19,000 Bitcoin – valued at around $275 each, so $5 million together – have been stolen from a majour European Bitcoin exchange, reports RT. Bitstamp, a four year old company based in the UK and Slovenia is described by the Financial Times as “the world’s third busiest Bitcoin exchange”. It immediately took action, halting withdrawals … More Bitstamp hacked for $5 million in Bitcoin
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Facebook is to face a class action lawsuit over ‘reading’ its user’s messages, a U.S. judge has ruled. CNBC reports that the social network is accused of violating user privacy by scanning messages for URL links – which then counted towards the number of times a link has been ‘shared’ by the site. Facebook also … More Be careful what you post! Facebook faces court for ‘reading user messages’
13,000 login details including payment card numbers an expiry dates have leaked from online services including Amazon, Xbox Live, Playstation Network and more, according to Tech Crunch. The hackers posted a document with details of username and passwords, along with some credit card numbers and expiry dates to Ghostbin – a text storage website. Websites affected … More Amazon, Xbox Live, PSN and more: Hackers leak 13,000 passwords
Every December the ESET researchers put together their predictions for cybercrime attacks for the coming year. Last year, the emphasis was on internet privacy, a new assault on Androids, and a new wave of hi-tech malware; most of these issues have indeed appeared in blog posts during 2014. Today we offer a summary of the most important trends for 2015. Targeted attacks If there … More Cybercrime Trends & Predictions for 2015
