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There are ways to improve the online ledger blockchain by taking some security notes from banks. If people could use both two-step verification and spending limits on the blockchain, this would reduce any economic
The 2017 boom in cryptocurrency prices has focused attention once again on valuations. Most of the analysis is either too optimistic or too pessimistic. The former tries to put a hard value for profitable buying and selling decisions
A new report by Bloomberg News about Russia being suspected of recently hacking a dozen US power plants, including a nuclear one, is far more serious than any possible attempt to influence an election. It could be a sign
There has been a flurry of activity on the dark Web this week. A hacker, claiming to be the author of the recent ransomware NotPetya, has surfaced on the dark Web. They’re offering the “master key”, which they claim can decrypt all
About a week ago, a rather important event happened in the Internet-of-things space. You may have missed it, perhaps because the dry technicalities of IoT is not all that appealing. Intel has quietly discontinued its three SBC boards, the Joule
The 23-year-old who saved the world from a devastating cyberattack in May was asleep in his bed in the English seaside town of Ilfracombe last week after a night of partying when another online extortion campaign spread across the
Blue Label Telecoms’ planned R1.9bn acquisition of handset distributor 3G Mobile – parent of The Equipment Company – forms part of a plan by the JSE-listed company to get customers that already buy its products, including
Earlier this month, Caxton raised questions about Naspers’s complex control structure. At a Competition Tribunal hearing it contended that an inquiry was needed to determine who directs the company’s strategy. The tribunal ultimately rejected
It’s almost a reflex to blame Russians for cyberattacks these days, even on the sketchiest of evidence. But such accusations certainly seem justified regarding the novel ransomware attack that has swept the world in recent days – known as