Technologie

Electrum Developers Apply Fix After Apple Update Bricks Bitcoin Wallets

Apple's most recent Mac update is causing major problems for one of Bitcoin’s oldest wallets.

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Technologie

'High' Severity Bug in Bitcoin Software Revealed 2 Years After Fix

A previously undisclosed bug in Bitcoin Core could have let attackers steal Lightning Network funds, delay transfers or split the network had it not been patched in 2018.

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Technologie

Buggy Code Release Knocks 13% of Ethereum Nodes Offline

Over 1,000 Ethereum nodes will have to resync or find a new client provider after a critical bug in OpenEthereum’s codebase was revealed.

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Technologie

Ethereum Tokens Worth $1B Vulnerable to 'Fake Deposit Attack'

A software bug that deposits fake balances into cryptocurrency exchange wallets has been detected in 7,772 ERC-20 tokens worth over $1 billion.

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Technologie

Fixing This Bitcoin-Killing Bug Will (Eventually) Require a Hard Fork

The bug sheds light on the challenges of Bitcoin's decentralization. At least we've got 86 years for the community to join together and implement a fix.

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Technologie

Twitter Bug Exposed Millions of User Phone Numbers

A bug in Twitter's Android app let users connect random phone numbers to real Twitter handles.

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Märkte

A Dangerous Bug in Bitcoin's Lightning Network Has Been Fixed

Bitcoin developer Rusty Russell disclosed Friday the lightning network vulnerability that forced software upgrades in July.

Acinq software developer Bastien Teinturier image via Twitter

Märkte

Coinbase Reveals Password Glitch Affecting 3,500 Customers

The rare bug impacted roughly .01 percent of the exchange's 30 million customers, Coinbase revealed Friday.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

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Tendermint Says Last Month's Cosmos Vulnerability Exposed Security Loophole

Tendermint, the firm behind the core technology of Cosmos, has released a full disclosure about a past vulnerability in the Cosmos SDK.

Zaki Manian

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What the Foreshadow Flaw Means for the Future of Cryptocurrency

A new security flaw doesn't bode well for experimental cryptocurrency projects looking to use trusted hardware in the near future.

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