A new law in Vietnam would, starting January 1st, require internet companies to remove content critical of the government and provide data to the government upon request. In response to the …
Twitter suspending over 1 million accounts per day in effort to fight fake accounts and disinformation
Twitter suspended over 70 million accounts in May and June, as it increases efforts to clamp down on fake accounts and disinformation. This rate is more than double that from mid-2017, prior to the …
Press releases hacked to generate over $100 million in illegal trades
For 5 years, seven stock traders and three hackers gamed the financial system by hacking press releases prior to their publication and using the information to generate over $100 million in trading …
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Cryptocurrency thieves have stolen over $760 million in 6 months
Cyber thieves have stolen $761 million from cryptocurrency exchanges in the first 6 months of 2018. This is triple the amount stolen from exchanges in all of 2017. “This overall market expansion has …
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As mob lynchings fueled by WhatsApp messages sweep India, authorities struggle to combat fake news
Rumors spreading across Indian villages via WhatsApp have fueled more than 12 mob lynchings in recent months. Most recently, a mob killed 5 beggars after a rumor suggested they were trafficking …
Why Can’t Europe Create Tech Giants Like the U.S. and China?
In a region with a comparable economy to the U.S. and with some of the best pools of mathematicians, computer scientists, and software developers in the world, one might expect a European tech giant …
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Iranian APT poses As Israeli cyber-security firm in spearphishing attempt
An Iranian cyber-espionage group posed as one of the cyber-security firms that identified its previous hacking efforts in a failed spearphishing attempt. The group copied the Israeli companies …
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Binance, world’s largest crypto exchance, resumes services after ‘irregular’ SYS trading risk alert
Binance resumed services on July 4th, a day after suspending all trades and withdrawals due to “irregular” trading of the Syscoin (SYS) currency. SYS announced that they were investigating a “possible …
Embracing a Future of Technical and Political Churn
Two things happened last week that will ultimately have a huge impact on almost every American consumer alive today but unfortunately, you’ve probably never even heard of them. Does the …
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Clipboard Hijacker Malware Monitors 2.3 Million Bitcoin Addresses
Hackers have developed a malware (CryptoCurrency Clipboard Hijackers) that monitors the Windows clipboard for copied cryptocurrency addresses. When these addresses are pasted in order to send funds, …
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