{ "entity": "SecurityChain", "subtitle": "An eCorp Venture", "domain": "securitychain.com", "vertical": "Security & Trust", "count": 18, "generated_at": "2026-07-30T19:49:20.345Z", "articles": [ { "title": "China Business Journal warns of fraudsters demanding Bitcoin payments in impersonation scam", "url": "https://cryptobriefing.com/china-business-journal-bitcoin-extortion-scam/", "summary": "The scam highlights vulnerabilities in digital communication, emphasizing the need for enhanced cybersecurity measures and public awareness to prevent fraud.\nThe post China Business Journal warns of fraudsters demanding Bitcoin payments in impersonation scam appeared first on Cry", "source": "CryptoBriefing", "published": "Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:40:52 +0000", "image": "https://static.cryptobriefing.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/30154049/cryptocurrency-scams-400x210.png", "_source_themes": [], "_source_verticals": [ "chain" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_has_theme": true, "_has_vertical": true, "_score": 46 }, { "title": "Scattered Spider Hackers Plead Guilty on Day 1 of Trial", "url": "https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/06/scattered-spider-hackers-plead-guilty-on-day-1-of-trial/", "summary": "Two men pleaded guilty in the United Kingdom this week to criminal charges stemming from an August 2024 cyberattack that crippled Transport for London, the entity responsible for the public transport network in the Greater London area. The duo were key members of a prolific cyber", "source": "KrebsOnSecurity", "published": "Tue, 23 Jun 2026 16:12:49 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "security", "cyber" ], "_source_verticals": [], "_source_weight": 2, "_has_theme": true, "_has_vertical": false, "_score": 12 }, { "title": "IRS warns of counterfeit letters targeting crypto holders with fake compliance portal", "url": "https://cryptobriefing.com/irs-warns-counterfeit-letters-crypto-holders/", "summary": "The scam highlights the growing sophistication of phishing tactics, exploiting increased IRS scrutiny on crypto, risking financial and data security.\nThe post IRS warns of counterfeit letters targeting crypto holders with fake compliance portal appeared first on Crypto Briefing.", "source": "CryptoBriefing", "published": "Thu, 30 Jul 2026 18:55:45 +0000", "image": "https://static.cryptobriefing.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/30145540/internal-revenue-service-logo-irs-irs-logo-1795x608-png-down-400x210.png", "_source_themes": [], "_source_verticals": [ "chain" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_has_theme": true, "_has_vertical": true, "_score": 46 }, { "title": "Who Runs the Ransomware Group ‘The Gentlemen?’", "url": "https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/06/who-runs-the-ransomware-group-the-gentlemen/", "summary": "A cybercrime group known as The Gentlemen has emerged as the second most active ransomware gang by victim count, rapidly attracting a talented pool of hackers through an aggressive recruitment strategy that promises affiliates 90 percent of any ransom paid by victims. This post e", "source": "KrebsOnSecurity", "published": "Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:03:44 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "security", "cyber" ], "_source_verticals": [], "_source_weight": 2, "_has_theme": true, "_has_vertical": false, "_score": 12 }, { "title": "Bitchat Mesh App Defies India Cybercrime Notice After Protesters Use It During Network Restrictions", "url": "https://bitcoinmagazine.com/politics/bitchat-mesh-app-defies-india-cybercrime-notice-after-protesters-use-it-during-network-restrictions", "summary": "Bitcoin Magazine\n\nBitchat Mesh App Defies India Cybercrime Notice After Protesters Use It During Network Restrictions\nThe open-source Bitchat app, designed to work without internet or central servers, continued functioning and spreading peer-to-peer after authorities targeted its", "source": "Bitcoin Magazine", "published": "Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [], "_source_verticals": [ "chain" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_has_theme": true, "_has_vertical": true, "_score": 46 }, { "title": "Read This Before You Buy That TV Streaming Stick", "url": "https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/07/read-this-before-you-buy-that-tv-streaming-stick/", "summary": "Security experts have been sounding the alarm for years about the risks of using generic TV boxes that promise unlimited content streaming for a one-time fee, warning that they secretly rent the user's Internet connection out to strangers. But a groundbreaking new analysis finds ", "source": "KrebsOnSecurity", "published": "Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:49:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "security", "cyber" ], "_source_verticals": [], "_source_weight": 2, "_has_theme": true, "_has_vertical": false, "_score": 6 }, { "title": "Lessons Learned from CISA’s Recent GitHub Leak", "url": "https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/07/lessons-learned-from-cisas-recent-github-leak/", "summary": "The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a postmortem on a data leak in which a contractor published dozens of internal CISA credentials -- including AWS Govcloud keys -- in a public GitHub repository for almost six months before being notified by Kr", "source": "KrebsOnSecurity", "published": "Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:03:28 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "security", "cyber" ], "_source_verticals": [], "_source_weight": 2, "_has_theme": true, "_has_vertical": true, "_score": 46 }, { "title": "LG to Ban Residential Proxies from Smart TV Apps", "url": "https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/07/lg-to-ban-residential-proxies-from-smart-tv-apps/", "summary": "The home appliance giant LG Electronics USA said this week it plans to suspend any apps built for its smart TVs that turn one's television into an always-on residential proxy node. The move comes less than a month after researchers found that more than 42 percent of games and oth", "source": "KrebsOnSecurity", "published": "Wed, 22 Jul 2026 01:10:38 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "security", "cyber" ], "_source_verticals": [], "_source_weight": 2, "_has_theme": true, "_has_vertical": false, "_score": 6 }, { "title": "Felons, Fraudsters Flog Offensive Cybersecurity Startup", "url": "https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/07/felons-fraudsters-flog-offensive-cybersecurity-startup/", "summary": "A cybersecurity startup dangling millions of dollars to acquire zero-day security vulnerabilities in popular software is run by a pair of far-right conspiracy theorists and convicted felons whose most recent ventures included fake intelligence companies and a now-defunct AI-based", "source": "KrebsOnSecurity", "published": "Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:31:39 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "security", "cyber" ], "_source_verticals": [], "_source_weight": 2, "_has_theme": true, "_has_vertical": true, "_score": 46 }, { "title": "Microsoft Patches a Record 570 Security Flaws", "url": "https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/07/microsoft-patches-a-record-570-security-flaws/", "summary": "Microsoft Corp. today released software updates to plug at least 570 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, almost triple the number of vulnerabilities the software giant fixed in its record-smashing Patch Tuesday release last month. Microsoft attribu", "source": "KrebsOnSecurity", "published": "Tue, 14 Jul 2026 19:22:42 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "security", "cyber" ], "_source_verticals": [], "_source_weight": 2, "_has_theme": true, "_has_vertical": false, "_score": 6 }, { "title": "IRS warns crypto holders fraudster sending fake letters in attempt to steal digital assets or data: Bloomberg", "url": "https://www.theblock.co/post/410204/irs-crypto-holders-fraudster-sending-fake-letters-steal-digital-assets-data-bloomberg?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss", "summary": "IRS correspondence regarding crypto has become more familiar than in years past as the agency requires taxpayers to disclose activity.", "source": "The Block", "published": "Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:19:02 -0400", "image": null, "_source_themes": [], "_source_verticals": [ "chain" ], "_source_weight": 3, "_has_theme": false, "_has_vertical": true, "_score": 24 }, { "title": "FBI Seizes NetNut Proxy Platform, Popa Botnet", "url": "https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/07/fbi-seizes-netnut-proxy-platform-popa-botnet/", "summary": "The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said today it worked with industry partners to seize hundreds of domains associated with NetNut, a sprawling residential proxy service operated by the publicly-traded Israeli company Alarum Technologies [NASDAQ: ALAR]. The action comes ro", "source": "KrebsOnSecurity", "published": "Thu, 02 Jul 2026 19:27:33 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "security", "cyber" ], "_source_verticals": [], "_source_weight": 2, "_has_theme": true, "_has_vertical": false, "_score": 6 }, { "title": "Bipartisan Sens. Tillis and Gallego send new ethics compromise to White House in Clarity Act push", "url": "https://www.theblock.co/post/410193/bipartisan-sens-tillis-gallego-new-ethics-compromise-white-house-clarity-act-push?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss", "summary": "Senators are trying again to see if they can get President Donald Trump to sign off on revised ethics language.", "source": "The Block", "published": "Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:30:42 -0400", "image": null, "_source_themes": [], "_source_verticals": [ "chain" ], "_source_weight": 3, "_has_theme": false, "_has_vertical": true, "_score": 24 }, { "title": "‘Popa’ Botnet Linked to Publicly-Traded Israeli Firm", "url": "https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/06/popa-botnet-linked-to-publicly-traded-israeli-firm/", "summary": "For the past four years, a sprawling Android-based botnet called Popa has forced millions of consumer TV boxes to relay Internet traffic linked to advertising fraud, account takeovers, and mass data-scraping efforts. This week, researchers from multiple security firms concluded t", "source": "KrebsOnSecurity", "published": "Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:37:58 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "security", "cyber" ], "_source_verticals": [], "_source_weight": 2, "_has_theme": true, "_has_vertical": false, "_score": 6 }, { "title": "Quantum Solutions loses top Japan ETH treasury spot after another $1.9 million sale", "url": "https://www.theblock.co/post/410175/quantum-solutions-loses-top-japan-eth-treasury-spot-1-9-million-sale?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss", "summary": "The two sales have reduced Quantum’s ETH treasury holdings by 28.6% since mid-June and the firm has ceded the top Japanese ETH treasury spot.", "source": "The Block", "published": "Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:16:45 -0400", "image": null, "_source_themes": [], "_source_verticals": [ "chain" ], "_source_weight": 3, "_has_theme": false, "_has_vertical": true, "_score": 24 }, { "title": "A Record-Breaking Patch Tuesday for June 2026", "url": "https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/06/a-record-breaking-patch-tuesday-for-june-2026/", "summary": "Microsoft today released software updates to plug nearly 200 security holes across its Windows operating systems and supported software, a record number of fixes for the company's monthly Patch Tuesday cycle. Nearly three dozen of those bugs earned Microsoft's most dire \"critical", "source": "KrebsOnSecurity", "published": "Tue, 09 Jun 2026 22:07:28 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "security", "cyber" ], "_source_verticals": [], "_source_weight": 2, "_has_theme": true, "_has_vertical": false, "_score": 6 }, { "title": "JPMorgan says crypto bill’s fading odds hurt outlook, warns parts could discourage institutional adoption", "url": "https://www.theblock.co/post/410185/jpmorgan-crypto-bill-clarity-act-market-outlook?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss", "summary": "The falling odds of the Clarity Act passing the Senate before year-end are a setback for crypto markets, JPMorgan analysts said.", "source": "The Block", "published": "Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:49:56 -0400", "image": null, "_source_themes": [], "_source_verticals": [ "chain" ], "_source_weight": 3, "_has_theme": false, "_has_vertical": true, "_score": 24 }, { "title": "Aviva Investors launches tokenized fund after Central Bank of Ireland approval", "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/news/aviva-investors-tokenized-fund-central-bank-ireland-xrp-ledger?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound", "summary": "The new XRPL-based share class gives eligible investors blockchain-based access to a regulated US dollar liquidity fund while keeping traditional custody arrangements.", "source": "Cointelegraph", "published": "Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:38:13 +0000", "image": "https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/ripple-vs-xrp-vs-xrp-ledger-2.png", "_source_themes": [], "_source_verticals": [ "chain" ], "_source_weight": 3, "_has_theme": false, "_has_vertical": true, "_score": 24 } ] }