December 24, 2019
Bitcoin Daily: PBOC Says Digital Yuan Won’t Need Currency Reserves,...

The People’s Bank of China said that China’s cryptocurrency, the digital yuan, will not need a currency basket to keep its value, according to a Monday (Dec. 23) report by...

November 26, 2019
Cybercrooks Go Old School With German Jewelry Heist

Ours is the age of the cyberheist. Business email compromises. Spoofed phone numbers. Billions of passwords floating around. Malware and synthetic identities and the Dark Web, where the bad guys congregate to...

November 26, 2019
Bitcoin Daily: Former Finance VP Embezzled Millions For Crypto Poker;...

A former executive at StyleHaul has pleaded guilty to embezzling millions from his former employer. Dennis Blieden pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges for embezzling more than $22 million from...

November 20, 2019
Report: $400M Of Ripple’s XRP Tokens Linked To Cybercrime

Cryptocurrency forensics and analysis firm Elliptic found that roughly $400 million worth of XRP tokens on the Ripple payment network is connected to illegal transactions, Elliptic said in a press...

October 31, 2019
Hackers Plead Guilty For Charging Uber To Delete Stolen Data

Two hackers pleaded guilty Wednesday (Oct. 30) in federal court on charges that they hacked both Uber and LinkedIn, and then extorted the companies in exchange for deleting the stolen...

October 03, 2019
Bitcoin Daily: Ripple Expands In Europe; Morningstar Makes Blockchain Plans...

The co-founder of a cryptocurrency hash power broker has been arrested in Germany over charges in the United States that he is one of several hackers who stole millions of...

October 01, 2019
Bitcoin Daily: Fusion Suspects Inside Crypto Theft; UK Sees Royal...

Criminals have stolen around $6.4 million from Fusion Protocol, a blockchain-powered platform for exchanging “stablecoins.” “Today, September 28th, 2019, the Fusion swap wallet was compromised, resulting in theft of 10...

September 30, 2019
Bitcoin Daily: New Malware Intercepts Crypto En Route To Digital...

A new malware is able to replace wallet addresses as they are typed. The malware — called Masad Stealer — can steal PC and system information, credit card browser data,...

September 11, 2019
Email B2B Scams Cost $26B Over Last Three Years

Email often gets overlooked in the 2019 digital economy, given the higher levels of excitement attached to social media, video and other, more cutting-edge tools — to say nothing of...