Voxis Platform, a payment platform which enables carders to avoid credit card fraud detection by automating the behaviour of typical online spending habits, is allegedly being used to turn stolen credit cards into cash and/or bitcoin via payment gateways such as PayPal, Stripe and Coinbase. Continue reading
Multisig Vault By Coinbase
Coinbase today unveiled their multisig wallet product which will allow customers to store their bitcoin with the site while restricting the ability for Coinbase and others to move the coins unbeknownst to the customer. Coinbase stated that they underestimated customer demand for such a product. Continue reading
GNU wget Vulnerability
A vulnerability in GNU wget which allowed a potential attack by maliciously crafted urls has been found and patched. Not every implementation of wget had this flaw at the time GNU wget was patched, OpenBSD's version was patched five years ago.
CurrentC Breeched
Fiat mobile payments system and Apple Pay competitor CurrentC has been hacked according to a number of reports. CurrentC says a number of customer email addresses were taken, and the damage is allegedly confined to that.
RockMiner and ASICMINER Form Mining Cartel to Launch AMHash1
ZeusMiner a scrypt mining hardware producer announced in September their partnership with RockMiner to help enter the Bitcoin market. RockMiner then announced they would also be partnering with ASICMINER and XBTec in launching AMHash1 mining fund on Havelock Investments. Continue reading
MIT Bitcoin Project Goes Live
The MIT Bitcoin Project, which raised over $500,000 in bitcoin earlier this year, has finally gone live. Continue reading
Bitcoin Options Are Back At IG Markets
IG Markets, the online forex and CFD broker, has brought back bitcoin binary options to the platform. IG Markets previously provided bitcoin options in April of 2013 but removed the offering only a month later. Continue reading
USG Bezzel Rocket Explodes
WKMG in Orlando reports that an unmanned resupply ship commissioned by NASA for the International Space Station has exploded seconds after launch. The craft was an Antares Rocket and Cygnus Resupply craft combination supplied to NASA by contractor Orbital Sciences Corporation.
Update: Video of the explosion Continue reading
LedgerX Thinks Bitcoin is Ready for Options (Again)
New York City startup LedgerX has submitted applications to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commisions (CFTC), to register as a "swap execution facility and derivatives clearing organization." If approved LedgerX would be allowed to list physically-settled digital currency option contracts, particularly Bitcoin denominated contracts. Continue reading
Justcoin Exchange Closing
Justcoin is shutting their doors. The announcement on their blog simply reads:
Justcoin is shutting down. Affected users, check your email
But the email reportedly sent to users goes into a bit more detail. Continue reading