[10 items] - Bitcoin social news alert — November 2nd, 2017, 05:30
North Korea’s Hackers and Threat It Poses for Bitcoin
These days, it seems like scams, fraudsters, and viruses, are just about everywhere, especially after the mayhem created by global cyber virus “Wanna Cry.” They indeed pose serious threats to the Internet economy and the national security.
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Bitcoin is a commodity, not a currency, Allianz's Mohamed El-Erian says
Bitcoin has not achieved the kind of stability a currency should, and that makes it more of a commodity, Allianz's Mohamed El-Erian said.
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Blockchain and Cybersecurity- How Are They Related and How Blockchain Has Potential to Re-Engineer Cybersecurity
Blockchain technology is one of the revolutionary inventions in the history of mankind since the emergence of the Internet.
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DailyFX Team Live on Twitter
“Bitcoin holds up and pushes on to new highs”
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Cryptoshuffler Proves Bitcoin Owners Susceptible to Malware, Steals $150,000 |
With the price of cryptocurrencies shooting up, the incidence of sophisticated malware and trojans has increased. The latest trojan, Cryptoshuffler, has managed to steal Bitcoins worth $150,000 so far. Simple modus operandi The modus operandi of CryptoShuffler is very simple - It strikes when a user copies a Bitcoin address onto the clipboard, presumably to paste it in the destination address of his wallet and send across Bitcoins. Cryptoshuffler then replaces the address in the clipboard with an address owned by the malware creator. Unless a user notices that the address he has pasted is different, the funds will be transferred to the malware creator. Given Bitcoin transactions' irrevocable nature, the user has no way to retrieve his Bitcoins once the transaction is confirmed. Big profits The malware targets not only Bitcoin users, but the users of other cryptocurrencies like Ethereum, ZCash, Monero, Dash and Dogecoin. The Bitcoin address linked to Cryptoshuffler has received 23
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Bitcoin is a commodity, not a currency, Allianz's Mohamed El-Erian says
Bitcoin has not achieved the kind of stability a currency should, and that makes it more of a commodity, Allianz's Mohamed El-Erian said.
➞ Read full story (Source: CNBC )
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