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This Week in Crypto – Investigations, White Hat Hacks, and Whales

Reading Time: 2 minutes This week in the crypto world we saw the SEC end its Ethereum investigation, a white hat hack go terribly wrong, and Bitcoin whales cash out at record levels. Is the top in? Certik and Ripple Get into White Hat Scrap Crypto exchange Kraken and blockchain security firm Certik got into

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This Week in Crypto – Investigations, White Hat Hacks, and Whales

Reading Time: 2 minutes This week in the crypto world we saw the SEC end its Ethereum investigation, a white hat hack go terribly wrong, and Bitcoin whales cash out at record levels. Is the top in? Certik and Ripple Get into White Hat Scrap Crypto exchange Kraken and blockchain security firm Certik got into a scrap this week after the latter got exposed for draining nearly $3 million in a white hat exercise…
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Six Egyptian Men Arrested Following Abduction and Sexual Assault Video

Security authorities in Giza have arrested six individuals, including five students and a delivery worker, following the viral spread of a social media video depicting the violent abduction of a young woman in broad daylight. Investigators tracked down the victim, who lives in the Al-Ahram area…

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Six Egyptian Men Arrested Following Abduction and Sexual Assault Video

Security authorities in Giza have arrested six individuals, including five students and a delivery worker, following the viral spread of a social media video depicting the violent abduction of a young woman in broad daylight. Investigators tracked down the victim, who lives in the Al-Ahram area…
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PSA: In the latest GTA 6 leak’s aftermath, it’s not a good idea to download files with names like totallylegitgta6leakedbuild.exe

If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Home News Grand Theft Auto VI PSA: In the latest GTA 6 leak’s aftermath, it’s not a good idea to download files with names like totallylegitgta6leakedbuild.exe Also beware anything dubbed certainlynotavirusthisisgta6myboy.exe Image credit: Rockstar Games

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PSA: In the latest GTA 6 leak’s aftermath, it’s not a good idea to download files with names like totallylegitgta6leakedbuild.exe

If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy.

PSA: In the latest GTA 6 leak’s aftermath, it’s not a good idea to download files with names like totallylegitgta6leakedbuild.exe

Also beware anything dubbed certainlynotavirusthisisgta6myboy.exe

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While scammers and other ne’er-do-wells leaning into the allure of playing GTA 6 as part of their efforts to spread malware isn’t anything new – cybersecurity companies have been issuing warnings about it for months – there appears to have been an uptick in such behaviour following the latest GTA 6 leak. With speculation rampant as to what exactly the hackers known as Cyberleek may have access to, now is not the time to be downloading any files claiming to be GTA 6.

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Devs to Anthropic, OpenAI, Cursor, and friends: Make security and privacy the default

Researchers scour social media to measure developer concerns about AI coding tools…

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Devs to Anthropic, OpenAI, Cursor, and friends: Make security and privacy the default

Researchers scour social media to measure developer concerns about AI coding tools…
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Coldcard Hacker Gets Brazen Bitcoin Laundering Offer Onchain

The Coldcard security incident entered another chapter after a public bitcoin transaction offered laundering services to the thief behind one of the largest self-custody bitcoin thefts ever recorded, while users also reported emergency firmware updates leaving some hardware wallets unusable. The new developments come just days after Coinkite disclosed that a long-dormant firmware flaw had

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Coldcard Hacker Gets Brazen Bitcoin Laundering Offer Onchain

The Coldcard security incident entered another chapter after a public bitcoin transaction offered laundering services to the thief behind one of the largest self-custody bitcoin thefts ever recorded, while users also reported emergency firmware updates leaving some hardware wallets unusable. The new developments come just days after Coinkite disclosed that a long-dormant firmware flaw had [……
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