Can Private Permissioned Blockchains Be Successful?
One author with experience seems to think the answer is no. I think Angus drives a lot of valid insight at a very high level with anecdotal experience from the enterprise. He essentially gives...
Tagged: hacking
Facebook Expands To Spy On The Workforce
Apparently Facebook is trying to be a better spy. They’re integrating common workplace apps such as Microsoft Sharepoint and many other commonly used digital tools in the workplace. This is a strategic move so...
Facebook Tracks Non-Users Too!
As some people are just learning, Facebook has been tracking both users and even non-users in a violation of their privacy that most never opted into. Anytime you visit a Facebook related or enabled...
Lightning Network – LN Network DDOS’d and Attacked By Organized Group
A group calling itself Bitpico has bragged about attacking the LN (Lightning Network). The group claims it is stress testing the network and the LN developers responded that they are analyzing and trying to...
Why Deleting Facebook Is Futile Unless…..
I’ve had this conversion with a lot of people over the years and what I’ve found is that the majority of people are complacent about privacy and security. In a way it is good...
The NSA is spying on cryptocurrency including Bitcoin – Edward Snowden
Unsurprisingly Edward Snowden recently revealed to the world that the NSA is tracking cryptocurrency users including Bitcoin. What makes it worse, but also not surprising is that they tricked users to install security software...
Ripple’s First Central Bank Contract with Saudi Arabia!
This is huge news for Ripple but apparently at the time of writing Ripple has tumbled more than 5% to .957 USD (under a dollar now). To be honest I do hold Ripple but...
Meltdown and Spectre Analysis and Current Status
There seems to be a lot of complacent or feel-good news that Meltdown and Spectre will solve themselves or that no worry or care should be taken from users but this couldn’t be further...
My Take On Meltdown and Spectre Computer Security Flaws
Spectre and Meltdown allow a non-privileged user (non-root/non-Admin) to access memory they aren’t supposed to essentially dissolving the majority of computing security and privacy barriers. This could be a guest user collecting sensitive information/passwords...
IoT (Internet of Things) Security Issues Increase
IoT (Internet of Things) is simply a fancy way of expressing that we have more devices online and connected to the internet than ever before when compared to my favorite tradition of Desktop PCs,...
