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Whitebit’s director of Technology (CTO) – whose name remains under confidentiality agreements – reveal the technical strategies that the platform displays to deal with the threat of quantum computing and other sophisticated attacks in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. In an exclusive interview for cryptootics, he also expressed himself about Bitcoin, the philosophy of decentralization and the…
Monero is being “attacked” by Qubic, one of its most important mining pools. This pool intends to get 51% or more of the hashrate of the network between August 2 and 31, on the occasion of testing a hybrid mining form called UPOW (useful work test). According to Qubic, this attack is benevolent. However, part…
The leak occurred in 2022, but the addresses were recently disclosed. The address of the former president of Binance, “CZ”, appeared in the list of leaked emails. According to a researcher at SlowMist, a cybersecurity company founded in 2018, users of OpenSea, the popular NFT marketplace, could be targeted by phishing attacks. The leak of…
Pegasus Spyware News: WhatsApp has won the case filed against NSO Group, the company that makes Pegasus spyware. In this case going on in the American court, the judge, while giving the verdict in favor of WhatsApp, said that this Israeli company has violated American hacking laws and the terms of service of WhatsApp. With…
Following a conversation with an alleged cryptocurrency scammer, Nick Neuman, CEO of bitcoin self-custody platform Casa, took to X to explain to his audience how he managed to speak with someone who admitted to impersonating a Coinbase support agent. «Recently, I received a call from a scammer and decided to play along for a while…
Nunchuk presented its Decoy Wallet or decoy purse. Announced in early October, this is a solution that improves the security of bitcoin holdings through “plausible deniability.” This implementation is now available for the Nunchuk wallet mobile app for free. The best way to understand this decoy wallet is to imagine it as a hidden compartment…
