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Swiss Cybersecurity Firm WISeKey Ends Share Buyback Program
The Zug-based firm repurchased 1,074,305 shares for about $1.5 million.
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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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Dfns plans to prevent crypto wallets being hacked by splitting the keys and distributing them across a network. (Shutterstock)
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.
Dfns plans to prevent crypto wallets being hacked by splitting the keys and distributing them across a network. (Shutterstock)

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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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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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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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Protect your seed phrase just as ferociously as you would your precious bodily fluids. Best practices are being demonstrated here by Sterling Hayden and Peter Sellers in Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove." (John Springer Collection/Getty Images)
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.
Protect your seed phrase just as ferociously as you would your precious bodily fluids. Best practices are being demonstrated here by Sterling Hayden and Peter Sellers in Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove." (John Springer Collection/Getty Images)

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Crowdsourced Threat Detector PolySwarm Goes Live on Mainnet
The network uses PolySwarm’s NCT token for transactions.
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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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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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