Digital ID

Pierluigi Paganini November 24, 2020
Crooks social-engineered GoDaddy staff to take over crypto-biz domains

Crooks were able to trick GoDaddy staff into handing over control of crypto-biz domain names in a classic DNS hijacking attack. Crooks were able to hijack traffic and email to various cryptocurrency-related websites as a result of a DNS hijacking attack on domains managed by GoDaddy. The threat actors were able to modify DNS settings […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2020
Hacker stole $2 million worth of Dai cryptocurrency from Akropolis

Threat actors have stolen $2 million worth of Dai cryptocurrency from the cryptocurrency borrowing and lending service Akropolis. Cryptocurrency borrowing and lending service Akropolis disclosed a “flash loan” attack, hackers have stolen roughly $2 million worth of Dai cryptocurrency. The attack took place on November 12, in response to the attack the platform halted all […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2020
US authorities behind $1 billion Bitcoin transaction of Silk Road funds

The United States announced the seizure of $1 billion worth of Bitcoin stolen by an individual from the Silk Road marketplace. On November 3, The United States this week announced that it has seized $1 billion worth of Bitcoin stolen by an individual from the Silk Road marketplace over half a decade ago. “The United […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2020
TELEGRAM LATENCY IN BELARUS: HOW THE NATIONAL PROVIDER CONTROLS THE TRAFFIC

At the end of October 2020, Qurium received reports from users in Belarus that Telegram service was not working properly. Although the service was reachable, an increased latency was noted among the users. Beltelecom, the national telecommunications company in Belarus, fully owned by the Government of Belarus and operated by the Ministry of Telecommunications, controls […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2020
Someone emptied a $1 billion BitCoin wallet ahead of Presidential Election

Yesterday almost $1 billion worth of cryptocurrency contained in a password-protected BitCoin wallet was moved to another wallet. Ahead of the 2020 Presidential election a mysterious transaction was noticed by cyber security experts and researchers. Someone has transferred almost $1 billion worth of cryptocurrency contained in a password-protected BitCoin wallet to another wallet. It is […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2020
Hacker was identified after the theft of $24 million from Harvest Finance

A threat actor has stolen roughly $24 million worth of cryptocurrency assets from decentralized finance service Harvest Finance. A hacker has stolen approximately $24 million worth of cryptocurrency assets from decentralized finance service Harvest Finance, a web portal that lets users finding the farming opportunities that will maximize their yield(APY) returns. The hack took place earlier today […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 20, 2020
How Automation can help you in Managing Data Privacy

The global data privacy landscape is changing and everyday we can see new regulations emerge. These regulations are encouraging organizations to be better custodians of the consumers data and create a healthier space for data privacy. In order to do so organizations will need to rework their operations and revamp their processes in order to […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 07, 2020
Indonesia Soon to Become the Fifth ASEAN Country to Adapt Data Privacy Laws

Earlier this year, Indonesia joined the ranks with the first four ASEAN countries including Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Thailand to have enacted laws relating to personal data protection. On January 28th, Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Information Technology announced that the final draft for the Personal Data Protection Act has been submitted to the president […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2020
Hackers stole more than $150 million from KuCoin cryptocurrency exchange

Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin disclosed a security breach, hackers stole $150 million from its hot wallets. Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin disclosed a major security incident, the hackers breached its hot wallets and stole all the funds, around $150 million. Deposits and withdrawals have been temporarily suspended while the company is investigating the security incident. “We […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2020
Twitter warns developers of possible API keys leak

Twitter is warning developers that their API keys, access tokens, and access token secrets may have been exposed in a browser’s cache. Twitter is sending emails to developers to warn them that their API keys, access tokens, and access token secrets may have been exposed in a browser’s cache. According to the social media firm, […]