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Cryptocurrency News Roundup for August 19, 2020
In yet another cyberattack that could potentially result in bad PR for crypto, unknown hackers have demanded bitcoin ransom from researchers working on a possible COVID-19 cure. The attack took place in June when a group of University of California San Francisco (UCSF) researchers found their biostatistics data inaccessible. дальше »
2020-8-20 21:29 | |
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Major Milestone: Cardano Unveils Hydra Sharding Which Is A Crucial Breakthrough In Scalability
Cardano creator Charles Hoskinson recently revealed that researchers at IOHK are a step closer to bringing more scalability to the Cardano blockchain via a second-layer sharding solution, Hydra. Hydra Took Five Years Of Intense Work In a live video yesterday (March 9), IOHK CEO and Cardano creator Charles Hoskinson talked about a ground-breaking achievement for […] дальше »
2020-3-10 16:33 | |
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OpenLibra Presenter Has A Tainted ICO History
At Devcon 5, the Ethereum conference for developers and researchers, Lucas Geiger took center stage to present an alternative to Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency — the OpenLibra. Geiger announced in an emphatic fashion that OpenLibra is the better version of Facebook’s Libra, saying that the project will fork the code and the community. дальше »
2019-10-12 13:17 | |
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Reddit and Gab’s most toxic communities inadvertently train AI to combat hate speech
A team of researchers from UC Santa Barbara and Intel took thousands of conversations from the scummiest communities on Reddit and Gab and used them to develop and train AI to combat hate speech. дальше »
2019-9-26 23:38 | |
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Microsoft Finds and Boots Eight Cryptojacking Apps on Microsoft Store
Microsoft has booted eight malevolent apps from its official desktop and app store that have been secretly mining monero (XMR) from unsuspecting computers. Researchers from Symantec discovered the eight malicious apps and informed Microsoft who took the necessary steps. дальше »
2019-2-20 22:00 | |
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Blockchain Analysis Is About to Get Harder as P2EP Enters Testing Phase
Yet another tool is being added to Bitcoin’s growing number of privacy solutions. Thought up at a brainstorming event attended by Bitcoin developers and privacy researchers last summer, Pay to Endpoint (P2EP) is a relatively new trick that utilizes the well-known CoinJoin mixing technique to make blockchain analysis much harder. дальше »
2019-1-1 19:31 | |
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Security Researchers Reveal Wallet Vulnerabilities On Stage at 35C3
In a demonstration titled “Wallet. fail,” a team of security researchers hacked into the Trezor One, Ledger Blue and Ledger Nano S. Unfortunately, it appears as if their findings were first put on display at the 35th Chaos Communication Congress (35C3) in Leipzig, Germany, rather than through accepted Responsible Disclosure practices, which would have allowed the manufacturers to patch the vulnerabilities and protect their customers from any potential attack. дальше »
2019-1-1 19:15 | |
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Crypto Cybercrime Has Tripled Since 2017; Nearly $1 Billion Lost in 2018
Most digital exchanges are unregulated and therefore unqualified to safely process cryptocurrency transactions. They don’t employ necessary know-your-customer (KYC) tactics, and roughly $1 billion in digital asset funds have been stolen since the start of 2018. дальше »
2018-10-13 23:34 | |
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It took Facebook months to ban this shady app after Cambridge Analytica
Facebook announced this week it had made its first outright ban of an app in the company-wide audit it’s been working on since the Cambridge Analytica scandal earlier this year. The app in question had apparently been setting off red flags since April. дальше »
2018-8-24 00:42 | |
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John McAfee’s ‘unhackable’ Bitcoin wallet (allegedly) got hacked
John McAfee threw down the gauntlet last week when claiming his newly-created Bitcoin wallet, Bitfi, was “unhackable. ” It took security researchers less than a week to hack it. As of yesterday, a Dutch security researcher known as “OverSoft” claimed to have root access to McAfee’s unhackable wallet. дальше »
2018-8-3 01:28 | |
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