Online Security

Programmer Warith Al Maawali has discovered a security breach in the Coinomi cryptocurrency wallet, as a result of which the Coinomi crypto wallet sends users' passphrases to the Google spell-check service in unencrypted form, thereby opening up access for scammers to private information and giving them the opportunity to take over users' funds. This breach in the wallet's security was discovered during the investigation of the mysterious theft of 90% of the programmer's funds.

With the arrival of the cryptocurrency era came new threats from hackers as well – hidden mining, or cryptojacking. Previously hackers made a living by stealing bank card data and extortion, but now the demand for cryptocurrency has given hackers a new trade – the hidden mining of coins on computers and mobile devices using viruses.

New malicious software has been discovered that is capable of operating through various web browser extensions. The malware called Razy disguises itself as a browser extension and steals digital currencies from infected devices...

The hacker who created a seed-phrase generator for IOTA cryptocurrency wallets in order to steal users' keys was detained by Europol on January 23. According to current data, the damage from his fraudulent activity is estimated at more than 10 million euros...

A special virus has been discovered in China aimed at attacking mining equipment created by the company Bitmain. It is noted that the virus attacks Antminer from Bitmain and extorts 10 BTC from their owners under the threat of overheating the device and causing it to fail...