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Avaddon ransomware is exploiting Excel 4.0 macros to deploy an attack against users. 1531 Total views 35 Total shares Microsoft Security Intelligence alerted users to a type of ransomware, called Avaddon, that uses Excel 4.0 macros to distribute malicious emails. These emails contain attachments which deploy an attack when opened in any version of Excel.Avaddon…

The largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has launched an analysis division to conduct  “institutional-grade” research reports, according to an announcement published Nov. 8.Binance’s new analysis division, Binance Research, is set to prepare institutional-grade research reports with the objective of increasing transparency and improve the quality of information within the cryptocurrency space.The division has already conducted and…

The investment will reportedly allow Reef to implement more cross-chain integrations with Serum and Raydium on Solana. 779 Total views 5 Total shares After investing in travel app Maps.me and decentralized finance protocol Oxygen, Alameda Research will be putting $20 million into Reef Finance, the Polkadot-based DeFi platform.According to Reef Finance, Alameda Research will be…

Kraken is reportedly in talks with top investment firms including Fidelity and Tribe Capital for a fundraising round that could value the company at $10 billion or more. 372 Total views 4 Total shares Major U.S.-based crypto exchange Kraken is reportedly in talks for a new funding round that could double the company’s valuation to…

A federal law enforcement agency within the U.S. Department of Justice has recently announced a bid auction for approximately 660 confiscated Bitcoins (BTC), the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) reports Thursday, Oct.18.The bid, held by the USMS, will take place on Nov. 5, but the participants have to register themselves no later than Oct. 31 and…

Platforms including EigenLayer, Symbiotic and Karak are charting new territory on the frontier of restaking.

Canadian law firm Miller Thomson has made a request to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to conduct an exhumation and post-mortem autopsy on the body of Gerald Cotten, the deceased owner of the now-defunct Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX.On Dec. 13, the Miller Thomson lawyers explained in a letter to the RCMP that the request…

Financial services giant American Express (Amex) has filed a patent for a blockchain-based system to capture and transmit the image of a receipt, according to a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) patent filing published Nov. 13.The patent applicant is listed as American Express Travel Related Services Co., Inc., the company’s travel subsidiary. The new…

Crypto-users may one day be able to automatically pay their electricity and telephone bills through their self-custodial crypto wallets, according to payments giant Visa.In a Dec. 20 blog post, Visa’s crypto thought leadership team proposed a solution that would allow providers to automaticall “pull” funds from users’ Ethereum-powered crypto wallets, without requiring the user to…