New special Google account protection for those who face the threat of state-sponsored, highly resourced cyberespionage.

New special Google account protection for those who face the threat of state-sponsored, highly resourced cyberespionage.

Think politicians and officials, high net-worth individuals, activists, dissidents, and journalists. Google’s ‘Advanced Protection’ Locks Down Accounts Like Never Before When it comes to the eternal tradeoff between digital security and convenience, most tech firms focus their efforts on the vast majority of people who choose a painless user experience over a paranoid one. But…

Estonia: Millions of high-security crypto keys crippled

Estonia: Millions of high-security crypto keys crippled

Hmmm .. I remember something like RSA <3 NSA – since when were 2048 (or any) RSA keys safe? — TJACK RSA Factorization weakness lets attackers impersonate key holders and decrypt their data. A crippling flaw in a widely used code library has fatally undermined the security of millions of encryption keys used in some…

Blockchain Resources

Blockchain Resources

contact: https://www.bgp4.com/contact-me/ 10-Year Anniversary – The 2019 State of Debate in a Video Rap Battle … for all the details, scroll down :)   Reading Material and Books “Satoshi Nakamoto’s” (Wikipedia) Original Whitepaper The PDF – various available translations – The Basics – Developer Documentation High-level introduction to Blockchain: Melanie Swan, Blockchain – Blueprint for…

Blockchains Explained in Two Minutes

Blockchains Explained in Two Minutes

Note: There is only one (the PoW Blockchain) – the plural here should apply to multiple copies of it. — TJACK Saving the planet, fixing healthcare, replacing conventional currency—there is apparently nothing that the shared-database technology known as blockchains can’t fix. At least, that’s the impression given by the horde of governments, banks, entrepreneurs, and…

WHD > CloudFest 2018 10-16 March

WHD > CloudFest 2018 10-16 March

WHD.global = World Hosting Days Our industry is evolving at a blistering pace. The cloud is not only about bandwidth, storage, or connectivity anymore but includes platforms delivering a full spectrum of services at the foundation of all communication and data transfer around the world. It touches everything—IoT, autonomous driving, air traffic control, finances, blockchain,…

Dark Reading’s INsecurity Conference – November 29-30

Dark Reading’s INsecurity Conference – November 29-30

INsecurity, a Dark Reading conference, is partnering with CIT and MACH37 for its inaugural event taking place Nov. 29-30, 2017 in the D.C. area. Recent online attacks and threats are increasingly crossing the boundaries between public and private sector organizations. INsecurity provides an opportunity for IT and security professionals to come together and exchange ideas…

5G Capability Assessment Event

5G Capability Assessment Event

23-24 January 2018 Submission Deadline: 15 December 2017 SOFWERX, in collaboration with USSOCOM PEO-C4, will host a Capability Assessment Event (CAE) to discuss new, novel, and provocative 5G architectures and technologies, ideas, and solutions which advance communication capabilities. Register today and join us: sofwerx.org/5G      

Blockchain Digital Identification in Canada Coming in 2018

Blockchain Digital Identification in Canada Coming in 2018

Finding ways to prove consumer identity with 100 percent accuracy has been a tough task. Everything from simple cards to fingerprints to iris scans have been used in different applications to provide identity certainty. However, most biometric systems require huge amounts of infrastructure and are cost-prohibitive, while simpler and cheaper methods are often not secure.…

Intel created a superconducting test chip for quantum computing not running at zero kelvin

Intel created a superconducting test chip for quantum computing not running at zero kelvin

Quantum computing is the next big technological revolution, and it’s coming sooner than you might think. IBM unveiled its own quantum processor this past May, scientists have been experimenting with silicon-laced diamonds (and basic silicon, too) as a quantum computing substrate, Google is already looking at cloud-based solutions and Microsoft is already creating a new…