- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 12th, 2016
Bitcoin Wallet Blockchain.info Recovers from DNS Hijacking Attack
At the time of writing, everything is back to normal
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 7th, 2016
Dridex Banking Trojan Will Soon Target Crypto-Currency Wallets
Recent Dridex versions attempt to blacklist computer configurations regularly used by security researchers
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 9th, 2016
Bitcoin Wallets Removed from Apple App Store After Users Reported Stolen Funds
Users reported stolen funds after installing the fake apps
- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 5th, 2016
DDoS Attack on BitGo Bitcoin Wallet Sends Shock Waves Through the Industry
Service resumes operations after a few hours
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 29th, 2016
Repeated DDoS Attacks Force Coinkite Bitcoin Wallet to Close Down Web Service
Company will move on to Bitcoin-based hardware products
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- May 29th, 2015
Blockchain’s Android Wallet Generates Duplicate Addresses
Duplicate wallet collects about $8,000 in 4 months
- Apple & Mac Blog
- By Filip Truta
- June 16th, 2014
Apple Approves Bitcoin Wallet App “Coin Pocket”
Following change of heart / rules, Apple starts approving virtual currency apps
- Virus alerts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 10th, 2014
Mac OS X Trojan That Steals Bitcoins Spotted in the Wild
The malware is disguised as an app called StealthBit
- Apple & Mac Blog
- By Filip Truta
- November 29th, 2013
Am I Rich? App Tells You How Rich or How Poor You Are, in Bitcoins
Keep tabs on your Bitcoin mining progress in the Eligius pool
- Web Blog
- By Gabriela Vatu
- November 29th, 2013
Bitcoin Exchange Mt. Gox Upgrades Security, Offers Password Generator
Mt. Gox users can order a one-time password card to protect their accounts
- Apple & Mac Blog
- By Filip Truta
- November 18th, 2013
Apple Rejects Coinbase Bitcoin App from iTunes
“We’re not sure why it was taken down,” says Coinbase CEO
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- November 13th, 2013
Bitcoin Exchange Bitcash.cz Hacked, Users Warned of Fake Emails
The wallets of as many as 4,000 users might have been emptied
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- November 7th, 2013
Bitcoin Wallet Inputs.io Hacked, 4,100 BTC Stolen
The hackers exploited a server-side vulnerability to bypass two-factor authentication
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Eduard Kovacs
- August 15th, 2013
Google Releases Patch for Android Flaw That Can Be Exploited for Bitcoin Wallet Theft
The SecureRandom class is utilized in over 360,000 Android applications
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- August 12th, 2013
Random Number Generation Flaw in Android Exposes Bitcoin Wallets to Theft
All apps that generate private keys on Android smartphones are impacted