A security researcher discovered another 22 Google Chrome web browser extensions that tried to steal users’ cryptocurrencies. A security researcher has discovered another 22 Google Chrome web browser extensions built to steal their user’s cryptocurrencies. Cybersecurity news outlet, Naked Security, reported on May 8 that Harry Denley, a security researcher specializing in cryptocurrencies, discovered 22…
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Belgium’s economic inspectorate reported $3.2 million in losses due to cryptocurrency fraud in 2019. Global losses from cryptocurrency fraud and theft surged massively in 2019, doubling from 2018. Despite multiple efforts to tackle fraudulent crypto schemes, countries like Belgium continued to suffer losses to crypto fraudsters. According to a May 8 report by Belgian newspaper…
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An analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of the blockchain protocols that are the basis of the entire industry. Bitcoin (BTC) is the largest decentralized digital currency in the world, with an estimated market capitalization of around $169 billion. In the nearly 12 years since the publication of Satoshi Nakamoto’s famous white paper in 2008,…
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The Massive Adoption Crypto Festival is the target of a class-action lawsuit demanding compensation for damages following its cancellation in January. Securities fraud and investment loss attorney David Silver has filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of attendees against the organizer of the cancelled Massive Adoption crypto conference. According to the initial complaint filed on…
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Rand Corporation unveiled a study that found a widespread lack of knowledge towards Zcash from dark web criminals. A study by Rand Corporation unveiled that people using Zcash for illicit or criminal purposes in the dark web may not fully understand the underlying technology. According to the 65-page report published on May 7, the US-based…
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Hackers infected the largest private hospital in Europe with ransomware. Hackers infected the IT infrastructure of the largest private hospital in Europe with ransomware. Cybersecurity news outlet, KrebsonSecurity, reported on May 6 that hackers compromised the IT systems of Germany-based private hospital, Fresenius. An anonymous source reportedly informed the outlet that the hospital’s systems were…
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Join us for Cointelegraph’s first Crypto Markets show! Will Bitcoin break 10K today? What are the consequences of the upcoming Bitcoin Halving? Why do many Wall Street investors advise clients to buy Bitcoin now? Tune in to Cointelegraph’s YouTube channel to join traders Tone Vays and Charlie Burton in our first live Crypto Markets show.…
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New research has highlighted a patchwork of laws, confused regulations and unusual concepts governing crypto taxation in Latin America. Research from Latin American crypto exchange Buda has highlighted a patchwork of laws, confused regulations and unusual concepts governing crypto taxation in the region. Buda has provided a series of tax guidelines outlining measures crypto traders…
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Ransomware leaks social security numbers and other sensitive information from plastic surgery studios. A cybercrime group recently infected two plastic surgery studios with ransomware. They subsequently leaked patient’s social security numbers and other sensitive information onto the internet. Emsisoft threat analyst, Brett Callow, told Cointelegraph on May 5 that Maze recently took credit for hacking…
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De Nederlandsche Bank has issued an ultimatum to all domestic cryptocurrency service providers offering fiat support to register with the institution by May 18. The Netherlands’ central bank, De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), has issued an ultimatum to all fiat-supporting cryptocurrency service providers to register with the institution by May 18. In a news release published…
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