5 of the worst types of Ransomware
Ransomware has been around since 1989, the first being AIDS Trojan and was unleashed via floppy disks. It wasn't until last year, when the virus named WannaCry caused global panic in only 3 days, that the true threat of malware and more specifically ransomware entered into public consciousness. With the explosion of digital currencies, such as bitcoin, the growing pile of evidence to suggest that digital extortion of an almost untraceable currency could be profitable has mad
How serious is cryptocurrencies security problem?
A December 2017 report, completed by Ernst & Young (EY) detail just how big of a security problem cryptocurrency is currently facing. Researchers for EY collected data on 372 different initial coin offerings (ICOs), between 2015 through to 2017 and discovered that over 10% of all ICO proceeds are stolen by hackers. What does that 10% mean in terms of dollar value? An incredible $1.5 million per month stolen by hackers. Additionally, hackers are also getting away with perso
