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Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 14:06:00 -0700

Hoping to raise awareness about blockchain vulnerabilities, cybersecurity firm Kudelski Security next week plans to launch the industry’s first “purposefully vulnerable” blockchain – and will demo it at next month’s Black Hat conference.

Kudelski Security’s FumbleChain project is aimed at highlighting vulnerabilities in blockchain ecosystems, according to Nathan Hamiel, head of cybersecurity research at Kudelski.

The flawed blockchain ledger is written in Python 3.0, making it easy for anyone to read and modify its source code, and it’s modular – allowing users to hack and add new challenges to promote continuous learning.

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July 25, 2019 admin

Facebook’s Ex-Security Chief Details His ‘Observatory’ for Internet Abuse

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 09:00:00 +0000

Alex Stamos’ Stanford-based project will try to persuade tech firms to offer academics access to massive troves of user data.

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July 25, 2019 admin

Robert Mueller’s Work Is Done. Now It’s Congress’s Turn

Credit to Author: Garrett M. Graff| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 00:57:20 +0000

In nearly six hours of testimony Wednesday, former special counsel Robert Mueller stuck to the facts.

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July 25, 2019 admin

New York’s Revenge Porn Law Is a Flawed Step Forward

Credit to Author: Emma Grey Ellis| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 21:10:47 +0000

All but four states in the US now have a revenge porn law on the books. But advocates say precious few get it right.

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July 25, 2019 admin

5 smart questions that'll smother most Android security scares

Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 03:00:00 -0700

I haven’t looked at today’s tech news too closely just yet, but I have a sneaking suspicion some evil-sounding virtual gremlin or other is probably on the brink of invading my smartphone, stealing my secrets, and setting me up for a lifetime of dread and despair.

He might even be covertly eating all the salty snacks from my kitchen this very second. ALL THE SALTY SNACKS, DAMN IT!

I don’t have to scan the headlines too closely to know there’s a decent chance of all of this happening — because all of this happens practically every other week here in the Android world. A solid few to several times a month, it seems, some hilariously named and made-to-seem-scary new piece of malware (ViperRat! Desert Scorpion! Ooga-Booga-Meanie-Monster!) is making its way onto our phones and into our lives. Or so we’re told, rather convincingly and repeatedly. (All right, so I may have made Ooga-Booga-Meanie-Monster up just now, but c’mon: It’s probably only a matter of time til we see something using that name.)

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July 24, 2019 admin

Watch Robert Mueller’s Testimony Live Right Here

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 12:36:00 +0000

Robert Mueller will testify before Congress Wednesday in two separate hearings. You can watch it right here, but first make sure to manage your expectations.

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July 24, 2019 admin