Day: June 11, 2018

Blockchain’s Once-Feared 51% Attack Is Now Becoming Regular among smaller coins

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Monacoin, bitcoin gold, zencash, verge and now, litecoin cash. At least five cryptocurrencies have recently been hit with an attack that used to be more theoretical than actual, all in the last month. In each case, attackers have been able to amass enough computing power to compromise these smaller networks, rearrange their transactions and abscond Read more about Blockchain’s Once-Feared 51% Attack Is Now Becoming Regular among smaller coins[…]

EU Copyright law could put end to net memes

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Memes, remixes and other user-generated content could disappear online if the EU’s proposed rules on copyright become law, warn experts. Digital rights groups are campaigning against the Copyright Directive, which the European Parliament will vote on later this month. The legislation aims to protect rights-holders in the internet age. But critics say it misunderstands the Read more about EU Copyright law could put end to net memes[…]

Cisco Removes Backdoor Account, Fourth in the Last Four Months

Posted on by Robin Edgar

For the fourth time in as many months, Cisco has removed hardcoded credentials that were left inside one of its products, which an attacker could have exploited to gain access to devices and inherently to customer networks. This time around, the hardcoded password was found in Cisco’s Wide Area Application Services (WAAS), which is a Read more about Cisco Removes Backdoor Account, Fourth in the Last Four Months[…]

The first 3D printed houses will be built in the Netherlands this year

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The city of Eindhoven soon hopes to boast the world’s first commercially-developed 3D-printed homes, an endeavor known as Project Milestone. Artist’s rendering of 3D printed home neighborhood. (3dprintedhouse.nl) Construction on the first home begins this year and five houses will be on the rental market by 2019, project organizers say. Within a week of releasing Read more about The first 3D printed houses will be built in the Netherlands this year[…]

Facebook gave some companies special access to data on users’ friends

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Facebook granted a select group of companies special access to its users’ records even after the point in 2015 that the company has claimed it stopped sharing such data with app developers. According to the Wall Street Journal, which cited court documents, unnamed Facebook officials and other unnamed sources, Facebook made special agreements with certain companies called “whitelists,” Read more about Facebook gave some companies special access to data on users’ friends[…]

Ticketfly exposes data on 27m customers in hack

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Ticketfly was the target of a malicious cyber attack last week In consultation with third-party forensic cybersecurity experts we can now confirm that credit and debit card information was not accessed. However, information including names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers connected to approximately 27 million Ticketfly accounts was accessed. It’s important to note that Read more about Ticketfly exposes data on 27m customers in hack[…]

The hits keep coming for Facebook: Web giant made 14m people’s private posts public

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about 14 million people were affected by a bug that, for a nine-day span between May 18 and 27, caused profile posts to be set as public by default, allowing any Tom, Dick or Harriet to view the material. “We recently found a bug that automatically suggested posting publicly when some people were creating their Read more about The hits keep coming for Facebook: Web giant made 14m people’s private posts public[…]