Electrum DDoS botnet infects over 150K hosts
Hackers have infected nearly 152,000 hosts with a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) botnet targeting Electrum developers and their servers.
Bitcoin
WannaMine Crypto-mining malware
Security firms have recently seen numerous attacks whose main objective is to infect systems with crypto-mining software in an effort to profit off the rise of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and Monero.
NiceHash security breach
NiceHash, a Bitcoin mining market and exchange company, reported it was a victim of a data breach and planned to suspend operations for 24 hours.
Cryptocurrency cyber security advice
Cyber security and investment experts offer good advice on how users can protect cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, from hackers.