Bitcoin

Troublesome 7000 BTC Heist In Binance, Unrecoverable

Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance is suffering a huge Bitcoin heist as they lost 7000 BTC, worth around $40 million at the time of this writing. There is speculation that a painful transaction retraction “may” take place in order to desperately recover the huge losses. A retraction of the transaction (AKA Bitcoin Chain Reorg) has not happened

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Know More About The Bitcoin Core Fake Wallet

As Bitcoin matures and other cryptocurrency alternatives emerge, the growth of interest with cryptocurrency wallet and cryptocurrency node also comes into effect. At the time of this writing, 1 BTC is around $3,960, though huge for an average Joe, it used to be as high $19,783.21 on Dec 17, 2017. Bitcoin Core, the free software bitcoin

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How To Reverse Bitlocker Encryption On A Corporate PC?

Encryption was once a luxury feature instead of a security requirement, however, as more and more users realize that they are walking with their mobile device loaded with personal data. Corporations and security-conscious individuals have started mandatory encryption policy, in order to prevent theft and loss of data, especially on airports where thousands of laptops

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Why Cryptocurrency’s Future Needs More Women Behind The Scenes

Although recent gains within the realm of digital currencies like Ether and Bitcoin have generated considerable wealth for savvy investors, this landscape of beneficiaries is not particularly diverse in gender. In fact, most estimates suggest female participation in crypto—from adoption, to investment, to general use—only hovers somewhere around​ one to five percent.​ This reality stems

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Here’s A Warning To The Police: Ransomware Is The New Criminal

In the past, information used by the police department to investigate crimes came in the form of paper documents, resting in physical file folders, housed in a series of file cabinets. These days, not a ton has really changed, as police departments still store data in this type of antiquated, old-fashioned way. But as fields

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Must-Know Tips On How To Protect Your Bitcoin Wallet

Recent reports claimed that Rakhni, a ransomware strain, has developed a new coinminer component that allows it to sneak into the funds of Bitcoin users. Rakhni is said to have the ability to lurk around a targeted computer before inflicting an attack. It then can either infect a computer right after sneaking in or run

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Fixing the Gap in the Cryptocurrency Security

23,952,849 Blockchain wallets, that is the total estimated number of entities that engage with cryptocurrency as of the first quarter of 2018 based on the study conducted by Statistica. The growth of the use of blockchain technology was very quick, as this new trend for speculative investment has expanded from a mere 3 million wallets

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