Ever since a single Bitcoin became worth a small fortune, there have been people trying to steal them. Sure, there have some small-time thieves who’ve stolen a few hundred dollars worth of Bitcoin here and there. But there have also been heists. Massive, highly orchestrated attacks that lead to millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency changing hands. And they just keep happening.
Feb 27
Apr 09
You can blow away any website in the world if you try hard. Throw enough traffic at a server on the internet—friendly or otherwise—and it’ll buckle. For most these attacks are a headache, but here’s one man who makes a sport (and money) out of swarming his enemies online. More »
Jul 18
Salutations, My Dearest One: I am writing to you this blog post with joy and happy feelings in my heart, bringing news that will be of great interest and benefit to you. Oh, beloved, there is indeed a special reason for why I have chosen to contact you in this moment of your day, I write to you now because of the urgency of our situation: the world’s third-largest spam botnet was knocked offline, today—for good. More »