Security

An accounting manager at a Bessemer-based company diverted funds through unauthorized payroll payments and personal charges on a company credit card, totaling nearly $191,000 over two and a half years.

A quantum computing tracking tool estimates that Bitcoin's elliptic curve digital signatures could be compromised within 17.5 months, as quantum computing advancements accelerate in both government and private sectors.

Bitcoin Magazine's technical editor Shinobi discusses the real exposure numbers and mechanics of a potential quantum attack on the network, breaking down vulnerable coins, exchange risks, and migration strategies.

A year-long fraud operation involving stolen checks worth over $1 million has resulted in guilty pleas from five Fresno residents. A U.S. Postal Service employee stole the checks from the mail and distributed them to acc...

Coinbase is developing a post-quantum custody architecture to protect billions in institutional assets, addressing cryptographic vulnerabilities highlighted by multi-party computation limitations.

Security researchers discovered that FomoPeek, an app distributed through Apple's App Store, contained kernel exploits enabling theft of nearly $580,000 in cryptocurrency by accessing sensitive wallet data.

A coordinated operation has shut down EvilTokens, an AI-powered phishing-as-a-service platform that compromised over 12,000 email inboxes across more than 10,000 organizations in 79 countries. Two operators were arrested...

A rogue app distributed through Apple's App Store exploited iOS vulnerabilities to access private keys and seed phrases, affecting cryptocurrency users across multiple platforms.

Security researchers have identified white hat hackers moving over 52 bitcoin to a recovery trust ahead of malicious actors in the ongoing Coldcard wallet exploit. The rescued funds represent a portion of roughly 1,779 B...

A research prototype demonstrates post-quantum cryptography can be added to Lightning's off-chain functions, but significant bandwidth costs and unresolved on-chain security gaps remain.

The cryptocurrency exchange is developing safeguards to protect roughly $250 billion in institutional assets against potential quantum computing threats, designing systems flexible enough to support multiple post-quantum...

Data from security researchers shows a surge in crypto-related physical attacks globally, with France experiencing the highest rates. Experts link the trend to both rising bitcoin prices and widespread data leaks from ex...

Over 40 BTC stolen in a major Coldcard hardware wallet exploit has been moved into a labeled recovery trust, marking the first significant voluntary return of funds from the theft that peaked at $130 million.

Security researchers have moved over 52 bitcoins stolen through a Coldcard firmware vulnerability to a Wyoming-based trust designed to return funds to affected users.

Ethical hackers have moved Bitcoin rescued from wallets exposed to a Coldcard flaw into a trust established to return the funds to victims.

Ethical hackers have transferred 52.37 bitcoin linked to July's Coldcard hardware wallet exploit to a recovery trust address, as part of efforts to return stolen funds to victims.

White-hat researchers have transferred 52.37 BTC from wallets affected by the COLDCARD exploit to the Crypto Recovery Trust.

Oracle provider Pragma identified liquidity gaps in Starknet markets following a September 17 borrowing exploit at Nostra protocol, where a manipulated price feed enabled unauthorized borrowing of $3.5 million.

X filed suit in UK High Court against two men accused of operating a coordinated bot network to fraudulently claim at least £207,384 from its Creator Revenue Sharing program.

A variable-difficulty controller weakness in Bitcoin mining pools can trap machines at outdated difficulty levels after hashrate reductions, causing continued electricity consumption with minimal accepted shares.