Security

Analytics firm Glassnode reports that 7.12 million Bitcoin—35.4% of all existing supply—has visible public keys that could theoretically be targeted by sufficiently advanced quantum computers, though most exposure can be...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company confirmed that personal information from current and former employees appeared online without authorization, with the leaked data traced to a cloud provider rather than TSMC's o...

TSMC confirmed that employee data appeared on external websites after reports that sellers offered about 46,000 records for 3 Bitcoin, while saying it found no evidence its own systems were breached.

Recent large-scale hacks, including a $6.3 billion theft from Binance, underscore that both exchange custody and self‑custody carry distinct risks, and that recovery outcomes vary widely.

Blockstream has partnered with Thales to introduce an institutional Bitcoin custody platform that keeps private keys isolated in dedicated hardware, combining Secure Multi-Party Computation technology with hardware secur...

Indian cryptocurrency exchange Unocoin has suspended deposits and withdrawals while investigating unauthorized transfers from its BitGo wallet infrastructure, potentially involving a recovery mechanism outside the custod...

The Justice Department has disrupted infrastructure linked to FaceStealer, a scheme attributed to North Korean hackers that caused over $400 million in cryptocurrency theft. The attackers impersonate victims in fake vide...

FortiGuard Labs disclosed a campaign targeting internet-facing Microsoft SQL Server databases with brute-force attacks, installing cryptocurrency mining malware and a remote access trojan that grants attackers broad syst...

Jacqueline Clinton, a PNC Bank supervisor, is accused of making 10 fraudulent credit adjustments totaling $86,107.66 and directing the funds to her personal account, with bank records showing casino ATM withdrawals and o...

Telegram deployed a server-side fix within hours of a proof-of-concept demonstration, and its founder is now disputing how serious the flaw was while daring outsiders to breach his personal account.

The US Department of Justice has obtained court approval to seize over $1.2 billion in cryptocurrency stolen during an October breach of Binance attributed to North Korean hackers. The action is part of a broader recover...

An extensive investigation by YouTuber Coffeezilla and researcher Molly White examines the Trump family's cryptocurrency ventures, including World Liberty Financial and meme coins, raising questions about investor return...

Strategy founder Michael Saylor argues that Bitcoin's deliberately limited base-layer design and SHA-256 hashing provide advantages against AI-assisted threats, though exchanges and wallets remain vulnerable to compromis...

Solo, a proof-of-humanity company, has integrated its verification SDK into JellyJelly to confirm users are real, unique people without requiring government ID. The move addresses growing concerns about AI agents defeati...

Civil Police arrested Ítalo Francisco Mendes Barbiot, 42, after he mailed threatening letters demanding 1.7 million reais in bitcoin from financial executives and luxury condo residents in São Paulo. Authorities tracked ...

Security researchers at Zimperium disclosed ArcticRAT, an Android remote-access trojan that leverages xAI's Grok model to filter stolen text messages for one-time passcodes and financial data. The malware, initially targ...

Trezor confirmed that three Safe 5 hardware wallets sold through reseller CryptoBilis contained malicious implants capable of capturing recovery phrases. The company slashed its reseller network by approximately 80% and ...

A Wisconsin woman lost more than $400,000 in retirement savings to scammers who impersonated financial institutions and law enforcement, convincing her to purchase gold coins and cryptocurrency despite warnings from her ...

India's Uttar Pradesh police are using the Cardano blockchain to create tamper-evident records of forensic evidence handling, with over 156,000 transactions logged since deployment began in October 2026.

A decentralized exchange on Robinhood Chain lost 2,234,391 USDG tokens to an exploit involving an integer underflow in its subaccount transfer logic. An automated rate limit prevented an estimated $3 million in additiona...