Jan 31, 2022 | Cloud Consultancy News
If you’re scratching your head at the deluge of Gorillaz-style monkey avatars everywhere on the web, congratulations! You’ve just had your first encounter with the Bored Ape Yacht Club, and it might make even less sense than you imagine. NFT Avatars in a Nutshell...
Jan 28, 2022 | Cloud Consultancy News
When Olympic athletes from all over the world land in Beijing for the 2022 Olympic Games, they’ll be loaded up with burner phones and will likely leave their own devices behind. Why it matters: Athletes are headed to the Beijing Olympics with mixed guidance from...
Jan 27, 2022 | Cloud Consultancy News
We are on the precipice of a new form of finance that will use a range of technologies to change the way we use and manage one of our most fundamental tools: money. Gone are the days of taking out cash from an ATM, applying for a mortgage by visiting a bank branch, or...
Jan 26, 2022 | Cloud Consultancy News
Microsoft is warning that Office 365 customers are receiving phishing emails that aim to trick them into giving OAuth permissions to a bogus app that then lets attackers read and write emails. Microsoft’s Security Intelligence team warned this week that...
Jan 25, 2022 | Cloud Consultancy News
A Liberal member of parliament has accused the Chinese government of foreign interference after Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s account on WeChat was hijacked. “It is a matter of record that the platform has stopped the Prime Minister’s access, while...
Jan 24, 2022 | Cloud Consultancy News
Cryto.com CEO Kris Marszalek told Bloomberg on Wednesday that the attack earlier last week hit 400 users. For what Marszalek said was a period of 13 to 14 hours, Crypto.com paused its users’ ability to withdraw funds and subsequently asked its users to reset...
Jan 22, 2022 | Cloud Consultancy News
A new cryptocurrency-related scam is abusing the Amazon brand to dupe would-be investors into handing over Bitcoin (BTC). Cryptocurrency and digital token scams have become a common threat facing investors and the general public today. Even though regulators worldwide...
Jan 21, 2022 | Cloud Consultancy News
Ever since the Bitcoin boom, crypto currencies have risen sharply in value year after year. Besides attracting more investment, this gain has also increasingly motivated malicious actors to develop stealer malware specialized in gaining access to cryptocurrency...
Jan 20, 2022 | Cloud Consultancy News
A new form of ransomware that uses discreet techniques to avoid detection before encrypting files and demanding payment in exchange for the decryption key could be linked to a notorious financial crime group. White Rabbit ransomware emerged in December 2021 with an...
Jan 19, 2022 | Cloud Consultancy News
Microsoft has shown off a new measure for admins to protect web-browsing users on Chromium-based Edge from zero days, which are previously unknown software flaws. The latest Edge beta introduces a new browsing mode in Edge “where the security of your browser...
Jan 18, 2022 | Cloud Consultancy News
Researchers have found new backdoor malware coined “SysJoker,”. The malware exhibits tremendous diversity for target platforms. Since it can attack Windows, macOS, and Linux alike, the threat actors may use this malware for espionage. SysJoker Backdoor Malware Targets...
Jan 17, 2022 | Cloud Consultancy News
Story Source: ZDNet Author: David Gewirtz There are really only a few ways to make money from cryptocurrency. You can buy it, making a profit when you eventually sell it. You can mine it and make enough coins to make a profit when you eventually sell it. You can run...
Jan 15, 2022 | Cloud Consultancy News
Cryptocurrency made many of the strangest headlines of 2021. Boosters touted digital currencies as a world-changing technology with the potential to create new economies and empower people who don’t have access to bank accounts. Critics pointed to...
Jan 14, 2022 | Cloud Consultancy News
Eight new macOS malware families emerged in 2021, according to Patrick Wardle, a security researcher who specializes in Apple products. The new macOS malware spotted in 2021 includes ElectroRAT, SilverSparrow, XcodeSpy, ElectrumStealer, WildPressure, XLoader, ZuRu,...
Jan 13, 2022 | Cloud Consultancy News
Microsoft has confirmed that suspected China-based cyber criminals are targeting the Log4j ‘Log4Shell’ flaw in VMware’s Horizon product to install NightSky, a new ransomware strain that emerged on December 27. The financially motivated ransomware...
Jan 12, 2022 | Cloud Consultancy News
Researchers have identified a new phishing attack where the hackers exploit the Google Docs Comment feature to send phishing emails. This strategy proves even more evasive as it hides the attackers’ identity. Google Docs Comment Phishing Attack According to a post...
Jan 11, 2022 | Cloud Consultancy News
If you’ve been reading about crypto and the blockchain lately, you may have encountered people talking about “crypto tokens.” What exactly are these tokens and how do they differ from cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin? Read on to find out. Crypto Basics Before we get into...
Jan 10, 2022 | Cloud Consultancy News
Ethereum is a decentralised computing platform. It generates a crytocurrency token known as Ether. Programmers can write “smart contracts” on the Ethereum blockchain, and these contracts are automatically executed according to their code. What is Ethereum? Ethereum is...
Jan 8, 2022 | Cloud Consultancy News
The Biden administration is poised to specify which cryptocurrency firms will be forced to report reams of customer data to the Internal Revenue Service, said people familiar with the matter. The Treasury Department is planning to issue preliminary guidance this month...
Jan 8, 2022 | Cloud Consultancy News
It is the final step in a four-year saga that has gone back and forth over how British .eu domain holders would be treated post-Brexit Nearly 48,000 .eu websites have been taken offline because British citizens and organisations who own them are no longer allowed to...
Jan 7, 2022 | Cloud Consultancy News
A whale isn’t only the largest animal in the ocean. We’ll explain what online whales are and why they spend so much money on the internet. What Is a “Whale?” In internet jargon, a “whale ” is someone who consistently spends enormous amounts of money on one or many...
Jan 6, 2022 | Cloud Consultancy News
Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency out there, and it’s still the biggest, for now, at least however Bitcoin has a lot of problems as a currency. The term “altcoin” refers to any other cryptocurrency that’s not Bitcoin, in other words, they’re alternatives to...
Jan 5, 2022 | Cloud Consultancy News
Update: 16/09/22 – Purchasing and Displaying NFT Art at Home: Expert’s Advice NFTs are the hot new thing in the blockchain and cryptocurrency world. Think of an NFT like a digital collector’s item. It’s a unique digital object, and NFTs are exploding in...
Jan 4, 2022 | Cloud Consultancy News
If you’ve been watching the news lately, you might have heard about something called a blockchain. It’s a concept that makes data ultra-secure for specific uses. You’ve probably heard it in connection with Bitcoin, but it has applications far beyond everyone’s...
