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Crypto-Mining Attacks Fell Sharply in 2019 but Ransomware Is Trending: Kaspersky

18.12.2019
In the cat-and-mouse game between hackers and users, less-lucrative crypto-mining malware fell out of favor this year

Former SEC Senior Counsel Joins US Security Token Platform As Chief Legal Officer

17.12.2019
TokenSoft hired Alex C. Levine as its chief legal officer to work on the firm’s regulatory compliance

“Link In Bio” is a slow knife

16.12.2019
Anil Dash: If Instagram users could post links willy-nilly, they might even be able to connect directly to their users, getting their email addresses or finding other ways to communicate with them. Links represent a threat to closed systems. On CodePen, we have a TextExpander snippet we use...

‘DNA-of-Things’ Technology Can Store Bitcoin Passwords in Everyday Objects

16.12.2019
Talk of bitcoin passwords being encoded and stored in synthetic DNA is not new, but in a recent development scientists have announced that DNA-encoded information can now be stored in everyday objects such as eye glasses or a shirt button, instead of a vial or test tube. Also Read: Cryptosteel...

CULedger Pilots Blockchain Identity Solution With Three US Credit Unions

16.12.2019
Blockchain consortium and credit union service organization CULedger has completed a successful pilot with three US credit unions, focusing on high-risk transactions

Is Crypto Ready for the New Space Age?

15.12.2019
How could quantum computing technology affect the cryptocurrency industry?

Bitcoin.com Exchange Lists More Tokens for Trading

15.12.2019
Bitcoin.com Exchange was launched in early September 2019 as an easy-to-use platform with world-class security and a powerful trading engine. The venue has rapidly expanded its roster and now offers 27 different digital tokens for users to trade. Two of the latest additions to the exchange are...

VeChain Loses $6.6M in VET Tokens to Hacker in Attack on Buyback Wallet

13.12.2019
An unknown hacker has moved 1.1 billion VeChain tokens via the VeChain Foundation buyback address to a personal wallet

Libra Updates White Paper, Removes Dividends for Libra Association

13.12.2019
Libra removes mention of dividend payments for Libra Association in updated white paper

Detecting Inactive Users

13.12.2019
Most of the time you don’t really care about whether a user is actively engaged or temporarily inactive on your application. Inactive, meaning, perhaps they got up to get a drink of water, or more likely, changed tabs to do something else for a bit. There are situations, though, when tracking...

Security Token Offerings Are (Finally) Set For Takeoff in 2020

12.12.2019
After teething problems in 2018 and 2019, the market for security token offerings is ready for growth in 2020

15 Million Debit Cards Exposed as Iranian Banks Fall Victim to Cyber Warfare

12.12.2019
The private details of 15 million bank debit cards in Iran have been published on Telegram in the largest banking security incident in the country’s history. Iranian authorities so far try to blame the breach on common criminals but cyber security experts suspect it was the work...

Kraken: $75 Device Will Get You Into Crypto Hardware Wallet KeepKey

11.12.2019
Kraken Security Labs said crypto hardware wallet KeepKey is not doing enough to protect customers from physical attacks, saying it was able to get into the system using a $75 device

The State Encourages ICO Fraud. The Free Market Minimizes It

11.12.2019
Many Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) have been and are frauds. The state enables this con game in various ways, including the establishment of accredited investors and the regulation of businesses that sell equity. Shut off from the most lucrative aspects of investment, average people rush into...

SEC Requests UK’s Intervention to Force Telegram’s Former Advisor to Testify

7.12.2019
The U.S. SEC is attempting to force Telegram’s former chief investment advisor to testify in the case over the firm’s Grams tokens offering

Ripple Files Final Motion to Dismiss Class-Action Securities Lawsuit

6.12.2019
Ripple has filed to dismiss a class-action lawsuit that alleges it sold XRP in an unregistered securities offering

Weekly Platform News: Upgrading Navigations to HTTPS, Sale of .org Domains, New Browser Engine

5.12.2019
In this week's roundup: DuckDuckGo gets smarter encryption, a fight over the sale of dot org domains, and a new browser engine is in the works. Let's get into the news! DuckDuckGo upgrades and open-sources its encryption DuckDuckGo has open-sourced its “Smarter Encryption” technology that enables...