Cryptocurrency

Android Malware Is Infecting Amazon Fire Sticks

It's throttling devices to mine cryptocurrency.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

Bitcoin Crashed After Another Crypto Exchange Got Hacked

The alleged attacker appeared to have stolen more than $40 million worth of cryptocurrency.

  • By Zheping Huang, Quartz

New Crypto-Mining Malware Uses Amazon’s Cloud to Hijack Computers

So far the scheme has harvested about $100,000 worth of the monero cryptocurrency.

  • By John Detrixhe, Quartz

Is Bitcoin Being Manipulated by Traders? The U.S. Government Has Opened a Criminal Probe

The probe will look for evidence of practices like spoofing and wash trading.

  • By Joon Ian Wong, Quartz

The Internet’s Core Infrastructure Was Hacked to Steal Ethereum From a Popular Wallet Service

The attackers exploited vulnerabilities in two basic internet protocols that route traffic around the world.

  • By Joon Ian Wong, Quartz

This FTC Group Wants To Keep You Safe from Blockchain Scams

But keeping up with criminals' tech innovation can be challenging.

  • By Jack Corrigan

Samsung Is Bringing Crypto and Blockchain Tech Closer to Its Core Business

Its semiconductor business, the world’s largest, is making chips for cryptocurrency mining.

  • By Joon Ian Wong, Quartz

The Woman Who Led Crypto Policing in the U.S. Guesses What’s Next for Regulation

Some people still don't understand that cryptocurrency isn’t criminal.

  • By Joon Ian Wong, Quartz

Google Is Banning Cryptomining Extensions from Chrome Store

You'll have to figure out a different way to mine for Bitcoin and Ethereum.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

If You Traded Crypto on Coinbase, the IRS Might Be Coming For You

Some of the top-earning users traded over $20,000 on the exchange in a single year.

  • By Georgia Frances King, Quartz

As Atlanta Recovers From Ransomware Attack, Georgia Looks to Boost Cyber Collaboration

The state will soon offer information security training local governments should consider to help avoid a crisis of Atlanta proportions.

  • By Dave Nyczepir

Now Twitter Has Joined Facebook And Google in Banning Crypto Ads

Twitter will prohibit ads for digital token sales, crypto-wallets, and initial coin offerings.

  • By John Detrixhe, Quartz

Bitcoin Mining Turns Electricity Into Money

A close-up portrait of bitcoin miners in eastern Washington reveals the real hustle at the heart of cryptocurrencies.

  • By Alexis Madrigal, The Atlantic

A New Report Says Egypt Is Secretly Forcing Citizens to Mine Cryptocurrency

The techniques involved are especially difficult to detect.

  • By Joon Ian Wong, Quartz

Women Are Powering the Blockchain

A quick scan of the blockchain frontier reveals many women in key roles as developers, investors, and business leaders.

  • By Bridget van Kralingen, Quartz

Hackers Figured Out a Way to Demand Ransom Without Sending Email

These hackers are killing two birds with one stone.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

This Smartphone Has a Cryptocurrency Wallet

It also claims to be hackproof.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

States Dive Into Cryptocurrency Fray

From dealing with Ponzi schemes to financial windfalls, state leaders are weighing how to best handle the future of nationless money.

  • By Mitch Herckis
Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and North Korea's nominal head of state Kim Yong Nam watch an Olympic hockey game. Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and North Korea's nominal head of state Kim Yong Nam watch an Olympic hockey game.

North Korea Is Upping Its Offensive Cyber Operations

As Pyongyang runs out of money for missile tests, expect more hacking.

  • By Patrick Tucker, Defense One

Cryptocurrency Craze Could Be Preventing Us From Finding Aliens

The truth is out there ... but will we hear it?

  • By Caitlin Fairchild