NCIX Database Servers Sold at Craigslist Without Being Wiped September 21, 2018 | sento | Leave a comment Canadian retailer NCIX filed for bankruptcy and closed 10 months ago. They were the premiere PC hardware retail store in Canada and even did a sizable business on the other side of the border. However, as Travis Doering of Privacy Fly found out, the company did not go quietly away without doing some damage to… Read More
Japanese crypto exchange Zaif hacked, losses in the range of $60 million reported September 20, 2018 | sento | Leave a comment In a major development, Japanese crypto exchange Zaif has been on the receiving end of a hacking incident last week, local media has reported. The hack, which occurred on Sept. 14 but was not discovered until Sept. 17, saw the hacker steal 4.5 billion yen from users hot wallets, as well as 2.2 billion yen… Read More
Another Victim of the Magecart Assault Emerges: Newegg September 20, 2018 | sento | Leave a comment While the dust is settling on the British Airways compromise, the Magecart actor behind it has not stopped their work, hitting yet another large merchant: Newegg. Last week we published details on the British Airways compromise immediately after the company made its first advisory public linking the breach of customer credit card information to Magecart.… Read More
Critical Bug Found in Bitcoin Core Invokes the Multiple Client Argument September 19, 2018 | sento | Leave a comment Over the last 24 hours, the cryptocurrency community has been discussing a critical vulnerability that was found in the Bitcoin Core (BTC) reference client. A bug introduced in Bitcoin Core version 0.14, that also affects all subsequent versions, could have caused a great majority of current Core nodes to crash. According to the developer’s Optech… Read More
EOS dApp Used Blockchain Backdoor To Remove Tokens From User’s Wallets Without Their Consent September 17, 2018 | sento | Leave a comment EOS has recently been in the news following the revelation that an EOS decentralized application (dApp) could access users’ token wallets without their consent through the use of a backdoor technique. More specifically, this EOS dApp is called Trybe, and describes itself as a ”tokenized knowledge sharing network for the crypto and blockchain community”. Issues… Read More
An Overview of the Different Blockchain Consensus Algorithms September 17, 2018 | sento | Leave a comment Although more casual, less-technical crypto-enthusiasts might not know much on this topic, an essential aspect of any cryptocurrency project is the consensus algorithm that it utilizes. These algorithms accomplish two major objectives. Firstly, it ensures that the next block in a blockchain is the true, master-version of the details. Secondly, it makes sure that those… Read More
Open Heart Surgery: Inside Ethereum’s Crucial Replacement of the EVM September 17, 2018 | sento | Leave a comment The virtual machine that allows ethereum to compute everything in a decentralized way is getting a massive overhaul. At the heart of ethereum lies a virtual computer. Stored across tens of thousands of nodes that make up the platform, the ethereum virtual machine, or EVM, is responsible for executing the countless tokens,dapps, DAOs and digital… Read More
Robinhood Is Making Millions Selling Out Customers to High-Frequency Traders September 16, 2018 | sento | Leave a comment Robinhood is marketed as a commission-free stock trading product but makes a surprising percentage of their revenue directly from high-frequency trading firms.It appears from recent SEC filings that high-frequency trading firms are paying Robinhood over 10 times as much as they pay to other discount brokerages for the same volume.Robinhood needs to be more transparent… Read More
A new CSS-based web attack will crash and restart your iPhone September 16, 2018 | sento | Leave a comment Sabri Haddouche tweeted a proof-of-concept webpage with just 15 lines of code which, if visited, will crash and restart an iPhone or iPad. Those on macOS may also see Safari freeze when opening the link. The code exploits a weakness in iOS’ web rendering engine WebKit, which Apple mandates all apps and browsers use,Haddouche told… Read More
Google’s prototype Chinese search engine reportedly links searches to phone numbers September 15, 2018 | sento | Leave a comment Google is reportedly building a prototype system that would tie Chinese users’ Google searches to their personal phone numbers, as part of a new search service that would comply with the Chinese government’s censorship requirements. The Intercept writes that the “Dragonfly” Android app, a secret project revealed by a whistleblower last month, could be linked… Read More