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Here’s how blockchains could be ruined by personal data

Nov12
by on November 12, 2018 at 4:21 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. You might not have heard of “privacy poisoning” but it is stated to become a big problem for public blockchains (a.k.a permissionless blockchains) in coming years. This article will explain what you need to know about privacy poisoning. To understand why it’s as scary as it sounds, we’ll need to start with some background. It starts with GDPR Unless you’ve had your head under a rock this year, you’ve probably heard about the EU’s General Data…

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Review: Tetris Effect is my new favorite drug

Nov12
by on November 12, 2018 at 3:45 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


There’s nothing like Tetris. Invented 33 years ago, Tetris barely needed evolve thanks to its simple ingenuity. It’s meditative and infuriating at the same time. It induces anxiety, but it also helps people that struggle with that same anxiety. You don’t need to tell anyone Tetris’ rules, because they are so simple and intuitive that anyone can quickly deduce them, simply by looking at the game in action.   Tetris’ appeal hasn’t gone lost on Tetsuya Mizuguchi. The influential Japanese game designer behind titles like Rez, Every Extend Extra and Lumines, is back from his short hiatus and he made…

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This is the $10 Swiss Army knife your Mac and Windows has been waiting for

Nov12
by on November 12, 2018 at 3:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers


That overload confusion has prompted a boom in curated app subscriptions, featuring bundles of high quality utilities all easily accessible via one elegant portal. The model is working out well for Parallels, whose one-year license to their Toolbox bundle for Mac and Windows is on sale now at half off — just $9.99 — from TNW Deals.

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5 recent tactics criminals use to steal your Bitcoin (and other cryptocurrency)

Nov12
by on November 12, 2018 at 2:47 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


While the cryptocurrency mania that drove Bitcoin’s price to $20,000 may have eased, the threat posed by the most experienced cybercriminals hasn’t disappeared. In fact, prominent information security firm Kaspersky Labs has detailed how some of the internet’s most well-known malware has evolved to better target cryptocurrency users and services. Kaspersky’s researchers identified five threats to cryptocurrency users, as hackers rush to exploit those who are still learning to navigate the new digital asset economy. 1. Trojan horses This quarter saw the notorious Trojan Rakhni morph to more efficiently steal cryptocurrency. When Rakhni was found back in 2013, it was purely…

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Post-WannaCry: Only 3% of companies are prepared for new types of cyberattacks

Nov12
by on November 12, 2018 at 2:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


One year ago, my phone lit up with the first text alert about the WannaCry ransomware attack. From the onset, it was clear this attack was major and that it was moving across the world at an unprecedented speed. Over four days, WannaCry inflicted billions of dollars of damages and infected more than 300,000 machines. Once my team and I handled the acute issues for our customers, our threat research team studied the differences between WannaCry and other major global incidents. The dawn of a new cyberattack era We determined that WannaCry was fundamentally different, signaling the dawn of a…

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