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Bitcoin Daily: US DOJ Wants To Hire Crypto Lawyer To Fight Cybercrimes; Centra Tech Co-Founder Pleads In ICO Fraud Case
Bitcoin Daily: US DOJ Wants To Hire Crypto Lawyer To Fight Cybercrimes; Centra Tech Co-Founder...
July 20, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Sohrab Sharma, the third co-founder of Centra Tech, has pled guilty to an initial coin offering fraud, according to CoinDesk. Sharma’s confession confirms that he,...

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US Treasury Warns Banks Of Twitter Crypto Scam
US Treasury Warns Banks Of Twitter Crypto Scam
July 16, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

The U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is warning financial institutions of a “high-profile” new scam exploiting Twitter accounts to try and scam convertible virtual...

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Travelex Founder Buys London Office Space, Expressing Optimism In Market
Travelex Founder Buys London Office Space, Expressing Optimism In Market
July 12, 2020  |  Real Estate

Travelex founder Lloyd Dorfman, in a show of confidence in the U.K. capital’s office market, has bought an office in London, Bloomberg reports. Dorfman spent...

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Bitcoin Daily: Balancer Reports $500K Token Theft Attack
Bitcoin Daily: Balancer Reports $500K Token Theft Attack
June 29, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Balancer Pool suffered a complicated attack that took advantage of a technicality in its system, Coindesk reported. The identity of the attacker is still reportedly...

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Today In Payments: Google Reports Resurgence In Pandemic Hacking; Tech Cos Make M&A Deals
Today In Payments: Google Reports Resurgence In Pandemic Hacking; Tech Cos Make M&A Deals
May 28, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Google reported a resurgence of hacking and phishing attempts in April, and tech companies are making deals at their fastest pace...

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Google Reports Resurgence In Pandemic Hacking, Phishing
Google Reports Resurgence In Pandemic Hacking, Phishing
May 28, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Google’s security experts had their hands full in April, as its Threat Analysis Group (TAG) emailed 1,755 warnings to users whose accounts were targets, the...

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Why Fraudsters Like ‘Delivery Attacks,’ And Why AI and ML Alone Won’t Stop Them
Why Fraudsters Like ‘Delivery Attacks,’ And Why AI and ML Alone Won’t Stop Them
May 19, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

The pandemic — and specifically, the lockdowns resulting from it — has spurred criminals to shift their cyber fraud schemes to exploit new avenues of...

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Google: State-Backed Hackers Behind Coronavirus Phishing Attempts
Google: State-Backed Hackers Behind Coronavirus Phishing Attempts
April 22, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Security experts at Google have identified over a dozen government-backed hacking groups trying to use the coronavirus pandemic to fuel malware and phishing attempts. Each...

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Apple iOS At Risk In Email Hack
Apple iOS At Risk In Email Hack
April 22, 2020  |  Apple

People using the default email app on iPhones and iPads might have a zero-click software vulnerability that can be deployed remotely without user interaction. The...

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