bitcoin address clustering is a process that attempts to de-anonymize bitcoin users via discovering all addresses generated by a single user, via means of...

InterContinental Hotels Group Affected by Credit Card...

Credit card theft is slowly becoming the norm rather than an exception. Millions of credit card details have been stolen by hackers over the...