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Cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and Ethereum Hit Wall Street as S&P Global Indices [via Entrepreneur] A TikTok-er Created His Own Cryptocurrency Called ‘S.C.A.M.’ [via Entrepreneur en espanol]
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Visa Partners With Fintech Startup Tala To Drive Crypto Adoption In Emerging Markets [via Forbes] Mexican Bitcoin Exchange Bitso Raises $250 Million, Becomes Latin America’s First Crypto Unicorn [via Forbes]
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Security issue in Apple Airdrop allow attackers to steal personal information
Simple tip for NON-TECH users…This security issue can also be mitigated by sticking to the principle of least privilege, even when it comes to seemingly innocent apps, that are just trying to make our lives easier. If you’re not actively using Apple’s AirDrop feature, then DO NOT have it running in the background, unnecessarily. “So far, Apple has neither acknowledged the problem nor indicated that they are working on a solution,” the researchers concluded. “This means that the users of more than 1.5 billion Apple devices are still vulnerable to the outlined privacy attacks. Users can only protect themselves by disabling AirDrop discovery in the system settings and by refraining…
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Current Events Breakdown: To unlock a terrorist’s iPhone, the FBI turned to an obscure company in Australia; a technique called an “Exploit Chain” was used.
So there’s quite a juicy, drama-filled story in the Washington Post that could be a Hollywood plot line about Apple, the FBI, a terrorist’s iPhone, and HACKERS!!! Azimuth Security, a publicity-shy company that says it sells its cyber wares only to democratic governments, secretly crafted the solution the FBI used to gain access to the device, according to several people familiar with the matter. The iPhone was used by one of two shooters whose December 2015 attack left more than a dozen people dead. So, yeah Azimuth is a hacking firm for the better good you can say. Azimuth is a poster child for “white hat” hacking, experts say, which…
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The Latest Chapter In IBM’s Quest To Build A Cloud For Banks Yesterday, IBM announced the latest chapter in the IBM Cloud for Financial Services, a public cloud capable of overcoming the stringent cybersecurity and regulatory challenges for a bank. [via Forbes] Bitcoin & Blockchain Gain Prominence: 4 Top Stocks to Buy…Ok, forget the link bait about the stocks to buy and just read this article for the sense of the built-in utility of blockchain. Blockchain is enabling enterprises and government agencies to tackle prominent issues, including data tracing, security, visibility and management, and supply chain supervision. [via Yahoo! Finance] Also, in more IBM news…IBM bets on FHE (Fully Homomorphic…
