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On the Importance of Learning to Distinguish Your Friends From Your Enemies in the World of Cryptocurrency.

15 Nov 2023 1 minute read 2 comments ssaurel

To successfully benefit from the boom in the cryptocurrency market, you will have to learn to distinguish your friends from your enemies. Friends are those who will share opinions, ideas, and facts, leaving the power of decision in your hands. This i...

Top five biggest crypto heist ever

25 Jun 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Ticktalker

Rug pull is a common kind of crypto scam where developers or individuals intentionally manipulate the price of a token or coin to deceive investors and make sudden profits at their expense. OneCoin is considered one of the biggest crypto Ponzi schem...

Misunderstanding the Economic Factors of Cybercrime

30 May 2020 2 minute read 2 comments Matthew Rosenquist

A new study by Cambridge Cybercrime Centre titled Cybercrime is (often) boring: maintaining the infrastructure of cybercrime economies concludes that cybercrime is boring and recommends authorities change their strategy to highlight the tedium in or...

Kim Kardashian Pays a $1.26M Fine to the SEC for Recommending the EthereumMax Scam to Her Fans.

8 Oct 2022 2 minute read 5 comments ssaurel

The reality show has been called to order by reality. In the cryptocurrency world, “there's only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.” Kim Kardashian, the planetary star has learned this the hard way. She was indeed pinned by the American mar...

uHive Revisited (and Some Crypto Scams or Otherwise Sus Projects)

22 Jul 2023 7 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark

"This fake crypto-/money-earning/cloud-mining app is different from our other fake earning/mining apps. No, really, it is! See, that's because we've changed the name and colour scheme of it while keeping everything else the same! But don't be fooled...

Cryptojacking: The Silent Menace

10 May 2024 7 minute read 2 comments OogaBooga

In the world of cybersecurity, a shadow lurks, one that operates in silence, stealthily exploiting our devices for its own gain. This shadowy threat goes by the name of cryptojacking, a cunning practice that has been in the digital underworld for qui...

Some Justice for Phone Scammers

3 Dec 2020 1 minute read 9 comments Matthew Rosenquist

You know those spam calls that threaten money is owed to the IRS and if you don’t pay over-the-phone you will be arrested?  How about the call that the US Immigration will deport you if you don’t pay.  All annoying scams.  But, highly profitable for...

How to Avoid Social Media Fake Crypto Scams

14 Aug 2023 4 minute read 2 comments MintDice.com

The internet is a wild place, and cryptocurrency only further stirred the pot of confusion. Tons of scams are easy to fall victim to, no matter how advanced you are in navigating crypto and the internet. Is it even possible to avoid these fake crypto...

Bitcoin and crypto hackers 2019

26 May 2019 1 minute read 37 comments salahchiva

Be aware of Bitcoin and crypto hackers. Now they are sending out fake wallets updates. Make sure your crypto coins are kept saved on cold wallets. Every time you are sending crypto to any wallet, take a moment and verify the address before you hit th...

What I Learned From Being Scammed (twice) in the Cryptocurrency Space

12 Jan 2019 5 minute read 4 comments Mina Down

  This story is for all cryptocurrency enthusiasts out there, but it is especially for new enthusiasts and those still learning about the cryptospace. In this article, I explain some of the most common scams I’ve seen, how I was scammed myself, and h...