Google accused of creating ‘surveillance tool’ to monitor employees’ unionizing efforts

Oct24
by on October 24, 2019 at 7:08 am
Posted In: Google


Google employees have accused the internet giant of creating an “internal surveillance tool” to monitor gatherings of more than 100 people with an intent to crush their attempts to organize protests. Per Bloomberg, which cited an memo from an anonymous Google staffer, employees discovered that the company was creating the new tool as a Chrome browser extension that would be installed on all employees’ systems and used to monitor their activities. The extension would then report to senior staff any calendar event with more than 10 rooms or 100 participants, implying that “this is an attempt of leadership to immediately…

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Ethereum had a less than stellar Q3, intense 6 months ahead as ETH 2.0 looms — here’s what happened

Oct23
by on October 23, 2019 at 6:43 am
Posted In: blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


he plaBy now, you should almost certainly know about Ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency by market cap. But if you needed a quick recap, here it is. Ethereum’s creators wanted to build a platform that would allow users all over the world to write decentralized applications, and use the Ethereum blockchain as a “world computer.” The decentralized platform made smart contracts a key part of the blockchain conversation, and demonstrated to the world how blockchain technology can be used for more than just cryptocurrency. It sounds great, but bringing the Ethereum vision to life is proving difficult for its  community…

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Russian cyber spooks piggyback Iranian hackers to spy on 35 countries

Oct22
by on October 22, 2019 at 7:07 am
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Cybercriminals with ties to the Russian government have been found to piggyback on hacking tools developed by Iranian threat groups to mount their own attacks against 35 countries. The findings — based on a joint report by the US National Security Agency and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) — reveal the focus of the activity was largely in the Middle East, where the targeting interests of both Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) overlap. Named Turla (aka Snake, Uroburos, Waterbug, or Venomous Bear), the state-backed APT is believed to have infiltrated spyware tools such as Neuron and Nautilus — both of which…

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