It’s not just the roller-coaster valuations that make cryptocurrency risky. It’s also the security issues. Last week saw multiple major crypto hacks. One affected wallets mostly linked to solana coins, and another hit Nomad, a blockchain bridge where users exchange assets on different blockchains. The losses totaled about $200 million. And these are just the […]
The Tianjin Intellectual Property Court recently tried a criminal case involving an employee’s infringement of his employer’s trade secrets. The judgment has drawn much attention in the Chinese media. The defendant, surnamed Zhao, worked in the sales department of a foreign-invested company in China. During this time he stored many documents on a company-issued mobile […]
The latest teaser for Tekken 8 or whatever the game is going to be titled has the entire gaming community buzzing. A fresh sneak peek was revealed at this year’s EVO 2022, and fans have already started speculating about what’s to come. It will also be no mean task as the game will have to […]
Former Broward Superintendent Robert Runcie helped write a report for a private company about how his school district responded to crisis situations, revealing details about a ransomware attack that the district had repeatedly refused to share with the public. The case study was co-authored by former district administrators Brian Katz and Philip Dunn, who started […]
“It’s like whack-a-mole between law enforcement and the tools they use, and criminals.” However, these types of coins are still nowhere near the level of popularity of Bitcoin. FinCEN said in October, it observed attackers providing both a Monero and Bitcoin wallet address for ransomware payments, and imposing an extra fee – a 10 to […]
JOLIET, IL — A 25-year-old Joliet resident from the 900 block of West Park Avenue is now in the Will County Jail facing a $1 million following Wednesday’s Joliet police arrest on five felony charges stemming from allegations of Paycheck Protection Program loan fraud. Will County prosecutors charged Jacques Daniel Harris with two counts of […]
(WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com) — Charges have been filed against eight City of Philadelphia employees related to Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) made available during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a news release from Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s office, eight individuals allegedly conspired to illegally obtain PUA funds in excess of $300,000. “These arrests are an important reminder that […]
Android’s security branding has never been particularly strong, but a new initiative by the company seems to be changing that by putting all branches of Android security under one umbrella. Posted to the official Android YouTube channel today, a video titled Protected by Android introduces the new branding of the same name. To be blunt: […]
Launched back in 1995, Microsoft‘s Internet Explorer served as Windows‘ default browser but in recent years various alternatives overtook the iconic web browser. The decline has led Microsoft to officially retire Internet Explorer after 27 years. Paying its respects to Internet Explorer (August 16, 1995 – June 15, 2022), Drought has released the “Web Surfer […]
Teachers unable to get paychecks. Tax and customs systems paralyzed. Health officials unable to access medical records or track the spread of COVID-19. A country’s president declaring war against foreign hackers saying they want to overthrow the government. For two months now, Costa Rica has been reeling from unprecedented ransomware attacks disrupting everyday life in […]
