Tag: cryptography
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Crypto-currency pioneer Diana Biggs joins digital assets startup Valour as its new CEO
Crypto-currency pioneer and early Bitcoin thought-leader Diana Biggs has joined Swiss-based startup Valour, which lets investors easily buy digital assets through their bank or broker. The move is significant with the news that Tesla has bought $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin, thus massively boosting the mainstream markets for crypto assets. Biggs explored the potential for…
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Decrypted: Tesla’s ransomware near miss, Palantir’s S-1 risk factors
Another busy week in cybersecurity. In case you missed this A popular messaging app used by more than a million protesters has many key security flaws; a little-known loophole has let the DMV market driver’s licenses and Social Security records to private investigators; and the U.S. government is wanting to recover over $2.5 million in…
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Hackers to stress-test Facebook Portal at hacking contest
Hackers will soon be able to stress-test that the Facebook Portal at the annual Pwn2Own hacking contest, following the debut of the societal media giant’s debut hardware device last year. Pwn2Own is one of the largest hacking contests on earth, where exhibit and security investigators descend to locate their exploits for vulnerabilities such as automobiles…
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Tesla is entering the Model 3 into Pwn2Own, one of the world’s toughest hacking contests
Tesla is devoting its newest Model 3 car to Pwn2Own this year, the first time a vehicle was contained in the yearly high-profile hacking competition. The prize for the winning security pupil: a Model 3. Pwn2Own, that is in its 12th season and run by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative, is famous as one of…