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Zoom bug let attackers hijack your screens during conference calls

Dec04
by on December 4, 2018 at 12:44 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider


Videoconferencing is almost always terrible at the best of times, but can you imagine someone taking control of your screen during a meeting and sending inappropriate messages to the other attendees? Zoom patched this kind of vulnerability in the desktop app for its video chat service last week to save people from a conference call from hell. A researcher named David Wells from a cybersecurity company Tenable discovered the bug in Zoom’s desktop app, which let an attacker take control of a user’s screen, send chat messages on their behalf, and kick people out of the meeting. The company acted immediately after…

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Ripple and NEM launch EU blockchain association to cozy up to regulators

Dec04
by on December 4, 2018 at 12:41 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Blockchain firms want to stay on the good side of Europe, it seems. Ripple, NEM, and company have founded a new association to represent the interests of blockchain and cryptocurrency businesses across the continent. The so-called “Blockchain for Europe” association claims to be the first unified voice for the industry on European soil. The undertaking aims to foster understanding of the technology – and highlight the “true nature and potential” of blockchain and distributed ledger tech. As part of this agenda, Blockchain for Europe wants to ensure the European Union and member states draft up regulation that stimulates growth in…

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US government building tools to deanonymize anonymous cryptocurrencies

Dec04
by on December 4, 2018 at 12:19 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


If you thought you were safe using privacy coins like Zcash and Monero you might want to think again. It appears that the US Department of Homeland Security (DoHS) is looking to develop forensic analysis techniques for privacy-focused cryptocurrencies like Zcash and Monero, according to a pre-solicitation document spotted by The Block. The document was published by the the DoHS’s Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR), and outlines a proposal that is encouraging small businesses to develop research, process, products, and technologies that create techniques that can be used to detect and uncover crimes where cryptocurrencies have been used. The…

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Sexual violence should never be the goal of a video game

Dec04
by on December 4, 2018 at 10:22 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Code Word, gaming, world


For the ongoing series, Code Word, we’re exploring if — and how — technology can protect people against sexual assault and harassment, and how it can help and support survivors. **Trigger warning** The following article describes graphic sexual violence against women in video games. In Custer’s Revenge, Civil War commander General Custer needs to get from one side of the screen to the other, without being hit by an arrow, all while carrying with him an enormous erection. The goal is to reach a naked Native American woman who is tied to the pole, and rape her. This Atari 2600 game,…

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Japanese authorities form pact to hunt cryptocurrency tax evaders

Dec04
by on December 4, 2018 at 9:43 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Big time cryptocurrency traders in Japan could be getting a letter from the tax man next year. The Japanese government is developing a system to catch those who are not paying the appropriate taxes on the profits made from cryptocurrency trading, according to local news. According to sources close to the matter, the system would allow the Japanese National Tax Agency (NTA) to request the cryptocurrency transaction information of individuals thought to be evading the tax. In Japan, any profits obtained from trading cryptocurrencies fall under the Income Tax Act, so individuals must pay tax on these profits if their…

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