Scams

SEC Charges Crypto Mining Firm Geosyn Mining with Fraud

The SEC has charged Geosyn Mining and its founders with fraud and unregistered securities offering.Nearly $5.6 million was raised from investors under false pretenses...

The Rise of Deepfake Scams: A Growing Concern

KEY TAKEAWAYA deepfake video of Andrew Forrest endorsing a scam crypto platform has raised alarms.Meta, Facebook and Instagram's parent company, banned deepfakes in 2020,...

Cryptocurrency scams: What you need to know and how to protect yourself

People are obsessed with cryptocurrencies. Digital currencies like Bitcoin, Monero, Ethereum, and Dogecoin are everywhere on the internet. Their skyrocketing value promises big profits...

Kim Kardashian and Floyd Mayweather Sued For Cryptocurrency Fraud

Kim Kardashian and former boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. are accused of collaborating to artificially increase the price of cryptocurrency and a lawsuit has...

Libra Cryptocurrency Scams Already Active Ahead Of 2020 Launch

No sooner had Facebook announced Libra cryptocurrency and the matching digital Calibra wallet that cybercriminals tried to get a head start on a new...

YouTube Bitcoin Scams Pushing the njRAT Backdoor InfoStealer

YouTube scams are promoting software that pretends to allow users to get free Bitcoins, but instead installs the njRAT remote access trojan and password stealer.These...

UK financial watchdog warns investors after £27m lost to crypto scams

Cryptocurrency and foreign exchange (forex) scams tripled in the last financial year, according to new data from the UK financial watchdog, the Financial Conduct...

Series of ‘China Official’ Scams Plague Singapore

“Try not to succumb to tricksters who imitate authorities from China and request that unfortunate casualties exchange cash utilizing bitcoin machines,” said the police...

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U.S. Lawmakers Push “Fort Knox” Bitcoin Reserve Plan

The ARMA Act proposes creating a U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, backed by 5% of the global supply and funded...

The Secret Behind Shiba Inu’s Meteoric 2021 Rise

Shiba Inu's 2021 rally was fueled by a massive token burn by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, creating a major...

npm Staged Publishing Requires Human Approval

GitHub has introduced mandatory two-factor approval for npm package releases to combat software supply chain attacks.A new "staged publishing"...