June 3, 2018 By Pierluigi Paganini Cyber criminals recently added the code for the CVE-2018-8174 Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability to the infamous RIG exploit kit. Crooks recently added the code for an Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability to the infamous RIG exploit kit. The Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-8174, was first discovered a few weeks ago, it affects… Continue reading Crooks included the code for CVE-2018-8174 IE Zero-Day in the RIG Exploit Kit
Month: June 2018
Smartwatches disclosing children’s location
30th May 2018 The popularity of smart children’s watches is increasing every day. These watches allow parents to keep track of the current location of their children. Most vendors allow for parents to retrieve this information using a mobile app. Apart from the location, most of the vendors offer parents the possibility to send… Continue reading Smartwatches disclosing children’s location
Chinese Energy Firm Narada To Deploy Blockchain, IoT Tech Across APAC
The Asia Pacific (APAC) subsidiary of Chinese energy firm Narada Power Source is teaming up with Singapore startup Electrify to deploy blockchain and Internet-of-Things (IoT) solutions for energy trading and tracking across APAC. Electrify has built a marketplace for electricity retail that uses blockchain technology to provide increased transparency and efficiency. The marketplace aims to… Continue reading Chinese Energy Firm Narada To Deploy Blockchain, IoT Tech Across APAC
How Bitpay are Facilitating Global Trade With B2B Bitcoin Transactions
Bitcoin is electronic cash. And so the presumption is that we will use bitcoin like we use cash, only online. But BitPay and their partners are showing how Bitcoin’s next big use case might not be preordering your coffee, but enabling businesses to open up to global markets. For companies looking to go global, Bitcoin… Continue reading How Bitpay are Facilitating Global Trade With B2B Bitcoin Transactions
DanaBot – A new banking Trojan surfaces Down Under
May 31, 2018 Proofpoint Staff Overview 2018 has seen a marked shift away from high-volume, immediately destructive ransomware campaigns to distribution of banking Trojans, information stealers, and downloaders. Banking Trojans now make up almost 60% of malicious payloads we observe in email. Now a new banking Trojan has emerged, adding to the growing… Continue reading DanaBot – A new banking Trojan surfaces Down Under
Yoni Assia Discusses The Future of eToro and Cryptocurrency
Social trading platform eToro has had a great start to the year, and as it gets ready to launch a cryptocurrency offering in the U.S., set to take place in the second half of 2018, and its eToro wallet, the platform has revealed that it will be launching its own exchange later this year. Yoni… Continue reading Yoni Assia Discusses The Future of eToro and Cryptocurrency
Blockchain-Based Event Ticketing Platform Blockparty Launches Mobile App
Blockparty, a US startup looking to bring blockchain technology to event ticketing, has launched its new platform now available for download in the Apple App Store. The mobile app allows users to purchase event tickets easily, transfer them, and get rewarded for bringing friends, sharing events, and more. Blockparty’s native token, BOXX, has gone live within… Continue reading Blockchain-Based Event Ticketing Platform Blockparty Launches Mobile App
Ethereum Wallet imToken Raises US$10M Series A From IDG Capital
Cryptocurrency digital wallet imToken has raised US$10 million in a Series A funding round from IDG Capital, a Chinese investment firm that has backed the likes of Circle, Ripple and Bitmain. The startup said it will use the capital injection to support its expansion into new markets as well as fund the development of new… Continue reading Ethereum Wallet imToken Raises US$10M Series A From IDG Capital
MyBit Partners With Smart Tech Provider Ability Concept, Announces Upcoming Launch of Decentralised Asset Exchange For IOT
MyBit, an Internet of Things (IoT) investment ecosystem, has announced that it has signed a partnership with smart technology company Ability Concept and is gearing up to launch the world’s first decentralised asset exchange, MYDAX, for the future machine economy. The Swiss-based company enables anyone to invest in revenue-generating IoT devices. These include the likes… Continue reading MyBit Partners With Smart Tech Provider Ability Concept, Announces Upcoming Launch of Decentralised Asset Exchange For IOT
CSS Is So Overpowered It Can Deanonymize Facebook Users
31st May, 2018 By Catalin Cimpanu Some of the recent additions to the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) web standard are so powerful that a security researcher has abused them to deanonymize visitors to a demo site and reveal their Facebook usernames, avatars, and if they liked a particular web page of Facebook. … Continue reading CSS Is So Overpowered It Can Deanonymize Facebook Users