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Krzysztof Shpak 610 23.05.2020

Quantum Computers Pose Threat to Email Safety, But Solution Is on the Way

With the potential to perform more advanced calculations and create more complex processing networks, quantum computers also pose new risks of compromising the most sophisticated cybersecurity systems.

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Krzysztof Shpak 644 22.05.2020

Cybercriminals Change Focus From Individual Servers to Enterprise Networks

Hackers seem to have shifted their focus from individual servers to corporate networks. In the second half of 2019, the number of postings on illicit marketplaces offering access to corporate networks reportedly began surging.

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Krzysztof Shpak 863 22.05.2020

Zoom Users Fall Victim to Personal Data Stealing Malware, Research Says

Cybercriminals continue to invent new methods to get access to users’ personal information following popular trends in the corporate world. Researchers from Trend Micro have found two new malware files disguised as installers for Zoom, a video communications app that has seen extreme demand from users around the world following the spread of the coronavirus […]

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Krzysztof Shpak 822 20.05.2020

Hackers Can Impersonate Bluetooth Devices to Steal Users’ Personal Data: Is This a Threat to You?

A group of cybersecurity researchers has detected a severe security vulnerability in Bluetooth-based communication that can potentially enable bad actors to impersonate any Bluetooth master or slave device.

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Krzysztof Shpak 748 15.03.2020

Jameson Lopp: For Me Bitcoin Is a Hedge Against the Existing System

Amidst the unstable economic situation and uncertainty in the financial markets worldwide, financial safety should get lots of attention. Although, it’s much better to think about a rainy day in advance.

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Krzysztof Shpak 376 06.03.2020

Bitcoin Exchanges and Cybersecurity Trends: Can Audit and Insurance Safeguard Your Money

The crypto industry historically suffers from security issues. In 2019 alone hackers stole nearly $300 million from crypto exchanges. Exchanges, wallets, and payment processors have to respond with radical measures from large-scale audits to multi-million dollar insurance programs. In this piece, BDCenter Digital helps us explain how crypto projects protect their users.

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Krzysztof Shpak 561 25.02.2020

Bitcoin in Cybercrime: Questionable Choice That Works

Looking through the news that came up during the month, one may notice several closely packed cases of hacking, extortion, and other unsavory activities involving Bitcoin. While there seems to be no particular connection between these cases, this is an unkind reminder not to be negligent about basic cybersecurity.

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Krzysztof Shpak 642 29.01.2020

Don’t Trust the Wallet in Apartment 23: What Bitcoin Wallets Have Worst Reputation and Why

Choosing a crypto-wallet is usually one of the first challenges that a rookie cryptocurrency user has to face. Of course, the internet is full of guides on how to make the choice. Those guides can be good or bad, reasonable or silly, free or sponsored, and so forth. Still, while such reviews are abundant, there […]

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Krzysztof Shpak 557 27.01.2020

Bitcoin Extortion and Hacked Gadgets: How Blockchain Will Repel Cyberattacks in 2020

According to the report by CipherTrace, losses to frauds and theft related to cryptocurrency amounted to $4.4 billion in 2019. As the hi-tech market develops, cybercriminals have shifted their focus from exploiting technical vulnerabilities to social engineering. Using the typical weaknesses we humans have isn’t too hard and doesn’t require special skills.

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Jenny Aysgarth 576 05.01.2020

How to Protect Your Crypto Wallet if Someone Searches Your Phone?

We all keep a lot of personal information on our phones and obviously don’t want to share our correspondence, cryptocurrency wallets, or contacts to become a part of the public domain. Nonetheless, in some cases, authorities can ask you to provide full access to your device.

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ForkLog 200 21.03.2019

VeriBlock’s Proof-of-Proof Protocol to be Launched on Mainnet

Developers of VeriBlock, a protocol aimed at delivering Bitcoin-level security to both new and established blockchain and cryptocurrency projects, announced the upcoming mainnet launch of the VeriBlock blockchain.

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ForkLog 623 08.01.2019

Ethereum Classic Developers Hope to Get a Full Picture of a Potential 51% Attack Soon

Ethereum Classic’s (ETC) development team admitted a malicious attack on the network had taken place and hopes the full extent of the incident will be known rather soon than later.

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