A new Bitcoin-related scam emerged through a phishing site that impersonates a self-destructing encrypted notes service. Cybercriminals have reportedly created a fake site version of the legitimate encrypted self-destructing notes service privnote.com. The fake version can be shared with other users to steal Bitcoin. According to a June 14 report from KrebsOnSecurity, the creators of […]
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Brave has paused its BAT referral program in five countries after detecting “a high number of fraudulent referrers.” Crypto-powered web browser, Brave, has halted its referral program for users in China, Russia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Ukraine after detecting “a high number of fraudulent referrers” in those regions, according to a June 11 announcement. Brave’s referral […]
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Bug bounties have emerged as one of the key ways for companies to prevent catastrophic hacks. In the past decade, hacking gradually became a respectable and potentially rewarding career thanks to the introduction of bug bounties. While some organizations like Mozilla launched bug bounties all the way back in 2004, major impetus to the industry […]
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Modern advertising is facing new problems that require new solutions, and blockchain may be just the key. Even though advertising has been around for about as long as commerce has, in today’s digital age entirely new problems are popping up that are souring the experience for advertisers, publishers and the public alike. Costs have risen, […]
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Brave is collaborating with a Japanese e-sports team and Korean pop idol group to offer a limited release version of its browser in Japan. Cryptocurrency-powered web browser Brave is partnering with the Korean pop group BTS and Rush Gaming to provide a limited edition release of its browser for residents of Japan. Japan’s Nikkei newspaper […]
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Brave appears to have removed a controversial feature that was auto-filling the company’s affiliate link when a user attempted to access Binance. Crypto-powered privacy-focused web browser Brave has come under fire for automatically filling an affiliate link into its address bar when a user attempts to access the website for leading crypto exchange Binance and […]
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Cryptocurrency-powered web browser Brave Browser announced that its monthly active user count increased 125% over the past year. Brave Browser, a cryptocurrency-powered web browser, announced that its monthly active user count increased 125% over the past year. According to a June 1 announcement, Brave Browser’s monthly active users reached 15.4 million by the end of […]
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Joe Rogan and Reggie Watts just talked up Brave to millions of people. Podcaster Joe Rogan has revealed that he uses the privacy focused Brave browser to avoid internet ads and Google tracking in the latest episode, which features American musician and comic Reggie Watts. It’s one of the most high profile endorsements in Brave’s […]
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Zoom decides to provide limited encryption despite numerous security issues, while blockchain developers move ahead with privacy-focused solutions. Zoom, the video conference app whose popularity has rocketed on the back of the global lockdown, won’t be encrypting calls for free users. This way, the company hopes to create space for collaboration with the FBI and […]
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Blockchain projects are developing video conferencing applications as remote working gains more popularity during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. With the coronavirus pandemic forcing many businesses to adopt work-from-home policies, the demand for video conferencing programs appears to have increased. Indeed, by late April, video conference app Zoom was seeing 300 million daily meeting participants, a […]
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