Bitcoin's 'New Frontier' of Cybercrime Explored at Barcelona Event
Bitcoin attackers present "a new frontier" for cybercrime, a gathering of top security specialists heard in Barcelona this week. Government agencies, banks, universities, private companies and consulting firms attending the Anti-Phishing Working Group's (APWG) eCrime 2015 event on Tuesday were warned by a panel of cryptocurrency experts that research in the sector is lagging behind criminal practice. Speaking inside the CaixaForum, APWG chairman Dave Jevans, who has been following bitcoin since 2011, told the audience that this knowledge gap presented a challenge for everyone in the room,....
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