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QRL, Making Cryptocurrencies Secure Against Quantum Computing Attacks

October 10, 2019 admin blockchain, INTERVIEWS, news, Security

Credit to Author: Elliot Hill| Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 09:43:52 +0000

As our computing power increases, we edge ever closer to “quantum” computers, machines capable of solving complex problems using quantum mechanics, which traditional “bit” based computers can’t effectively process. For cryptocurrencies, which rely on the security of their ledger to protect huge amounts of user funds, these complex problems which could be solved by quantum […]

QRL, Making Cryptocurrencies Secure Against Quantum Computing Attacks was originally found on Cryptocurrency News | Tech, Privacy, Bitcoin & Blockchain | Blokt.

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Multisig Crypto Security Company Casa Expand Team With New Product Lead Brian Lockhart

October 10, 2019 admin blockchain, Featured, news, Security

Credit to Author: Elliot Hill| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 16:08:40 +0000

Casa, founded in 2018 by Jeremy Welch – now CEO, is a blockchain company focused on providing financial self-sovereignty and leading security for Bitcoin private keys. Employing other prominent members of the Bitcoin community, such as CTO Jameson Lopp, Casa have grown rapidly despite the downturn in the crypto markets which marked most of 2018. […]

Multisig Crypto Security Company Casa Expand Team With New Product Lead Brian Lockhart was originally found on Cryptocurrency News | Tech, Privacy, Bitcoin & Blockchain | Blokt.

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Twitter Took Phone Numbers for Security and Used Them for Advertising

October 8, 2019 admin 2fa, ADVERTISING, Cybersecurity, hacking, multi-factor authentication, privacy, Security, SMS, Twitter, two-factor authentication

Credit to Author: Joseph Cox| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 21:51:14 +0000

This could make people think twice about using a phone number to secure their account at all.

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The FBI Tried to Plant a Backdoor in an Encrypted Phone Network

September 18, 2019 admin El Chapo, encryption, FBI, pgp, pgp blackberrys, phantom secure, ramos, Security, Sinaloa cartel, vincent ramos

Credit to Author: Joseph Cox| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 19:18:58 +0000

The FBI wanted a backdoor in Phantom Secure, an encrypted phone company that sold to members of the Sinaloa cartel, and which is linked to the alleged leaking of sensitive law enforcement information in Canada.

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FERC, NERC Want to Disclose Names, Penalties for Cybersecurity Reliability Violations

August 28, 2019 admin appa, Business, ceii, connected plant, critical energy/electric infrastructure information, Cybersecurity, DOE, EEI, ferc, iiot, iiot cyber, iiot power, Legal & Regulatory, nerc, news, nop, nreca, penalties, privacy, private sector, Security, Uncategorized

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:52:16 +0000

The names of bulk power system entities that violate federal critical infrastructure cybersecurity reliability standards—along with identification of standards violated and penalties assessed—may soon be routinely disclosed under changes proposed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Reliability Corp. (NERC). The proposed changes, which FERC and NERC outlined in an Aug. […]

The post FERC, NERC Want to Disclose Names, Penalties for Cybersecurity Reliability Violations appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Microsoft Contractors Listened to Xbox Owners in Their Homes

August 21, 2019 admin apple, Contractors, cortana, kinect, microsoft kinect, privacy, Security, Siri, SURVEILLANCE, Xbox

Credit to Author: Joseph Cox| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 19:47:39 +0000

Multiple contractors working for Microsoft explain how they listened to audio captured by Xbox consoles.

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Alarm sounded on possible escalation of terror attacks

August 12, 2019 admin ani-terror, Hermogenes Esperon Jr, Human Security Act, Latest News Stories, Legislation, Nation, Philippines, Security, Senate, Terrorism, Violence

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 03:22:33 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – Philippine security forces are fearing a possible “chilling escalation in tactics, damage and barbarity” of terrorists after the reported collapse of the ISIS / Daesh in Syria and Iraq.

The post Alarm sounded on possible escalation of terror attacks appeared first on Inquirer News.

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Google Hackers Found 10 Ways to Hack an iPhone Without Touching It

August 12, 2019 admin hacking, imessage, iPhone, Security

Credit to Author: Karl Bode| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 19:01:27 +0000

Many of the vulnerabilities relied on using iMessage to own the rest of the phone, Google’s Project Zero said.

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Immigration arrests illegal recruiter at Naia

August 11, 2019 admin Bureau of Immigration, Illegal recruiter, Latest News Stories, NAIA, Nation, news, Security

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 08:18:47 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has nabbed an illegal recruiter who once managed to successfully facilitate the departure of two of his victims. Timotea Barizo, BI travel control and enforcement unit chief said on Sunday that the 40-year old suspect already has a record in its database for illegal recruitment. “Our records […]

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Ring Partnerships With Police Are ‘Troubling,’ Home Security Lobbyists Say

August 9, 2019 admin Amazon, law enforcement, police, ring, Security

Credit to Author: Caroline Haskins| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 15:30:22 +0000

Home security trade organization The Monitoring Association said that it is troubled by reports of Ring partnerships with law enforcement that are designed to promote Ring products.