The British Army has had material posted in it’s YouTube and Twitter accounts by unauthorised persons. For a time they lost control of the Twitter account, where the account name and profile image was changed. Information was posted to the Army’s official channels about cryptocurrencies, using images of Elon Musk, …
OpenSea NFT market place targeted in a phishing campaign
Following a data breach, OpenSea, the worlds largest market for non-fungible tokens, is warning it’s users about phishing attacks, following a data leak. Users of biggest NFT marketplace warned over phishing after data leak | Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) | The Guardian
Theft via Instagram – just promise something “to good to be true”
Nothing complicated about this – a simple scam, abusing people’s trust to net $3m. Send a message, pretend to be someone you are not, provide a malicious link and promise the victim something “free”. Crooks steal NFTs ‘worth $3m’ in Bored Ape Yacht Club heist • The Register It could …
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Ronin Network bailed out – FOLLOW UP
Last month we covered the $625m theft from Ronin, using a web3/smart contract, exploit against the decentralised finance service (DeFi). Now the company (and it’s clients) have been bailed out by cash investment by cryptocurrency giant Binance. Ronin Network bailed out by crypto giant Binance after hack – BBC News
The blockchain is not the end of the security process – UPDATED
This post was originally made on 30 March 2022 web3 (with a lowercase “w” of course) and its use of blockchain for better cybersecurity seems like a good idea. However here is another “profitable” cyber-attack on the technology – exploiting the processes to get into the secure systems. Ethereum sidechain …
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BBC tech review of 2021
Year in tech: The stories making headlines in 2021 – BBC News
