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Bitcoin scammer boasts $760,000 payday through dark web domain squatting

Mar21
by on March 21, 2019 at 5:45 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


A scammer is claiming to have made 200 BTC ($760,000) through ‘typosquatting’ criminal dark web sites on the Tor network, over the past four years. Typosquatting is a form of cybersquatting – basically sitting on websites under someone else’s brand – that specifically targets users who incorrectly type a website address into their web browser to lead them to a spoof site. For example, typing Facebook.com as opposed to Faceboook.com. Digital Shadows, the company which unearthed the scammer’s claims and analyzed supporting evidence, says it cannot confirm whether the scammer operating this typosquat network was able to abscond with as much Bitcoin as…

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Here’s how much ‘Bitcoin Twitter’ loves presidential candidate Andrew Yang

Mar21
by on March 21, 2019 at 5:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


The hype surrounding the US presidential election in 2020 is growing palpable, and one candidate, Andrew Yang, is getting significant attention from the cryptocurrency community. Yang, a Democratic Party candidate, is absolutely the favorite of internet memelords, but he isn’t the only one appealing to the blockchain crowd. Hard Fork investigated the Twitter feeds of every confirmed presidential candidate (as well as a few rumored ones) to figure out  who the cryptocurrency community prefers most. Andrew Yang is winning over ‘Crypto Twitter’ Our analysis reviewed tweets from an exhaustive list of potentials (from Trump, to Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Tulsi Gabbard – even Kanye…

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Steam vulnerability exposed users to account hijacking and malware

Mar21
by on March 21, 2019 at 4:42 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, gaming


A vulnerability in Valve‘s Steam platform made it possible for malicious actors to take over user accounts, pilfer their items, and even infect their systems with additional malware. The security kink resided in Steam‘s server browser functionality – which lets players look up severs for a number of games (including hit titles like CS:GO, Half-Life 2, and Team Fortress 2) – according to a HackerOne vulnerability disclosure made public on March 15. The security researchers who unearthed the bug note they were only able to exploit the attack vector on Steam‘s client for Windows. They further said the bug was…

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Why we should trust Apple and Google more than our governments

Mar21
by on March 21, 2019 at 4:26 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication


When I was younger, I was taught that the ridges and patterns found on my fingertips are so unique, that no other person in the world has them. I can only assume you were also told that your fingertips are unique too — and not in a millennial sort of unique where everyone is so unique that they deserve a participation medal — actually unique. And it’s true. As I grew older, however, things got a little darker. Unique fingertips also meant that if someone got a hold of them, they could potentially steal my money; identity; frame me for murder, and leave me to…

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Switzerland inches closer to cryptocurrency regulation

Mar21
by on March 21, 2019 at 3:54 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Switzerland is getting closer to regulating cryptocurrencies. The Swiss Federal Assembly, the body tasked with handling government legislation in the country, yesterday approved a motion requesting the Federal Council regulate cryptocurrencies. A loosely translated version of the press release said the Federal Council would now be responsible for “adapting the provisions on judicial and administrative procedural instruments so that they can also be applied to cryptocurrencies.” Additionally, the statement highlighted that cryptocurrencies‘ pseudo-anonymous nature favored extortion and money laundering. “It should be clarified how the risks could be contained and whether the persons responsible for the cryptocurrency trading platforms should be equated…

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