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Want to make $10,000 from Libra? Break its blockchain

Aug28
by on August 28, 2019 at 7:29 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


The supposedly independent group of companies tasked with overseeing the delivery of Facebook‘s “cryptocurrency” Libra has announced a public bug bounty. In a blog post yesterday, the Libra association disclosed that its offering up to $10,000 to security researchers that find flaws and help tune up the Libra blockchain. The bug bounty was first opened in June when Facebook officially announced plans for its Libra blockchain and cryptocurrency. However, only 50 specially selected security researchers were invited to scrutinize the platform. Now anyone can take a look under the hood, so to speak. Libra says its opened the bug bounty…

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Calendar spam is a thing now, here’s how to protect yourself

Aug28
by on August 28, 2019 at 7:11 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Basics


Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. A few days ago, I was baffled to see an obviously scammy event pop up in my Google calendar: I’d won $2,338 in some ‘annual competition.’ I had no idea where this was coming from, and even began suspecting my browser extensions for the uninvited spam. But as it turns out, this is just a phishing scam that dates back to 2016, and was more recently spotted by security firm Kaspersky back in June. It’s…

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Malware found in CamScanner’s document scanning Android app, which has over 100M downloads

Aug28
by on August 28, 2019 at 7:07 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


Another day, another instance of Android malware found on the Google Play app store. Researchers from Kaspersky Lab said they found an app with 100 million downloads that housed a malicious module that then pushed ads or downloaded apps surreptitiously onto compromised Android devices. The malicious component was found by the researchers after they were alerted to ‘suspicious behavior’ in the free version of the popular document scanning app CamScanner following a rash of negative reviews left by users to avoid using the app. “CamScanner was actually a legitimate app, with no malicious intensions whatsoever, for quite some time,” Kaspersky noted.…

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