Tagged: security breaches

April 3, 2023 @ 11:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HYPR, the Passwordless Company and Vanson Bourne released the 2023 State of Passwordless Security Report. This third annual edition reveals “that insecure authentication is a primary cause of cyber breaches and that cumbersome login methods take an unacceptable toll on employees and business productivity.” Respondents… Read More

January 11, 2023 @ 9:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A new report from SlowMist takes a close look at the major events in the blockchain industry that took place in 2022. The report from SlowMist provides an overview of the security status of each area within the industry and delves into “common attack techniques.”… Read More

January 2, 2023 @ 1:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Charles Guillemet, Ledger’s CTO, looks back at the most “critical” crypto events of 2022 and argues that “the failure of centralized entities has emphasized more than ever the importance of self-custody in ensuring inalienable ownership rights.” Ledger notes in a blog post that 2022 was… Read More

January 5, 2021 @ 9:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrency platforms such as Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Binance Coin (BNB), Chainlink (LINK), and Polkadot (DOT) are being increasingly adopted by a diverse group of users across the globe. Many more institutions and fairly large publicly listed companies… Read More

December 22, 2020 @ 9:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ron Stoner, a crypto-security expert and newly appointed Head of Security at Casa, a company focused on developing security and custody solutions for Bitcoin (BTC), notes that we’re living in a world that heavily depends on “the connectivity between our physical and digital identities.” Stoner,… Read More

November 5, 2020 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kraken, an established US-based cryptocurrency exchange, recently confirmed that Ledger clients whose data was stolen during a security breach have been targeted in a phishing scam that was carried out this past week. The team of experts at Kraken Security Labs have provided an analysis… Read More

October 31, 2020 @ 11:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ajay Bhalla, President, Cyber and Intelligence Solutions, Mastercard (NYSE:MC), confirms that the payments giant is using artificial intelligence (AI) as “the first line of defense” to help the service provider detect cyberattacks, hacks and other types of security breaches. Last year, Mastercard reportedly saved its stakeholders… Read More

November 15, 2014 @ 10:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

New Zealand startup, TIME3 Global Limited, has launched its final round of funding through crowdfunding platform, Fundable. The company is seeking US $2.8M to commercialize its flagship product known as the Total Information Management Environment (TIME3). TIME3 is a Virtual Internet Operating System (VIOS) which offers a… Read More