<story><title>The fake browser update scam gets a makeover</title><url>https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/10/the-fake-browser-update-scam-gets-a-makeover/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>7moritz7</author><text>I really think Monero in particular deserves way more criticism for their practice. Bitcoin is one thing, Monero is created for and marketed towards cybercriminals, you don&amp;#x27;t need to be a communications expert to get that premise. I haven&amp;#x27;t seen it used once for any legitimate purpose. Atleast with Bitcoin and Ethereum you can get buy some legitimate things like VPNs or NFTs&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;arstechnica.com&amp;#x2F;information-technology&amp;#x2F;2021&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;monero-emerges-as-crypto-of-choice-for-cybercriminals&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;arstechnica.com&amp;#x2F;information-technology&amp;#x2F;2021&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;moner...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>d11z</author><text>It’s been great for gambling, cybercrime, and enabling the drug trade practically since its inception.</text></item><item><author>andybak</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m just happy to finally see a practical use case for Blockchain technology.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>xcdzvyn</author><text>You could say exactly the same thing about any form of encryption.&lt;p&gt;I haven&amp;#x27;t bought much with Monero, but I always offer it because I adore the premise. I personally think its great, one of the few truly valuable cryptocurrencies.</text></comment>
<story><title>The fake browser update scam gets a makeover</title><url>https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/10/the-fake-browser-update-scam-gets-a-makeover/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>7moritz7</author><text>I really think Monero in particular deserves way more criticism for their practice. Bitcoin is one thing, Monero is created for and marketed towards cybercriminals, you don&amp;#x27;t need to be a communications expert to get that premise. I haven&amp;#x27;t seen it used once for any legitimate purpose. Atleast with Bitcoin and Ethereum you can get buy some legitimate things like VPNs or NFTs&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;arstechnica.com&amp;#x2F;information-technology&amp;#x2F;2021&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;monero-emerges-as-crypto-of-choice-for-cybercriminals&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;arstechnica.com&amp;#x2F;information-technology&amp;#x2F;2021&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;moner...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>d11z</author><text>It’s been great for gambling, cybercrime, and enabling the drug trade practically since its inception.</text></item><item><author>andybak</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m just happy to finally see a practical use case for Blockchain technology.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>LtWorf</author><text>I thought the goal of NFT was money laundering with something of fake value?</text></comment>