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Massive Ledger Data Leak Increases SIM Swapping Threat

Hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger has suffered another massive data breach for the second time this year. The exposure of thousands of clients’ personal information has increased the threat of SIM swapping as an attack vector. For the second time this year, personal data from Ledger wallet buyers has been dumped online. The leak was posted by several members of the crypto community who found files allegedly containing the ‘full database’ of Ledger customers containing emails, phone numbers, and even physical addresses. Ledger Data Leaked (Again) Ledger played down the data

November 2020: A Month of All Time Highs

November 2020 has been a record-smashing month for crypto. From coin derivatives, to flat-out Bitcoin (BTC) price, the roller coaster keeps climbing up. With power behind Bitcoin like never before, the next few months look exciting. All-Time Higher and higher So the golden price of $20,000 for 1 BTC never happened, but $19,725 was not half bad. Cryptocurrencies are having another year to remember, and November was perhaps that most exciting month yet. According to Coingecko’s monthly report, November saw plenty of highs. The crypto market cap reached $554 billion.

ALERT: Malicious Crypto Browser Extension—Masked MetaMask

UPDATE: 12/03/2020 The MetaMask phisher continues to buy sponsored ads on MetaMask search results. The company urges users to “use direct links, and if you need to use search, watch out for sponsored links!” Sponsored ads for the fraudulent maskmeha[.]io seem to have been displaced by meramaks[.]io 12/02/2020 Within the past 24 hours, CipherTrace has noticed an uptick of alerts and comments within the online cryptocurrencyA cryptocurrency (or crypto currency) is a digital asset des... More community of users’ funds being stolen via a Chrome browser extension phishing attack posing

Altcoins Set to Underperform? Bitcoin Dominance Prints Reversal Signal

While Bitcoin has performed well in recent weeks, some altcoins have done even better. Take the example of Chainlink (LINK), which has almost doubled in the past month. With many altcoins outpacing BTC, the Bitcoin dominance metric has plunged. Bitcoin dominance is the percentage of the crypto market made up of BTC. Despite the drop, an indicator predicts a bearish reversal for altcoins. Bitcoin continuing to undergo volatility could further suppress the bullish altcoin narrative. Analysts are currently expecting more BTC volatility in the days ahead, citing indicators like the

Why Chinese Miners Won’t Stage a 51% Attack on Bitcoin

China accounts for more than half of the world’s Bitcoin mining capacity but Jameson Lopp, the co-founder and CTO of Casa, has hosed down fears that Chinese miners are a threat to Bitcoin in a blog post on Aug. 9.Although many people have raised concerns over the concentration of such much hashpower being located in China, Loop pointed out that even in the event of a 51% attack on Bitcoin, attackers are limited in what they can actually do. He explained that attackers can't steal people's Bitcoin arbitrarily, nor change the consensus

Ethereum Classic Under Multiple 51% Attacks | Bitcoin News Summary Aug 10, 2020

 Ethereum Classic has suffered its second 51% attack in less than a week, bringing the ongoing security of the network into question. During the attack, the offending miner managed to double-spend $5.6 million worth of ETC after spending only $200,000 to acquire the hash power for the attack. The ETC team was advising its clients to halt interactions with the network while corrective steps were taken. The US branch of global cryptocurrency exchange, Binance has halted all trading and orders following an incident. CEO Catherine Coley tweeted, “Your funds

Ledger Client Details Leaked | Bitcoin News Summary Aug 3, 2020

 Some alarming news for Ledger hardware wallet users was announced. The company’s internal records were breached, revealing customer details which include up to a million email addresses. A further 9,500 customers had their full names, numbers, and addresses leaked. While funds secured by Ledger devices are still safe, any users who got an email from the company saying they were affected should be on guard against phishing or even real-world attacks. The perpetrators of last week’s high profile Twitter hack, in which accounts of various celebrities and leaders were