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The DoD wants the JEDI cloud to consolidate data for use by the warfighter at the tactical edge. Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure program In the months leading up to the Department of Defense awarding Microsoft a multibillion-dollar cloud computing contract, the Pentagon’s senior leaders described pent up demand for a new enterprise cloud. But how…
As DoD moves forward with adopting the framework to implement a C2C solution, it should also take into account a goldmine that offers a trove of value for defense agencies. (Jackie Niam/Getty Images) By Bill Wright The increased attack surface born from the digital age has caused the security threat level to rise, and in…
The Takeaway: A partial transcript of an internal meeting at Bitmain on Tuesday details a long-running power struggle that led to the sudden ousting of co-founder Micree Zhan. The conflict between Zhan and fellow co-founder Jihan Wu came to a head in December 2018 as the company pursued a round of layoffs. In Tuesday’s emergency…
The housewares giant disclosed a breach with few details – but security researchers have some theories. Housewares and home furnishings purveyor Bed, Bath and Beyond has disclosed a data-thieving cyber attack that allowed the adversaries to access customers’ online accounts. According to a Tuesday SEC filing, the company “discovered that a third party acquired email…
A notice to customers at notice.web.com Top domain name registrars NetworkSolutions.com, Register.com and Web.com are asking customers to reset their passwords after discovering an intrusion in August 2019 in which customer account information was accessed. “On October 16, 2019, Web.com determined that a third-party gained unauthorized access to a limited number of its computer systems…
A Bitcoin mining company owned by Russia’s internet ombudsman is planning to open a new facility and corner 20% of the international market. Internet ombudsman targets BTC As local financial news outlet RBC reported on Oct. 29, Russian Mining Company (RMC) plans to repurpose a metal factory in the country’s northern province of Karelia. Closed…
Attacks are targeting international companies in the financial sector, demanding that victims pay ransom in Bitcoin. Cybercriminals posing as the Russian APT group Fancy Bear have been launching DDoS attacks against companies in the financial sector and demanding ransom payments, according to a new report. The large-scale, multi-vector DDoS attacks come with accompanying ransom letter.…
An ISIS unmanned aerial vehicle captured by Iraqi federal police rests on a table at an intelligence-sharing key leader engagement at the Joint Operations Center, at Qayyarah West Airfield, Iraq. (Jason Hull/Army) Videos from battlefields in Iraq, Syria and Ukraine have shown the potential havoc that small drones can bring to unsuspecting ground forces, including…
Blockchain startup Zamna raised $5 million to automate airport security checks using blockchain and biometrics technology, tech news outlet Silicon Republic reports on Oct. 28. The startup plans to use the funding to deploy its Advance Passenger Information platform. Zamna also said that International Airlines Group (IAG), Emirates Airlines and United Arab Emirates’ General Directorate…
Drone mitigated using a Marine Air Defense Integrated System (MADIS) (Jack C. Howell / Marine Corps) The three biggest obstacles facing the counterdrone market are the law, the nature of the threat, and the technology itself. In fairness, those are obstacles to the adoption of most any national security technology. A new analysis by investment…
Cryptocurrency is coming to the Mall of America. Flexa, a startup making it easier to use crypto for purchases in the real world, will be an advisory participant in a new demonstration store at America’s largest mall, which is located outside Minneapolis, Minn. The store, meant to showcase new brands and technologies for enhancing the retail experience,…
The German bank partially owned by blockchain firms Nimiq, TokenPay and the Litecoin Foundation is planning to process cryptocurrency payments for retailers starting in 2020. WEG Bank AG CEO Matthias von Hauff told CoinDesk the program is now accepting retailer applications for a sandbox test group, with applications opening to the public in early 2020.…
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has updated the main form individual U.S. taxpayers use to report their income to include a question about cryptocurrencies. Following the release earlier this week of the IRS’s long-awaited guidance for reporting crypto-related income, the IRS on Friday circulated a draft of the new Form 1040, Schedule 1, Additional Income and Adjustments…
An unknown Bitcoin Cash (BCH) miner was apparently in control of more than 50% of the token’s hash rate for 24 hours. The miner seemed to mine 73 blocks from 10 am Oct. 24 to 10 am Oct. 25, to which Twitter user Notgrubles responded that this is the reason why “BCH is a security…
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has sparked controversy among cryptocurrency users after suggesting developers could reverse transactions. Buterin’s community feedback falls flat In a Twitter survey on Oct. 26, Buterin quizzed followers about their opinion of reversing chain activity in the event of a major hack of an exchange or similar entity. “Suppose a popular smart…
One company is driving its business plan straight into the “bitcoin wastes too much energy” argument and has raised $30 million to do so. That’s according to Layer1 co-founder and CEO Alexander Liegl, which plans to bring wind-powered bitcoin mining rigs to West Texas early next year. The company is raising a total of $50 million at a $200…
“Everything has been hacked and will continue to get hacked – except the Bitcoin PoW Blockchain.” – TJACK “And: instead of pointing fingers between Amazon AWS and Capital One, would it not be better to have a system which cannot be compromised in the first place?” – TJACK Senators penned a letter to the FTC…
Bitcoin (BTC) has transferred $11 trillion in wealth since its blockchain first went live in 2009, according to the fresh calculations. Bitcoin “going strong” at $9.6 billion per day Uploaded to social media by analyst PlanB on Oct. 24, the latest buoyant statistics for Bitcoin show the largest cryptocurrency is still beating out fiat competitors.…
Visuelle Live-Darstellung des Tangles von IOTA. Quelle: Tangle.blox.om Veröffentlicht am 20. December 2017 von Christoph Bergmann IOTA ist einer der am schnellsten aufsteigenden, aber auch am schärfsten kritisierten Kryptocoins. Eventuell liegt es daran, dass IOTA eine Menge verspricht und vieles vollkommen anders macht als die anderen. Das weckt Misstrauen. Wer sich mit der Kryptowährung beschäftigt,…
Im Weltall wird es immer voller: Neben den herkömmlichen Satelliten werden immer mehr Kleinsatelliten ins All geschickt. Nun hat SpaceX-Chef Elon Musk angekündigt, weitere 30.000 Satelliten entsenden zu wollen, um eine lückenlose Internetversorgung weltweit zu erreichen – zusätzlich zu den bereits 12.000 genehmigten Satelliten für das Telekommunikationsnetzwerk Starlink. Astronomen zeigten sich von den Plänen besorgt,…
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