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The cryptocurrencies’ potential to facilitate money laundering and financing illicit activities has long informed Bitcoin-insecure politicians’ hawkish postures on crypto regulation. With the release by the Department of Justice (DoJ) of an indictment of twelve Russian intelligence officers last Friday, which includes a count of an alleged conspiracy to launder money ‘through cryptocurrencies such as…
Schnorr is coming… In fact, the bitcoin upgrade arguably took its most significant step yet toward implementation last week when influential developer Pieter Wuille unveiled a draft outlining its technical makeup. With the release, the idea, one that’s been in the works by bitcoin developers for years, is one step closer to improving the scaling and…
As initial coin offerings continue to explode, a new study found that the U.S. has become the leading territory for such deals, despite a murky regulatory picture. According to a report released today by the Crypto Finance Conference, 30 of the 100 largest ICOs were held by companies based in the U.S. Switzerland was home…
Knowledge is power, particularly in the Information Age, where an understanding of ‘the new’ can provide an edge over the competition. This is why, barely a year since crypto exploded into mainstream awareness — and long before it’s likely to enjoy blanket adoption — it’s already been the object of a growing number of university…
Behold the Bogomol tanklet! Built by Belarus, this compact car-sized unmanned ground vehicle joins the growing ranks of robotic weapons designed for combat. We’ve seen some form of remote-control armored vehicle developed by everyone from Russia to Iraq, with a similar purpose shared by all armored vehicles: deliver pain to the enemy, all while keeping…
“Cyberwar as a form of interstate confrontation has entered an active phase.” Stuxnet, Duqu, Flame, Industroyer, Informzashchita, Lurk, EternalBlue, Blackenergy, etc etc Allegations that Russian hackers stole emails from top Democrats in the United States, in an effort to influence the results of America’s presidential election, are now more than a year old. Last…
“Some believe cyber is just like rain — an environmental condition you have to fight in — rather than a major war-fighting capability.” The U.S. military has made great strides to develop a cyber workforce. For the Army, this has included creating a cyber command, cyber schools and a cyber military occupational specialty for…
Der Bundesverfassungsschutz warnt: Laut Verfassungschutz sind deutsche Medienunternehmen und Organisationen im Bereich der Chemiewaffenforschung wieder Ziel eines Hackerangriffs geworden. Indizien weisen auf einen Angriff aus Russland. Von Anja Bröker, WDR Die Angriffe verlaufen immer gleich. Ein scheinbar harmloses Word-Dokument hängt im Anhang einer E-Mail. Beim Öffnen der Datei wird dem Opfer empfohlen, die Ausführung von…
Founders Bank, Malta: plans to create a blockchain-based bank with tokenized ownership The world’s second largest crypto exchange, Binance, is backing plans to create a blockchain-based bank with tokenized ownership, Bloomberg reports today, July 12. The future “Founders Bank” would be owned by digital token investors and be based in Malta, known for its…
EMP-proof can even survive a nuclear blast Can your Moto 360 communicate using classified waveforms? Would your Pebble Time survive a nuclear blast? No chance – you may as well throw your smartwatch in the bin now. The Ivan Drago of the smartwatch world – the Argus-Spektr Company’s Strelets – has been detailed by…
WASHINGTON ― The Pentagon’s commercial technology hub, Defense Innovation Unit Experimental, has outposts in Silicon Valley, Boston and Austin. But it’s now stepping up its commitment to one vital region to which it has not paid as much attention in the last three years: Washington, D.C. The tech office has brought on Michael Madsen as…
It’s hard to build a service powered by artificial intelligence. So hard, in fact, that some startups have worked out it’s cheaper and easier to get humans to behave like robots than it is to get machines to behave like humans. “Using a human to do the job lets you skip over a load of…
Blockchains seem like the perfect technology for online voting. They can act as “bulletin boards,” global ledgers that were hypothesized (but never truly realized) in decades of e-voting research. Better still, blockchains enable smart contracts, which can execute on-chain elections autonomously and do away with election authorities. Unfortunately, smart contracts aren’t just good for running…
If your mobile carrier offers LTE, also known as the 4G network, you need to beware as your network communication can be hijacked remotely. A team of researchers has discovered some critical weaknesses in the ubiquitous LTE mobile device standard that could allow sophisticated hackers to spy on users’ cellular networks, modify the contents of…
After waiting nearly a year to get their tokens, the first thing many Tezos investors did was get rid of them. At least, that seems to be the case according to available market data, which indicates a wave of selling has taken place since the tech backing the crypto asset was released in beta. All in…
Insider Theft Report #2 Today A former employee of Israel-based cyber arms dealer NSO Group has been accused of stealing spyware source code from the company and attempting to sell it for $50 million, Israel’s Justice Ministry announced this week. The suspect has not been named, but court documents reveal that he’s a 38-year-old…
By Paul Mozur – June 22, 2018 – The New York Times JINJIANG, China — With a dragnet closing in, engineers at a Taiwanese chip maker holding American secrets did their best to conceal a daring case of corporate espionage. As the police raided their offices, human resources workers gave the engineers a warning…
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance “expects” profits to reach $1 bln in 2018, CEO Changpeng Zhao told Bloomberg in an interview today, July 6. Speaking as his platform recovers from a week of technical difficulties which saw trading temporarily suspended, Zhao revealed figures that defied the idea crypto exchanges’ success depends on market prices. Despite Bitcoin (BTC)…
A soldier who gets separated or lost in a hostile landscape naturally wants to send a radio signal as a call for help. The problem: Enemies can often see the signal too. To break this conundrum, the Army recently awarded a $33.9 million contract to support development of new technology. “The motto is to leave…
Blockchain Mining Hardware and 6 EH/s Pool Giant Bitmain Valued at $12 Billion in New Funding Round of $300 Million to $400 Million – lead by Sequoia, US-Coatue, and EDBI-Singapore. Chinese bitcoin mining giant Bitmain has reportedly closed a Series B round funding, which values the firm at approximately $12 billion. Chinese business media…
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