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On Silos
One of the criticisms that many people have made about the current direction of the cryptocurrency space is the increasing amount of fragmentation that we are seeing. What was earlier perhaps a more tightly bound community centered around developing the common infrastructure of Bitcoin is now increasingly a collection of...
Published on: December 31, 2014 | Source:
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Hobbit-inspired sword can help you find unsecured WiFi hotspots
Like many others, I was enchanted by The Hobbit (and later Lord of the Rings) at a young age - long before Peter Jackson turned J R R Tolkien's middle-earth fantasy books into a series of blockbuster movies.
Published on: December 29, 2014 | Source:Biometrics - can your fingerprint be βcopiedβ from a normal photo?
Fingerprint biometrics are entering the mainstream as a security measure, with both Apple and Samsung relying on readers to secure their flagship phones - but biometrics may not be as secure as many believe.
Published on: December 29, 2014 | Source:Secret Sharing DAOs: The Other Crypto 2.0
The crypto 2.0 industry has been making strong progress in the past year developing blockchain technology, including the formalization and in some cases realization of proof of stake designs like Slasher and DPOS, various forms of
Published on: December 26, 2014 | Source:Issue 178
Something a little different this week, my essential tools for iOS development! Enjoy!
Published on: December 26, 2014 | Source:Virlock: First Self-Reproducing Ransomware is also a Shape Shifter
Win32/VirLock is ransomware that locks victimsβ screens but also acts as parasitic virus, infecting existing files on their computers. The virus is also polymorphic, which makes it an interesting piece of malware to analyze. This is the first time such combination of malware features has been observed.
Published on: December 22, 2014 | Source:Madonna thinks her computer was hacked
Turns out that the Material Girl has had her material stolen, and she's blaming hackers!
Published on: December 22, 2014 | Source:Mobile security: flaw allows hackers to read texts and listen to calls
Hackers can eavesdrop on your phone calls and text messages even with cell networks using "the most advanced encryption available" according to The Washington Post.
Published on: December 19, 2014 | Source:Issue 177
Should you be writing WatchKit apps? EU VAT legislation and the App Store and a great introduction to SceneKit. Happy Holidays!
Published on: December 19, 2014 | Source:A call to all the bug bounty hunters out thereβ¦
Hi, Iβm Jutta! As some of you might have read in earlier posts, Iβve recently been busy setting up a security audit prior to the Ethereum genesis block release. Ethereum will launch following a world-class review by experts in IT security, cryptography and blockchain technology.Prior to the launch, we will...
Published on: December 18, 2014 | Source:ICANN computers compromised by hackers
The nonprofit organization that looks after name and internet domains has been hit by a spear phishing hack that has compromised company data, reports The Register.
Published on: December 18, 2014 | Source:Cybercrime Trends & Predictions for 2015
As regular readers will know, every year we publish our predictions on cybercrime attacks for the year ahead. Well, our South American research team has spent the last few weeks putting together our predictions for 2015.
Published on: December 18, 2014 | Source:Ethereum ΓΞV: What are we doing?
OK so a minor update about what we are (and are not) doing here at Ethereum DEV. We are, first and foremost, developing a robust quasi-Turing-complete blockchain. This is known as Ethereum. Aside from having quasi-Turing-completeness, it delivers on a number of other important considerations, stemming from the fact...
Published on: December 17, 2014 | Source:TorrentLockerβββRansomware in a country near you
Today, we are publishing research on ransomware that emerged in 2014. We have posted blog articles about this threat before, to raise awareness when we realized the criminals were targeting the United Kingdom and Spain.
Published on: December 16, 2014 | Source:TorrentLocker: Racketeering ransomware disassembled by ESET experts
Security experts at ESET have released their latest research into the notorious TorrentLocker malware, which has infected thousands of computer systems around the world, taking data hostage and demanding a ransom be paid to ensure its safe return.
Published on: December 16, 2014 | Source:Gavβs Ethereum ΓΞV Update IV
Time for another update! So quite a bit has happened following ΓΞVcon-0, our internal developer's conference. The conference itself was a great time to get all the developers together and really get to know each other, dissipate a lot of information (back to back presentations for 5 days!) and chat...
Published on: December 15, 2014 | Source:Issue 176
Rejections, HockeyApp gets acquired by Microsoft and WatchKit Beta 2.
Published on: December 12, 2014 | Source:Android scam: Firms fined over $500,000 for malicious apps' hidden subscriptions
Three UK firms have been fined over $500,000 for a scam that involved Android apps signing up to a subscription service, and suppressing notifications informing the victim they were being charged, according to The Guardian.
Published on: December 11, 2014 | Source:Identity theft - six tips to help keep yours safe
Private data such as addresses and social security numbers can be just as valuable to cybercriminals as valid credit card details can be to thieves - if not more so. Lock yours down with our tips.
Published on: December 08, 2014 | Source:ΓΞVcon-0 Recap
Day 1 - Monday 24th Nov - ΓΞV: Mission and Processes The first day of ΓΞVcon-0 kicked off early at 7am with the Ethereum UK communications team arriving at the venue (Ethereum Dev UGβs workspace in Kreuzberg, Berlin) to set up the 4K high quality recording equipment and arrange the...
Published on: December 05, 2014 | Source:Issue 175
More woes with extensions and the app review process. Getting started with Pay for selling physical goods and of course, more WatchKit goodness!
Published on: December 05, 2014 | Source:Firefox 34 disables SSL 3.0 and tackles eight security fixes
Firefox 34, the latest version of the Mozilla's popular web browser has disabled support for SSL 3.0 in reaction to the POODLE exploit, reported by We Live Security back in October.
Published on: December 04, 2014 | Source:From inside Ethereum ΓΞVhub Berlin
Yesterday was the first proper day of ΓΞVhub Berlin being open, following the first Ethereum internal developers' symposium ΓΞVcon-0. I want to post a few images to let you gauge the mood here. Henning, Marek, Viktor and Felix hacking on the couch
Published on: December 02, 2014 | Source:Introduction to Service Worker: How to use Service Worker
Service Worker will revolutionize the way we build for the web. Learn about what it is, why it is important and how to use it.
Published on: December 01, 2014 | Source:Issue 174
CocoaPods and Carthage, generating animation images for WatchKit and why you should never use the colour black.
Published on: November 28, 2014 | Source:Cyber Monday - 12 tips to help you shop safely online
Technology might evolve, but cyber gangs rely on tried-and-tested tactics. With a bit of care and attention, itβs easy to sort the genuine bargains from the too-good-to-be-true fakes.
Published on: November 27, 2014 | Source:Do I need to worry about state-sponsored threats like Regin?
Since the discovery of Stuxnet several years ago, there has been a parade of targeted malware that may have been created or sponsored by nation states. Does an average person or business really need to worry about these things?
Published on: November 26, 2014 | Source:Driverless cars 'could be hacked' warns Institute of Engineering and Technology
Self-driving cars are just around the corner, with the UK government putting up 10 million (around $15.6 million) for cities to pilot trials as soon as next year, but the country's Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) today issued stern warnings about the security of the technology.
Published on: November 25, 2014 | Source:Proof of Stake: How I Learned to Love Weak Subjectivity
Proof of stake continues to be one of the most controversial discussions in the cryptocurrency space. Although the idea has many undeniable benefits, including efficiency, a larger security margin and future-proof immunity to hardware centralization concerns, proof of stake algorithms tend to be substantially more complex than proof of work-based...
Published on: November 25, 2014 | Source:Smart home security - how not to be dumb with your devices
It's easy to imagine that ALL connected devices - from fridges to CCTV cameras - are a security nightmare, but there are simple, sensible steps you can take to lock these risks down.
Published on: November 24, 2014 | Source:Can e-cigarettes give you malware?
The long-term health effects of electronic cigarettes - or E-cigarettes - are still open for discussion - but the devices could harm your computer, at least if one report is to be believed.
Published on: November 22, 2014 | Source:Issue 173
Did someone say WatchKit? What you need to know to get started and also some regular iOS links too!
Published on: November 21, 2014 | Source:First exploitation of Internet Explorer 'Unicorn bug' in-the-wild
Microsoft released a patch last week for a critical vulnerability allowing remote code execution in Internet Explorer. This vulnerability is significant because it exploits an old bug present in Internet Explorer versions 3 through 11.
Published on: November 20, 2014 | Source:On Bitcoin Maximalism, and Currency and Platform Network Effects
One of the latest ideas that has come to recently achieve some prominence in parts of the Bitcoin community is the line of thinking that has been described by both myself and others as "Bitcoin dominance maximalism" or just "Bitcoin maximalism" for short - essentially, the idea that an environment...
Published on: November 20, 2014 | Source:Gavβs Ethereum ΓΞV Update III
I'm Gavin Wood, a co-founder of Ethereum and, along with Vitalik Buterin and Jeffrey Wilcke, one of the three directors of the Eth Dev, the NFP organisation that is managing the development (under contract from Ethereum Suisse) of the Ethereum blockchain. This is a small update to let you all...
Published on: November 18, 2014 | Source: