Hackers Plant Crypto Miners by Exploiting Flaw in Popular Server Framework Salt
Hackers have exploited a critical flaw in infrastructure management tool Salt and, in one case planted crypto mining software.
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The war game was designed in 2018 to prepare troops for future conflicts fought on computers rather than on the battlefield.
Ukrainian police have arrested a hacker who allegedly sold 773 million email addresses, along with passwords, bank PIN codes and cryptocurrency wallets.
Elrond is conducting a “trial by fire” exercise on its blockchain protocol, offering big bounties to white-hat hackers who can disrupt the network.
A number of supercomputers programmed to search for a vaccine for the coronavirus were remotely hijacked last week using stolen credentials.
Notorious hacking group Lazarus is said to be increasing its efforts to steal cryptocurrency from traders and industry professionals during the COVID-19 crisis.
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IOTA Foundation Suspends Network, Probes Fund Theft in Trinity Wallet
The German nonprofit, which supports several decentralized platforms, said it received several reports of fund theft from its Trinity Wallet users and decided to shut off the Coordinator node in the network for further investigation.
