Unconventional analysis of two major decentralized finance projects, based on Ethereum and EOS, which recently went through the same storm. On March 11 at 4:56 p.m. UTC, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director of the World Health Organization, stated that COVID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic. Industry experts consider the global uncertainty around this respiratory […]
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False information on the coronavirus pandemic spread across Argentina’s official noticeboard due to a breach in their blockchain-based system. In the midst of the global emergency caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, the Argentine government confirmed on March 14 that they suffered a hack on the website of their official gazette (Boletin Official) based on blockchain […]
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An audit report of Voatz platform confirms numerous issues previously discovered, and the voting app declines to make all the necessary changes. Voatz, the Massachusetts-based company touting a blockchain-enabled mobile voting app, has been met with public criticism for a lack of transparency, among other things, particularly when it comes to data security. And with […]
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Inter-American Development Bank supports blockchain pilot to help fight violence against women, children, and the elderly. The Inter-American Development Bank has launched a competition that invites projects to propose blockchain-based solutions for preventing violence against women, children and the elderly. Companies, entrepreneurs, startups and NGOs are all invited to submit their ideas. The challenge, called “Blockchangel,” was proposed […]
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The United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security examines legislation looking at new cyberthreats to the homefront. In a meeting today, a United States Senate committee examined new measures to enhance federal reporting for cybersecurity vulnerabilities that threaten “critical infrastructure”. They convened in an attempt to establish new support for state and local governments confronting […]
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Researchers have published a paper identifying a “Load Value Injection” proof-of-concept attack that targets Intel SGX processors. A vulnerability has reportedly been discovered in Intel’s Software Guard eXtensions (SGX) allowing passwords, encrypted keys, and other sensitive data to be siphoned from a computer’s memory. On March 10, computer researcher Daniel Gruss uploaded a video to […]
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The co-founder of bZx protocol, which was hacked last month, has taken full responsibility for the lapse and pledges changes for the future. The company that almost broke DeFi is asking for a new beginning. When the decentralized lending protocol bZx was hacked to the tune of some $1 million last month, some started questioning […]
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Cointelegraph spoke with Iota’s founder David Sønstebø on his decision to repay $1.97 million in MIOTA to the victims of the recent hack. On Feb. 12 Iota (MIOTA) suffered an attack targeting its official desktop wallet. The Iota network went offline on the same day, and has remained down since. On March 6, David Sønstebø, […]
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Today’s Ethereum developer call lasted three hours, during which a tentative decision to reintroduce ProgPow as Ethash 2.0 was made despite lacking unanimous consensus. The Ethereum (ETH) All Core Devs call to decide on the fate of ProgPow was held on March 6. Despite a tentative decision to reformulate the mining algorithm as “Ethash 2.0,” […]
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The recent incidents with Steem show a critical vulnerability in proof-of-stake algorithms that might affect all cryptocurrencies and exchanges. The Steem blockchain reportedly experienced a troubling episode recently, whereby the blockchain’s entire governance system was disturbed. Tron founder Justin Sun, new owner of the Steemit social network based on the Steem token, appears to have […]
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