CS Digest Section: Blockchain and Digital Currency

Recent times have seen banks hedging their bets or even fully integrating cryptocurrencies. The acquisition and filing of patents is how large organizations truly express their interest in a given field, and Bank of America continues to lead the way, now having secured its latest patent in the blockchain and crypto space, one for "tamper-responsive" remote

https://www.ccn.com/second-largest-us-bank-wins-patent-for-crypto-storage-system/

Cryptojacking crooks hide mining malware in what looks like a legitimate software update.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/cryptojacking-mining-malware-pretends-to-be-a-flash-update/

A nightmare for promising startups but a common problem in the cryptocurrency industry is theft -- and the attacker which allegedly targeted Taylor did not hold back.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/all-of-cryptocurrency-trading-app-taylors-funds-have-been-stolen/

For those who manage their cryptocurrency in offline, or "cold," wallets under the premise that they cannot be compromised, recent news from researcher Dr. Mordechai Guri from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, raises some alarms. Guri demonstrated that cold wallets can be infected with malicious code, allowing an attacker to access the wallet’s

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/isolated-airgapped-cypto-wallets/

Four out of five initial coin offerings (ICOs) that have taken place in the last year have been classified as scams, according to a recent study by Satis Group, an ICO advisory firm. ICOs have been the rage of the cryptocurrency world because they allow companies to raise money for various ventures by issuing cryptocurrency tokens that users could buy and

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/cryptocurrency/81-percent-of-recent-icos-were-scams-research-finds/