Cybersecurity


Policy

India Includes Crypto Businesses in New Rules for Cyber Security

The move is seen as a positive step that gives clarity to the crypto industry on several fronts.

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Finance

Dfns Raises $13.5M to Build Out Password Protection for Crypto Wallets

The French company's service splits a wallet's private key, or password, and distributes the pieces so it no longer exists in a single place.

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Finance

Blockchain Security Firm CertiK Just Raised $88M, SEC Docs Show

The equity sale opened on March 23 and 15 investors have chipped in funding.

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Opinion

Jack Dorsey, Block and the Perils of Making Crypto User-Friendly

Everyone seems to agree that crypto needs to improve its user experience. But at what cost?

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Finance

Funds Lost to DeFi Hacks More Than Doubled to $1.3B in 2021: Certik

Centralization is the most common vulnerability, the security firm said.

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Opinion

DeSo Wants Your Seed Phrase. Let Them Come and Take It

Private key security is a fundamental building block of Web 3. One project seems a little too eager to compromise.

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Finance

Crowdsourced Threat Detector PolySwarm Goes Live on Mainnet

The network uses PolySwarm’s NCT token for transactions.

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Finance

China’s Qihoo 360 Built Crypto Mining Monitoring Software to Support Crackdown

The cybersecurity company says 109,000 mining IPs were active daily on average in November.

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Finance

Hackers Are Attacking Cloud Accounts to Mine Cryptocurrencies, Google Says

Compromised accounts were also used to find new targets and host malware and phishing scams.

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Policy

Biden Administration Sanctions Crypto Exchange Chatex Over Ransomware Allegations

The Treasury Department said the exchange provided “material support” to Suex, a previously sanctioned exchange.

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