Imagine this: you walk to your mailbox, and nestled amongst the junk mail and bills is a crisp, official-looking letter. It's from Ledger. Your heart skips a beat. Urgent Security Update Required it screams. A wave of anxiety washes over you. This isn’t your average bait phishing email that you...
Heads up to Ledger users! Or, a more advanced email phishing scam could be alarming you with a bogus copycat site designed to drain your crypto holdings. This latest scam first popped up around two weeks ago. It takes advantage of previous data breaches and uses fear of the unknown...
The world of crypto—as promising and lucrative as it may be—is a wild west riddled with cybercriminals. Mehdi Farooq, a New York-based venture capitalist, was recently the target of a particularly advanced phishing attack. This case is a timely reminder of the dangers that continue to evolve in the crypto...
The news hit me like a cold wallet: A crypto VC, someone supposed to be at the bleeding edge of finance, fell for a phishing scam and lost a chunk of their life savings. Mehdi Farooq of Hypersphere, a guy betting on the future of digital assets, got rekt by...
Mehdi Farooq, investment partner at Hypersphere, who recently survived a particularly sophisticated phishing attack. This cyber attack set him back tens of thousands of dollars, a significant blow to his life savings. The attack included a very artistic honeypot Zoom call. This recent situation is further evidence of the evolution...
The crypto universe may not have delivered on its promise of true decentralization and financial independence, it has delivered a playground for scammers to exploit naive users. The recent attack on Ledger demonstrates the very real dangers of downloading crypto hardware from sources that can’t be verified. One unfortunate cryptocurrency...
Imagine the pain of building a better future for yourself through an extraordinary lifetime of work and thrift. You plan for a comfortable retirement, only to have it all wiped out with a click in cyberspace. One cryptocurrency investor lost an astonishing $6.9 million—their entire life savings—to a cold wallet...
Let's be brutally honest – getting your crypto stolen feels like being punched in the gut, then finding out your insurance policy doesn't cover "digital punches." As the crypto world matures there are lots of fascinating opportunities, especially around decentralized finance. Inside, though, it’s crawling with sophisticated scams that can...
Cryptocurrency related scams are out of control. In just 2024 year-to-date, criminals have made off with an estimated $2.2 billion, representing a jaw-dropping 21% increase over last year. Even with tremendous work from law enforcement and the nonprofit blockchain investigative community, only a small percentage of victims ever see their...
Let's be real. You’re reading this because you’re either concerned about falling victim to a fraud scheme, or even more concerningly, you already have. Instead, you should be flooded with a QB-scrambling, post-collision medley of rage and irritation. You might be wondering Why am I such an idiot? I get...
The landscape of cryptocurrency, though replete with unprecedented opportunity, can be fraught with danger. In the first quarter of 2025 alone, a staggering $1.77 billion was lost due to scams, hacks, and simple user errors. These losses underline the need for crypto recovery services that actually work and provide a...
Well, Robinhood has finally gotten on the staking bandwagon here in the US. Ethereum and Solana are now available, luring you in with the promise of sweet, sweet passive income. But before you dive headfirst into the crypto pool, let’s first talk about its potential. An ingenious move, or just...
Let's be real, when I first saw Robinhood was taking a 25% cut of staking rewards for ETH and SOL, my immediate reaction was: "Seriously?" I could feel my inner Hanh getting flustered. Having spent so many hours at community hackathons, powered by instant ramen and visions of decentralized finance,...
Robinhood is an app that lets you invest and trade in just about anything. It has recently expanded its services to allow users to stake Ethereum (ETH) and Solana (SOL). This decision is seen as a victory for the firm. It follows a period of regulatory ambiguity that prevented Robinhood...
Losing your crypto private keys? A gut-wrenching feeling, isn't it? It’s a horrible feeling to lose the deed to your home. Now picture that house as a digital fortress, guarded at all costs by a dragon of encryption! This is no longer a matter of if, but when for most...
In the often confusing reality of cryptocurrency, not having access to your digital wallets is a disaster. KeychainX has become the world’s largest and fastest provider of crypto asset recovery services. They are efficient whizzes at tackling problematic passwords, corrupted files and buggy, damaged devices. The little-known company gets attention...
Okay, let's talk crypto mining. DRML Miner, which has been active since 2018 and has over 7 million users, recently launched their 2025 cloud mining strategy. Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum – the usual suspects are all up for grabs. The hard sell? Easy entry, no messy hardware, and passive income. Plus...
Want to stop the billionaires from getting all the bailout dollars, while the rest of us fall further behind? We’re in for a big adventure, so get ready! The Bitcoin mining industry is serving up a fresh round of injustice, and it’s more insidious than you’d think. We're talking about...