This story is doing the rounds everywhere. A joint effort between ESET and Ukraine Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-UA) defeated the attack, discovering a new variant of the Industroyer malware – which was used in a previous attack on the Ukrainian power grid in December 2016. This malware is associated …
Will this be a more strict Google Play store?
Apple has always promoted it’s App Store as a safe a secure place to download apps to your iOS device because of the level of curation (and fees) they apply to any app available there. Google on the other hand, still charges the fees to developers, but there was always …
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Ronin Network bailed out – FOLLOW UP
Last month we covered the $625m theft from Ronin, using a web3/smart contract, exploit against the decentralised finance service (DeFi). Now the company (and it’s clients) have been bailed out by cash investment by cryptocurrency giant Binance. Ronin Network bailed out by crypto giant Binance after hack – BBC News
The blockchain is not the end of the security process – UPDATED
This post was originally made on 30 March 2022 web3 (with a lowercase “w” of course) and its use of blockchain for better cybersecurity seems like a good idea. However here is another “profitable” cyber-attack on the technology – exploiting the processes to get into the secure systems. Ethereum sidechain …
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German police close down Hydra – a Darknet trading site
This story was first posted on 6 April 2022 Here is an interesting article from the BBC, describing how the German authorities closed down the world’s largest darknet marketplace – Hydra. Hydra: How German police dismantled Russian darknet site – BBC News Update Charges are starting to follow: DOJ charges …
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