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Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 03:00:00 -0700

Facebook’s plans to launch its own Libra cryptocurrency next year is getting resistance from France and Germany who have promised to block it and plan to create their own national cryptocurrencies.

Last week, the two nations said Libra could threaten the Euro’s value and unlawfully privatize money. Last year, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the country’s central bank, announced a ban on the use of cryptocurrencies by any regulated financial entity because of risks associated with it.

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Tiny Pacific nation forges ahead with national cryptocurrency

September 16, 2019 0 Comments Blockchain, cryptocurrency, Law & order, libra, marshall islands, Money Laundering, republic of the marshall islands, rmi, sov, timed release monetary issuance, trmi

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 11:00:44 +0000

The Marshall Islands is facing rising seas and financial isolation. But critics say their get-rich-quick cryptocurrency scheme won’t work.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/LvYhpd-UdBw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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A week in security (August 26 – September 1)

September 3, 2019 0 Comments A week in security, asruex, Blockchain, clickjacking, coinmining, emotet, iPhone, nextdoor, retadup, trickbot, vpn, xHelper

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 19:02:14 +0000

A roundup of the latest cybersecurity news for the week of August 26-September 1 including xHelper Trojan, Nextdoor app, clickjacking problem, investing cybersecurity, and iPhone malware

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ComputerWorld Independent

Why blockchain-based voting could threaten democracy

August 12, 2019 0 Comments Blockchain, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technology, Government IT, iPhone, Mobile, Security

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 03:00:00 -0700

Public tests of blockchain-based mobile voting are growing.

Even as there’s been an uptick in pilot projects, security experts warn that blockchain-based mobile voting technology is innately insecure and potentially a danger to democracy through “wholesale fraud” or “manipulation tactics.”

The topic of election security has been in the spotlight recently after Congress held classified briefings on U.S. cyber infrastructure to identify and defend against threats to the election system, especially after Russian interference was uncovered in the 2016 Presidential election.

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ComputerWorld Independent

Researchers to launch intentionally ‘vulnerable’ blockchain at Black Hat

July 25, 2019 0 Comments Blockchain, Emerging Technology, Security

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 14:06:00 -0700

Hoping to raise awareness about blockchain vulnerabilities, cybersecurity firm Kudelski Security next week plans to launch the industry’s first “purposefully vulnerable” blockchain – and will demo it at next month’s Black Hat conference.

Kudelski Security’s FumbleChain project is aimed at highlighting vulnerabilities in blockchain ecosystems, according to Nathan Hamiel, head of cybersecurity research at Kudelski.

The flawed blockchain ledger is written in Python 3.0, making it easy for anyone to read and modify its source code, and it’s modular – allowing users to hack and add new challenges to promote continuous learning.

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ComputerWorld Independent

The top 8 problems with blockchain

July 19, 2019 0 Comments Blockchain, Emerging Technology, Financial Services Industry, IDG Insider, Security

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 03:00:00 -0700

While blockchain holds tremendous potential for creating new financial, supply chain and digital identity systems, it’s often erroneously seen as a panacea for business problems.

The myriad of pilots and proofs of concept by large corporations and government agencies are showing real promise, but those projects don’t always lead to obvious business cases that justify doing something differently. Sometimes a tried and true technology like a relational database can perform the task much more efficiently than a distributed ledger based on peer-to-peer technology that will require complex governance and rules.

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