Tag: cybercrime

All ransom payments that are made in crypto are taxed as property instead of currency. Thus, users should now be aware of the United States tax implications. Nearly 2,000 years ...

During the Covid crisis, internet cons have increased and some of their victims are left with little recourse to recover their lost funds. Jeremy Wilson (not his real name) lost ...

Many digital artists and creators of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) were in the midst of a highly targeted malware activity in the past week. At the time, a threat actor tried ...

Hackers and other cybercriminals are using ransomware attacks to steal money from governments and major companies around the world. The biggest meat processing company in the world, JBS, has said ...

Crypto scams are still on the rise in 2021 as Bitcoin (BTC) continues to surge further. The cybercriminals seem to be changing tactics and penetrating even the otherwise ‘safe’ spaces. ...

Officials in Singapore have now issued a notice to the would-be Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto investors, warning them of the many dangers that come with engaging with such a highly ...

After this incident, users now must ask themselves; how many more protocols are at risk? At around 9 am UTC on March 4, 2021, Meerkat, one decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol ...

The private industry invests a lot of resources to enable the government to fight crypto crimes, according to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. But, Yellen is concerned about cryptocurrency’s supposed ...

Livecoin, a Russian-based crypto exchange, has been hacked. The hackers managed to change the rates of cryptos traded on the service to earn quick and massive profits. That hack happened ...

Crypto scams are on the increase as the general crypto market enters a bull cycle. Bitcoin broke above the psychological $20,000 level and surged as high as $23,800 on December ...