We Need A Better Coin Now!
Cryptocurrency today as of the time of this writing is in a bit of a flux and identity crisis. Part of this is due to a well directed campaign in the news via government...
Tagged: security
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg finally apologies for the 3rd party data breach
Mark Zuckerberg has been noticeably absent since the scandal broke. It personally doesn’t surprise me because Facebook has never been safe, secure or private regardless of your privacy settings. Your data is legally there...
Edward Snowden Says Bitcoin’s Downfall Is Public Ledger
I couldn’t have said it better myself although I have said as much about all cryptocurrencies which have a public ledger. Edward Snowden made the comment at the Blockstack event in Berlin, Germany....
Ledger Nano S Bitcoin Altcoin Hardware Wallet Hacked By Teenager
I have warned for awhile about these hardware wallets. I’ve never trusted them as you truly don’t know what is in the hardware or firmware and if it could be extremely vulnerable. As bad...
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,...
Bitcoin’s Hard Fork of BCH Bitcoin Cash a milestone for cryptocurrency
The hard fork occurred on August 1st, 2017 with some nodes of the Bitcoin network implementing the “Segwit update”. Although a lot of potential chaos could have happened, many in the industry called it...
