Private Keys News

With its US patent, crypto wallet Tangem sets a new milestone in boosting self-custody usability by enabling secure private key backups and transfers between devices.

A Texas federal court judge ordered Frank Richard Ahlgren III and any associates to hand over any crypto public and private keys, accounts and access codes.

The notorious hacker accumulated 51,000 Ether mostly by guessing weak private keys from 2016 to 2018.

In a recent Coinpectra video, we assessed the risk posed by quantum computing to cryptocurrency, potential solutions, and what investors should do to protect their portfolios.

It’s crucial to securely back up and store your seed phrase in multiple safe places, ensuring that you’re the only one who can access it when needed.

Instead of holding physical money, crypto wallets store private keys — digital codes that give you access to your cryptocurrencies.

Quantum computing raises concerns over the security of Satoshi Nakamoto’s 1 million Bitcoin, sparking debates on freezing vulnerable holdings to safeguard the network’s future.

Pump Science partially blamed Solana-based software firm BuilderZ for leaving the private key to the dev wallet address on GitHub for the public to see.

The partnership utilizes Google Cloud’s “Confidential Space” virtual machine service to secure transactions and meet compliance standards.

Fat finger errors prove that crypto is still vulnerable to simple human mistakes.

Bitcoin’s private keys won’t be breached any time soon, but the industry still needs to transition to “post-quantum cryptography.” 

James Howells continues his legal battle for 495 million British pounds ($647 million) in damages after Newport City Council blocked his landfill excavation request.

Zurich Cantonal Bank will take on the function of securely storing the private keys for its customers, according to exec Alexandra Scriba. 

Despite the falling number of smart contract exploits, hackers could surpass the previous year in terms of total value stolen.

The flaw consisted of missing interprocess validations, which could have allowed an attacker to hijack the 1Password browser extension or command line interface.