Cybersecurity

Owning a Bitcoin ATM

 by Antonio Requena, Gabriel Gonzalez and Sergio Ruiz. Nowadays, Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies might look lees popular than they did just a few years ago. However, it is still quite common to find Bitcoin ATMs in numerous locations.  IOActive had access to few of these machines, specifically to Lamassu’s Douro ATM (https://lamassu.is). This provided us with […]

Cybersecurity

Hive Ransomware Resurfaces as Hunters International, Bitdefender Claim

Bitdefender researchers and the cybersecurity community speculate that Hunters International might be a revival or successor to the Hive Ransomware, especially in the absence of any reported arrests by the authorities. Hive, one of the most notorious global ransomware operators, targeted over 1,300 companies and amassed $100 million in ransom payments. However, it was dismantled […]

Cybersecurity

Log analysis and security firm Graylog raises $9M in equity, $30M in debt | TechCrunch

The decline in VC funding for cybersecurity startups might finally be reversing course after months of discouraging trend lines. Recently, Crunchbase reported that cybersecurity startups raised nearly $1.9 billion through 153 deals in Q3 — a 12% increase from the $1.7 billion raised across 181 deals in the previous quarter. There’s anecdotal evidence of a […]