27th June, 2018 By Lawrence Abrams Recently there have been a lot of reports of Windows Defender suddenly detecting files as Trojan:Win32/Bluteal.B!rfn. The detected files range from CPU miners, which would make sense, to legitimate Windows files, which do not. For example, one of our visitors posted in the forums on June 24th that Windows… Continue reading Windows Defender Detecting Legitimate Files as Trojan:Win32/Bluteal.B!rfn
Month: June 2018
Blockchain Capital’s Bogart: Bitcoin the Only Crypto with a Proven Use Case
Blockchain Capital Partner Spencer Bogart was on CNBC’s Fast Money on Monday to discuss the current state of the bitcoin and greater cryptocurrency market. During the interview, Bogart emphasized a preference for bitcoin over other cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICOs) at current prices, noting that bitcoin is the only crypto token that has proven… Continue reading Blockchain Capital’s Bogart: Bitcoin the Only Crypto with a Proven Use Case
Winners Announced for EU-Led Anti-Counterfeiting Blockchain Hackathon
The winners of the inaugural EU Blockathon 2018 competition, which took place between June 22 and 25, were announced at a ceremony in Brussels on Monday. Organized by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the European Commission (EU), the EU Blockathon 2018 sought to build the next level anti-counterfeiting infrastructure for the European… Continue reading Winners Announced for EU-Led Anti-Counterfeiting Blockchain Hackathon
Lendingblock and QUOINE Announce Partnership for Blockchain Lending
QUOINE, a global fintech company providing blockchain-based trading and exchange services and owners of QUOINIX has partnered with Lendingblock as a liquidity partner and joined the Lendingblock Institutional Advisory Group. Lendingblock is an institutional platform for collateralised digital asset lending. QUOINE own the digital asset exchanges QUOINEX, QRYPTOS, and the upcoming LIQUID platform. Within the… Continue reading Lendingblock and QUOINE Announce Partnership for Blockchain Lending
WARNING: WordPress File Delete to Code Execution
26 Jun 2018 by Slavco Mihajloski, Karim El Ouerghemmi WordPress is the most popular CMS on the web. According to w3tech, it is used by approximately 30% of all websites1. This wide adoption makes it an interesting target for cyber criminals. In this blog post we are going to introduce an authenticated arbitrary… Continue reading WARNING: WordPress File Delete to Code Execution
Italian Bitcoin Wallet Conio Raises US$3M at US$40M+ Valuation
Conio, an Italian startup providing cryptocurrency and blockchain services, has raised US$3 million in its Series A2 round at a valuation of more than US$40 million, the company announced last week. Founded in 2015 in San Francisco by Italian natives Christian Miccoli and Vincenzo Di Nicola, Conio is a blockchain startup with offices in both… Continue reading Italian Bitcoin Wallet Conio Raises US$3M at US$40M+ Valuation
Monthly Channel updates to Office 365 Pro Plus June 25, 2018
Version 1806: June 25 Version 1806 (Build 10228.20080) Excel: Feature updates Improved cell and formula bar editing: You can now use CTRL+A to select text in a cell or the formula bar. There’s also improved support for emojis and other complex characters. Improved SVG support: You can insert SVG’s that have filters applied to them.… Continue reading Monthly Channel updates to Office 365 Pro Plus June 25, 2018
UK Tax Agency Recorded the Voices of 5.1 Million Brits
24th June, 2018 By Catalin Cimpanu The UK’s tax agency —HMRC (Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs)— has collected the voice records of over 5.1 million Brits, a UK-based privacy and civil liberties group has discovered. The HMRC collected these voice records via a new service it launched in January 2017. Called Voice… Continue reading UK Tax Agency Recorded the Voices of 5.1 Million Brits
Thousands of Apps Leak Sensitive Data via Misconfigured Firebase Backends
23rd June, 2018 By Catalin Cimpanu Thousands of iOS and Android mobile applications are exposing over 113 GBs of data via over 2,271 misconfigured Firebase databases, according to a report released this week by mobile security firm Appthority. Firebase is a Backend-as-a-Service offering from Google that contains a vast collection of services… Continue reading Thousands of Apps Leak Sensitive Data via Misconfigured Firebase Backends
Shopin ICO-Syndicate Hacks Shows Danger Of Trust
Large scale thefts usually involve an exchange or a bug in a smart contract. While individual hacks are common, they don’t tend to make news because, by their nature, they only affect one person. But one alleged hack of an individual is affecting an entire ICO, its participants and it has shed some light on… Continue reading Shopin ICO-Syndicate Hacks Shows Danger Of Trust