Cyber-Security
Cybersecurity Firm Ranks Safety of Top Crypto Exchanges (#GotBitcoin?)
Prominent cybersecurity firm Group-IB has graded the security of top crypto exchanges. Cybersecurity Firm Ranks Safety of Top Crypto Exchanges According to research conducted by the Moscow-based firm in partnership with crypto asset insurance platform CryptoIns, the Kraken platform is the safest crypto exchange. In contrast, OKEx — the now-second crypto…
US. Can Learn From China’s Spot-The-Spy Program (GotBitcoin?)
BEIJING—In Xi Jinping’s campaign to galvanize China around threats to national security, the latest focus has turned to spies. In recent weeks, the country has dramatically amped up a call for vigilance even from its youngest citizens, with games such as “Spot the Spy” being played in schools. Around the…
US Charges Chinese Agents In Hacking Scheme, More Cases Expected (#GotBitcoin)
Prosecutors targeting hacking group previously linked to Beijing. US Charges Chinese Agents In Hacking Scheme, More Cases Expected (#GotBitcoin) Federal prosecutors unsealed charges against 10 Chinese intelligence officers and other individuals Tuesday, accusing them of engaging in a persistent campaign to hack into U.S. aviation companies in Arizona, Massachusetts, Oregon…
The Key To Being Safer Online Is Actually A Key (#GotBitcoin?)
The best way to protect yourself against hackers and phishers is to turn on two-factor authentication—then get a YubiKey or Google Titan Key. The Key To Being Safer Online Is Actually A Key Google, Yubico and others offer security keys for different devices and ports, but they all work basically the…
New Spy Service Shows You Unsecured Webcams And Baby-Cams, Etc. (#GotBitcoin?)
Shodan has made it even easier for our inner voyeur to spy upon the open webcams of homes across the world -- but are the ramifications more pronounced than idle surveillance? New Spy Service Shows You Unsecured Webcams And Baby-Cams, Etc. Launched in 2013, Shodan is a search engine used to…
Emerging Field of Social Physics Shows Promise In Cybercrime Detection (#GotBitcoin?)
A few weeks ago I wrote about social physics, a new discipline that aims to help us better understand and predict the behavior of human groups. Social physics is based on the premise that all event-data representing human activity contain a special set of group behavior patterns. As long as…
Poor Cyber Practices Plague The Pentagon (#GotBitcoin?)
Good day, CIOs. Or perhaps we should say, goodbye, because the results are in from a U.S. Government Accountability Office cybersecurity study of the Defense Department's newest weapons systems. They are not encouraging. "DOD likely has an entire generation of systems that were designed and built without adequately considering cybersecurity,"…
Don’t Be Haunted by Digital Ghosts: Delete Your Old Accounts (#GotBitcoin?)
We face constant reminders that our personal data is scattered all over the internet. Here’s how to reduce your exposure. Don’t Be Haunted by Digital Ghosts: Delete Your Old Accounts The recent revelations of exposed Google+ data and compromised Facebook security serve as stark reminders that many of us have a…
Google Exposed User Data, Feared Impact Of Public Disclosure (#GotBitcoin?)
Google exposed the private data of hundreds of thousands of users of the Google+ social network, though it didn’t find evidence of misuse. The company opted not to disclose the issue this past spring, in part because of fears doing so would draw regulatory scrutiny. Google opted not…
Chinese Tech Shares Tumble on Spying Concerns (#GotBitcoin?)
Shares of China’s Lenovo and ZTE fall more than 10% each. The escalating trade fight between Washington and Beijing is sending a chill through investors in Chinese technology companies that sell to the U.S. Chinese Tech Shares Tumble on Spying Concerns Hong Kong-listed shares of Lenovo Group Ltd. , the Chinese…
Cyber-Espionage Experts Want to Know Who’s Exposing China’s Hacking Army (#GotBitcoin?)
Group called Intrusion Truth (@intrusion_truth) has published information online about hacking campaigns. Cyber-Espionage Experts Want to Know Who’s Exposing China’s Hacking Army The world’s cyber-sleuths are investigating a new mystery: Who is behind an anonymous effort to expose China’s hacker army? An anonymous group calling itself Intrusion Truth in August published…
How AI Can Help Stop Cyberattacks (#GotBitcoin?)
As hackers get smarter and more determined, artificial intelligence is going to be an important part of the solution. As corporations struggle to fight off hackers and contain data breaches, some are looking to artificial intelligence for a solution. They’re using machine learning to sort through millions of malware files,…