Hackers Can Impersonate Bluetooth Devices to Steal Users’ Personal Data: Is This a Threat to You?A group of cybersecurity researchers has detected a severe security vulnerability in Bluetooth-based communication that can potentially enable bad actors to impersonate any Bluetooth master or slave device.
Identifying Gram: What Is Going on in Legal Battle Between Telegram and U.S. Financial Watchdog?Russian-born entrepreneur and programmer Pavel Durov, who is most famous for the creation of the encrypted chat app Telegram, has been under scrutiny of the United States financial regulators since 2019. That year, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) turned its attention to Telegram and its wholly-owned subsidiary, TON Issuer.
After Telegram’s Lost Battle with SEC, TON Launched Now Under Slightly Different NameTON developers, major PoS validators, and community enthusiasts have announced the launch of Free TON powered by the native token TON Crystal in a declaration.
Notorious Spyware Vendor Pushes COVID-19 Tracking SolutionSince October 2019, Facebook and it’s subsidiary WhatsApp have been fighting in court with an Israeli spyware firm NSO Group, claiming that the firm used WhatsApp to facilitate spyware distribution. Although the conclusion is yet to be reached, the case brought up interesting notions about NSO Group and the situation with users’ privacy. But nevermind […]
Privacy Concerns? Some Personal Data in the UK Was Not Even Password-ProtectedThere is no shortage of news about hacks and cybersecurity flaws, which may not come as a surprise. Yet, there are curious ones that catch the eye.
The Watchful Eye of Chainalysis: How Bitcoins Get Dirty and How It May Affect YouIf anything is perceived as valuable, there is always someone who seeks to illegally obtain it, be it money, art, or luxury items. In recent years, this list embraced cryptocurrencies as well: to some, they have become a coveted prize that opens a fast track to wealth. And there are lots of ways to seize […]
Oppressed Ethnic Minorities, Technology, and YouAccording to the recent news, an exploit in iOS was used between January and March 2020 to spy on visitors of certain websites related to an ethnic minority living in northwestern China.
Researchers Will “Fork” Facebook and Populate It With BotsIn order to pinpoint vulnerabilities and exploits, Facebook launches a software simulation of its own network populated exclusively by bots. The project was dubbed Web-Enabled Simulation (WES). Its white paper was published on the Facebook research site.
Forklog.media to Enhance Coverage of Privacy and Security IssuesConspiracy theories are diverse and sometimes rather fascinating, albeit born by enthusiastic imagination and fallacies of the human mind. While there is outright reptile-people material just a couple clicks away at any given time, some arguments may plant one or two tiny concerns even in the soberest and most pragmatic people.
Bitcoin Halving Shifts Into Future All the Time: Will It Happen as Scheduled?Bitcoin halving will keep happening at predetermined moments until there are 21 million coins. The thing is that it’s predetermined not in time, but in block height. The nearest halving is expected to happen in May 2020.
Helicopter Money: Way out of Crisis or Fallacy of Traditional Economics?On March 27th, the U.S. Senate approved the largest anti-crisis measures package to support the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s worth $2.2 trillion. The list of measures includes increasing spending on healthcare, providing direct financial help to the population, and allowing businesses to get discount loans and grants to cover salaries during the quarantine.
U.S. Is Almost Compliant With FATF Recommendations on CryptoThe Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued a report on the level of compliance with its recommendations in the U.S. It turned out, the country isn’t following the crypto-related recommendations exactly to the letter.