What is a Whaling Attack?
Cyber criminals have become a lot more crafty over the past few years. By using different tactics, crooks have been rather successful in defrauding victims one way or another. …
Category: Education
Bitcoin Ransomware Education – LTTP
March 26, 2017
Education, Malware, Ransomware
It has been a while since a new ransomware strain was discovered. Rest assured criminals are still coming up with new angles in order to defraud as many people …
What is the Sonic Screwdriver?
Sci-fi fans who have watched Doctor Who will be familiar with the term “Sonic Screwdriver”. It turns out this device has a real-life application as well, albeit it is …
Bitcoin Scam Site Warning – Hashminers
It appears yet another cloud mining scam has appeared on the bitcoin scene. To be more specific, Hashminers likes to position itself as a cloud mining company, even though …
Is Bitcoin Gambling Legal in the United States?
Bitcoin has proven to be quite a powerful tool in the online gambling sector so far. Various casinos accept bitcoin payments already, although there is still a lot of …
What Is Merged Mining?
Cryptocurrency miners often focus on mining only one coin at a time. While that may seem to be the most efficient solution, the concept of merged mining should not …
Bitcoin Scam Site Warning- BitsHedge
Any company in the bitcoin world claiming to make investments on behalf of its users needs to be treated with a lot of skepticism. BitsHedge claim they will allow …
What is a Bitcoin Replay Attack?
As the chance a bitcoin hard fork only increases as time progresses, there are some concerns to take into account. A replay attack is certainly possible when a hard fork …
What Is Bitcoin Fungibility?
Cryptocurrency enthusiasts who have been actively involved in bitcoin discussions will have come across the term “fungibility” on more than one occasion. Unfortunately for bitcoin, fungibility is one of …