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Zcash Implementations Bug Could Leak Shielded Full Nodes’ IP Addresses

A malfunction in all of Zcash (ZEC) products, and a majority of its forks, has rendered its metadata – which includes the full nodes’ with shielded addresses (zaddr) IPs –...

Robin Wong | Oct 01, 2019 02:55

Cybersecurity Firm Introduced Update that Fixed WannaCryFake Bitcoin Ransomware Issue

Cybersecurity company Emsisoft has recently come up with an update that would fix the issues caused by Bitcoin (BTC)-demanding ransomware WannaCryFake. Announced via a blog post on September 25,...

Katelyn James | Sep 26, 2019 15:00

Bangladesh Financially Support Blockchain Training for Graduates with IT Fund

The Bangladesh authority is planning to utilizing the $208 million, acquired via an IT project fund, to pay for Japan and India-based blockchain training for university students. Specifically, the...

Tracy Hannes | Aug 06, 2019 03:30

US Defense Dept. Pursued Blockchain-based Solution to Enhance Cybersecurity

The United States Department of Defense (DoD) is reportedly considering a blockchain-based tool to enhance cybersecurity, as part of the plan to digitally modernize its systems. Specifically, the DoD...

Emily Rys | Aug 01, 2019 11:52

US Congress Called for Moratorium Regarding Facebook Ongoing Project Libra

The U.S House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services has temporarily prohibited Facebook, along with its associates, to cease any activities related to the progress of Libra –...

Daniel T. | Jul 05, 2019 04:36

Cybercriminals to Exploit Confluence Vulnerability With Rootkit

Security intelligence firm Trend Micro Inc. has released a report about CVE-2019-3396 exploitation, a critical vulnerability involving Confluence, with its latest update providing a new rootkit...

Anne W. | May 10, 2019 03:26

US Lawmakers Grill Bank CEOs 10 Years after Financial Crisis, including on Crypto

The chief executives of some of the largest US banks were called to testify on Wednesday (Apr 10) in front of the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee some 10 years on as part of a...

Anne W. | Apr 15, 2019 04:45

Oracle VP’s Prediction: Half of All Companies Will Adopt Blockchain Tech in 3 Years

Frank Xiong, Oracle‘s Group Vice President of blockchain product development, supposed that blockchain technology would probably be adopted by at least 50% of companies within the next 3 years....

Shannon Wilson | Apr 12, 2019 07:30

Security Expert Ted Harrington: Weak Leadership More to Blame for Cyber Vulnerabilities than Hackers

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has published a post on its website by a security expert offering three major areas that leaders today should pay attention to on how to secure a blockchain. Most of...

Daniel T. | Apr 12, 2019 04:00

Malta Approves First Batch of 14 Virtual Financial Assets Agents

The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), Malta’s single financial regulator, has officially issued “in-principle approval” for its very first batch of registrations of 14 Virtual Financial...

Daniel T. | Apr 05, 2019 04:17