artillery-core (>=0.1.2 <=0.1.2-alpha.3), bastion (>=0.3.5 <=0.4.5) +502 more potentially affected by CVE-2021-38195 via libsecp256k1 (>=0.1.3 <=0.3.5)

libsecp256k1 CARGO version =0.1.3, =0.1.2, =0.3.5, =0.1.0, =0.1.1, =0.7.0, =0.1.0, =0.2.0, =1.0.0, =0.7.0, =0.8.2 and more Source cves: CVE-2021-38195 Source advisory: OSV:GHSA-G4VJ-X7V9-H82M...

BCH public chain OP_CHECKDATASIG suffers from a logic flaw vulnerability

The attack payload is a precisely constructed P2SH Transaction that utilizes the OPCHECKDATASIG opcode introduced by the BCH upgrade last November. The attack payload has a SigOP count of 1334 15 = 20010, and this attack payload TX is rejected by the node with an error of too many sigops, which i...

Steer clear of Bitcoin Cash generators

Here’s an interesting evolution on a well-worn scam, taking one profit generating fakeout and turning it into something else entirely. For years, gamers have been stuck navigating the treacherous waters of fake video game giveaways. With so many actual genuine gaming giveaways around, you’re neve...

This Week in Security News: Phishing Attacks and Ransomware

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about schemes used in phishing and other email-based attacks. Also, learn how ransomware continues to make a significant impact in the...

Cryptocurrency Firm Loses $145 Million After CEO Dies With Only Password

QuadrigaCX, the largest bitcoin exchange in Canada, has claimed to have lost CAD 190 million nearly USD 145 million worth of cryptocurrency after the exchange lost access to its cold offline storage wallets. Reason? Unfortunately, the only person with access to the company's offline wallet, found...

[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: electron-cash-3.3.4-1.fc28

Electron Cash is an easy to use Bitcoin Cash client. It protects you from l osing coins in a backup mistake or computer failure, because your wallet can be recovered from a secret phrase that you can write on paper or learn by heart. There is no waiting time when you start the client, because it...

[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: electron-cash-3.3.4-1.fc29

Electron Cash is an easy to use Bitcoin Cash client. It protects you from l osing coins in a backup mistake or computer failure, because your wallet can be recovered from a secret phrase that you can write on paper or learn by heart. There is no waiting time when you start the client, because it...

Hackers steal $60 million from Japan’s Zaif cryptocurrency exchange

By Waqas Zaif is the 35th largest cryptocurrency exchange by turnover. Hackers have stolen a whopping $60 million 6.7 billion yen worth of cryptocurrency from Zaif, the 35th largest cryptocurrency exchange dealing in Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Monacoin. The exchange is owned by Tech Bureau, Corp...

Free Thanatos Ransomware Decryption Tool Released

If your computer has been infected with Thanatos Ransomware and you are searching for a free ransomware decryption tool to unlock or decrypt your files—your search is over here. Security researchers at Cisco Talos have discovered a weakness in the Thanatos ransomware code that makes it possible f...

Free Thanatos Ransomware Decryption Tool Released

If your computer has been infected with Thanatos Ransomware and you are searching for a free ransomware decryption tool to unlock or decrypt your files—your search is over here. Security researchers at Cisco Talos have discovered a weakness in the Thanatos ransomware code that makes it possible f...

Files Cannot Be Decrypted? Challenge Accepted. Talos Releases ThanatosDecryptor

This blog post was authored by Edmund Brumaghin, Earl Carter and Andrew Williams. Executive summary Cisco Talos has analyzed Thanatos, a ransomware variant that is being distributed via multiple malware campaigns that have been conducted over the past few months. As a result of our research, we...

[SECURITY] Fedora 27 Update: electron-cash-3.1.2-1.fc27

Electron Cash is an easy to use Bitcoin Cash client. It protects you from l osing coins in a backup mistake or computer failure, because your wallet can be recovered from a secret phrase that you can write on paper or learn by heart. There is no waiting time when you start the client, because it...

Website Glitch Let Me Overstock My Coinbase

Coinbase and Overstock.com just fixed a serious glitch that allowed Overstock customers to buy any item at a tiny fraction of the listed price. Potentially more punishing, the flaw let anyone paying with bitcoin reap many times the authorized bitcoin refund amount on any canceled Overstock orders...

[SECURITY] Fedora 27 Update: electron-cash-3.1.1-1.fc27

Electron Cash is an easy to use Bitcoin Cash client. It protects you from l osing coins in a backup mistake or computer failure, because your wallet can be recovered from a secret phrase that you can write on paper or learn by heart. There is no waiting time when you start the client, because it...