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Issue 170
I've got a great idea for an iOS 8 notification centre widget... or do I?
Published on: October 31, 2014 | Source:
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Issue 169
Are you iOS 8 and 64-bit ready? Integrating Stripe into your iOS apps and much more...
Published on: October 24, 2014 | Source:Top 5 Scariest Zombie Botnets
An army of the undead, wreaking havoc on the Internet β it's a nightmare scenario that has played out many times as the population of humans online has exploded. Some zombie plagues have been particularly troubling, and we will take a look at the worst of the worst.
Published on: October 23, 2014 | Source:The Evolution of Webinject
Last month, we presented βThe Evolution of Webinjectβ in Seattle at the 24th Virus Bulletin conference. This blog post will go over its key findings and provide links to the various material that has been released in the last few weeks.
Published on: October 23, 2014 | Source:An Information-Theoretic Account of Secure Brainwallets
An important and controversial topic in the area of personal wallet security is the concept of "brainwallets" - storing funds using a private key generated from a password memorized entirely in one's head. Theoretically, brainwallets have the potential to provide almost utopian guarantee of security for long-term savings: for as...
Published on: October 23, 2014 | Source:Botnet malware: What it is and how to fight it
Malware or malicious computer code has been around in some form or other for over 40 years, but the use of malware to take control of a group of computers that are then organized into something called a botnet is more a twenty-first century phenomenon.
Published on: October 22, 2014 | Source:Scalability, Part 2: Hypercubes
Special thanks to Vlad Zamfir, Chris Barnett and Dominic Williams for ideas and inspiration In a recent blog post I outlined some partial solutions to scalability, all of which fit into the umbrella of Ethereum 1.0 as it stands. Specialized micropayment protocols such as channels and probabilistic payment systems...
Published on: October 21, 2014 | Source:Myths about malware: an exploit is the same as malware
In this post we want to share with you a question that arose from the first post in this series: whether exploits are the same as malware. What are we talking about? The best way to debunk any myth is to start by understanding what it is we are talking about.
Published on: October 21, 2014 | Source:Botnets: remote controls for cybercriminals
As promised in our post about the European Cyber Security Month during October, we are publishing about Botnets and Exploits this week. Even though we had the Poodle flaw in the web encryption standard a few days ago, we are using this week to explain what are botnets and exploits and how they work.
Published on: October 20, 2014 | Source:Gavβs ΓΞV Update I: Where Ethereumβs at
Who are you? I'm Gav - together with Jeffrey Wilcke and Vitalik Buterin, I'm one third of the ultimate leadership of Ethereum ΓΞV. ΓΞV is a UK software firm that is under a non-profit-making agreement with the Ethereum Foundation to create version 1.0 of the Web Three software stack....
Published on: October 17, 2014 | Source:Privacy online - what you can do (and what you canβt)
Many of us have moments when we need, or want, to be more private online - when searching for a new job, for instance, or when having a private business conversation.
Published on: October 17, 2014 | Source:Issue 168
The chip that never dies, how does "Complete my Bundle" actually work and much more...
Published on: October 17, 2014 | Source:Facebook 'Safety Check' allows travelers to alert family
Facebook is introducing a new feature targeted at users it believes are in or near a disaster zone to let their loved ones know they are okay, according to The Independent.
Published on: October 16, 2014 | Source:October is the Cyber Security Month: stats, events and advice
Since October 2012, the European Cyber Security Month is going live as a pilot plan across Europe. Inspired by the concept of other similar projects that were successfully implemented around the globe. One of them is the Stop. Thinking. Connect campaign supported by the National Cyber Security Awareness Month in the United States.
Published on: October 15, 2014 | Source:CVE-2014-4114: Details on August BlackEnergy PowerPoint Campaigns
In this post we provide additional information on how a specially crafted PowerPoint slideshow file (.PPSX) led to the execution of a BlackEnergy dropper.
Published on: October 14, 2014 | Source:Issue 167
iOS 8 adoption rates slowing down and 10 open source Swift repositories you should be aware of!
Published on: October 10, 2014 | Source:Ello privacy - what you need to know
For any security-conscious user, there are a few things worth remembering once you have secured that crucial invitation - we offer a few tips on how to get the most from the emoji-heavy network here.
Published on: October 09, 2014 | Source:Slasher Ghost, and Other Developments in Proof of Stake
Special thanks to Vlad Zamfir and Zack Hess for ongoing research and discussions on proof-of-stake algorithms and their own input into Slasher-like proposals One of the hardest problems in cryptocurrency development is that of devising effective consensus algorithms. Certainly, relatively passable default options exist. At the very least it...
Published on: October 03, 2014 | Source:Issue 166
Xcode 6.1 Beta 3, iOS 8.1, Swift 1.1 and so much more... There's so much new stuff...
Published on: October 03, 2014 | Source:Issue 165
Why I'm using a Plus as my primary phone, and the implications that the new sizes are going to have on app design.
Published on: September 26, 2014 | Source:4Chan: destructive hoaxes and the Internet of Not Things
The media have associated a number of destructive hoaxes with 4chan: people need some historical perspective on how the site actually works.
Published on: September 25, 2014 | Source:Back in BlackEnergy *: 2014 Targeted Attacks in Ukraine and Poland
State organizations and private businesses from various sectors in Ukraine and Poland have been targeted with new versions of BlackEnergy, a malware that's evolved into a sophisticated threat with a modular architecture.
Published on: September 22, 2014 | Source:Issue 164
Bumpy landing for iOS 8, using vectors for @3x images and accidental iPad apps!
Published on: September 19, 2014 | Source:Scalability, Part 1: Building on Top
Over the next few weeks, I am going to make a series of posts that is going to be a large overview of the possibilities for scalability of Ethereum, intending to create a precise understanding of the problems at bay in implementing a scalable cryptocurrency infrastructure, and where the least-bad...
Published on: September 17, 2014 | Source:Getting Started with CSS Shapes: Wrapping content around custom paths
Using CSS Shapes we can create experiences that we have never been able to create on the web before.
Published on: September 16, 2014 | Source:Issue 163
@2x? @3x? Maybe? Not quite? Automatic build numbering, getting started with Metal and so much more.
Published on: September 12, 2014 | Source:Built-in Browser Support for Responsive Images
Take advantage of the new element and new features of in your next responsive website.
Published on: September 11, 2014 | Source:Issue 162
4 days to go! New iTunes Connect and the spiritual successor to Quartz Composer for prototyping iOS apps.
Published on: September 05, 2014 | Source:crypto renaissance
βThe best way to predict the future is to invent it.β Alan Kay January 3rd 2009 marked the beginning of a new era. The invention of the blockchain is a milestone in technology -- the string of characters 36PrZ1KHYMpqSyAQXSG8VwbUiq2EogxLo2 being justone of the side effects triggered by it. Thanks...
Published on: September 02, 2014 | Source:Software and Bounded Rationality
One of the key properties that is usually sought for in a cryptoeconomic algorithm, whether a blockchain consensus algorithm such a proof of work or proof of stake, a reputation system or a trading process for something like data transmission or file storage, is the ideal of incentive-compatibility - the...
Published on: September 02, 2014 | Source:Issue 161
WKWebView, Swift unit testing tips, Auto Layout best practices and the true meaning of the 9.9.2014 numbers.
Published on: August 29, 2014 | Source:State of Ethereum: August Edition
Development of Ethereum has been progressing increasingly quickly this past month. The release of PoC5 ("proof of concept five") last month the day before the sale marked an important event for the project, as for the first time we had two clients, one written in C++ and one in Go,...
Published on: August 27, 2014 | Source:Issue 160
Bringing the swiftness to Swift and why you should consider open source contributions!
Published on: August 22, 2014 | Source:An Introduction to Futarchy
One of the more interesting long-term practical benefits of the technology and concept behind decentralized autonomous organizations is that DAOs allow us to very quickly prototype and experiment with an aspect of our social interactions that is so far arguably falling behind our rapid advancements in information and social technology...
Published on: August 21, 2014 | Source: