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Germany shuts down servers for Russian darknet marketplace Hydra

The Verge

Treasuremen,” or dealers connected with the site, push drugs throughout the region by hiding them in geo-tagged pickup locations. Although Hydra is known for aiding in the sale of narcotics, a report from risk intelligence organization Flashpoint (via Wired ) points to cryptocurrency laundering as another growing trend. billion (~$1.35

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Ozzy Osbourne’s NFT project shared a scam link, and followers lost thousands of dollars

The Verge

But just two days after the tokens were minted, supporters are being targeted by a phishing scam that drains cryptocurrency from their wallets, playing off a bad link shared by the project’s official Twitter account. I tagged them a few times in various tweets, as have a few other people, but no response,” he said.

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Epic says it’s ‘open’ to blockchain games after Steam bans them

The Verge

Epic tells The Verge that it’s “open to games that support cryptocurrency or blockchain-based assets” on its game store, unlike its competitor Valve which has banned games that feature blockchain technology or NFTs from Steam. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. It seems now they have at least one question answered.

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Thoughts on Libra

Phil Windley

Summary: Facebook has announced their Libra cryptocurrency. This is good news for cryptocurrencies and market-incentivized networks. Yesterday, after months of speculation, Facebook announced Libra , a cryptocurrency with the mission of enabling a simple global currency and financial infrastructure that empowers billions of people.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Fuzzing Crypto

ForAllSecure

For others, it means cryptocurrency. Guido Vranken returns to The Hacker Mind to discuss his CryptoFuzz tool on GitHub, as well as his experience fuzzing and finding vulnerabilities in cryptographic libraries and also within cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum. That means it falls to you to protect your cryptocurrency.

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Are You Paying for Crytpominers to Use Your Cloud?

SecureWorld News

The report was published by Google's Cybersecurity Action Team and is based on observations from its Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and other internal teams. This leads us to the first section of the report, which is dedicated to looking at how malicious actors use compromised Google Cloud instances for cryptocurrency mining.

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Using a Theory of Justice to Build a Better Web3

Phil Windley

If you look at the poster children of Web3, cryptocurrencies and NFTs, the record is spotty for how well these systems reward participation rather than rewarding early investors. For example, if you're designing a cryptocurrency, assume you're one of the people late to the game. Tags: web3 freedom agency ssi.

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