The personal experience of significant changes in life: from traditional banking investments into the crypto world of startups. “How could I possibly do this?” — That is what I asked myself when the opportunity presented itself to leave my 14-year career in corporate and investment banking to join the startup world. It was certainly one […]
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What is the correlation between the ransomware landscape and the cryptocurrency industry, and what to expect in the future? Cryptocurrency and ransomware have had a long history together. They are so closely intertwined, in fact, that many have blamed the rise of cryptocurrency for a parallel rise in ransomware attacks. Ransomware attacks are certainly increasing […]
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The ex-Steem community continues to battle Justin Sun with the Hive hard fork — stakeholders seemingly migrating to the new network. Over the past few days, the ex-Steem blockchain community has gained an upper hand over Justin Sun and his recently acquired Steemit startup. After blaming Sun for attempting to centralize their network, a substantial […]
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Mt. Gox court cases see no end as creditors continue to wait for their funds, but could another event like Mt. Gox take place given the current market volatility? Mt. Gox’s creditors will meet today, March 25, as part of a compensation process that seems to go on and on. This news comes at a […]
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Black hat hacker group Maze infected the infrastructure of a firm researching the coronavirus with ransomware, stole and published sensitive data. Black hat hacker group Maze has infected the infrastructure of a firm researching the coronavirus with ransomware, managing to steal and publish sensitive data. The hack of medical information Cybersecurity firm Emsisoft told Cointelegraph […]
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Experts weigh in on how blockchain ID can restore self-sovereign identity both online and in the physical world. Although some people in life do an extremely convincing job of indicating otherwise, all humans have an identity. This identity comes in many forms, and as modern life has progressed, the ways in which people can identify […]
Continue ReadingThe Steem community continues its fight in one of the biggest crypto dramas of 2020 — rolls out Hive as an alternative. The Steem (STEEM) blockchain community continues to oppose Steemit in the wake of the recent “takeover” orchestrated by Justin Sun, the startup’s new owner. On March 18, “a large group of Steem community […]
Continue ReadingDecentralized by its nature, blockchain technology could help to build a democratic society, at least by transparent elections and trusted voitings. As fears of disinformation and election tampering take hold of citizens across the globe, many are left to wonder if there’s a solution that can quell voter concerns. A recent study by global communications […]
Continue ReadingOver the last two years, U.K. police forces reported 562 total accounts of blackmail in which hackers demanded Bitcoin. United Kingdom police forces have received hundreds of blackmailing complaints since 2018, in which nefarious parties demanded Bitcoin (BTC). By tracking numbers from 2018 and 2019 across thirteen U.K. police teams, think tank Parliament Street found […]
Continue ReadingA cybersecurity firm has started offering free help to healthcare providers that fall victim to cryptocurrency ransomware. As the novel coronavirus crisis continues, a cybersecurity firm has started offering free help to healthcare providers that fall victim to cryptocurrency-demanding ransomware. According to an announcement on March 18, cybersecurity firm Emsisoft partnered with incident response company […]
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