November 13, 2015
Bitcoin’s Odd Nobel Nod And Blockchain’s Big Bank Bet
One of these is not like the other. Bitcoin has always been a bit of an outsider, but it now seems that it’s trying to find its way into the...
October 08, 2015
Vigilante Hackers Look To Improve Router Security
Security firm Symantec recently came across a newly discovered malware that compromised more than 10,000 routers. But unlike most malware, the so-called Linux.Wifatch malware may actually be doing more good...
October 07, 2015
Cisco’s Security Team Puts The Kibosh On Payment Ransomware
Cisco’s Talos security unit has put an end to one of the most notorious payments exploits that has plagued over 90,000 Internet users every day and extorts over $34 million every...
September 10, 2015
Is The Big Business Of Cybersecurity Paying Off?
From data breaches to cyber fraud, malware attacks to email phishing – cybersecurity threats are everywhere and no one seems to be immune. But even as cybersecurity quickly transforms into...
August 22, 2015
Why The Ashley Madison Hack Is More Scary Than Funny
Still laughing about the Ashley Madison hack? Might just be time to sober up. This time, watching an embarrassing hack unfold might have been a bit of guilty fun -...
July 10, 2015
Bitcoin – “It’s Like Punk Rock”
Up until recently, if you typed “Greece” and “bitcoin” into Google, you would not get much in return. It’s amazing what a Greek debt crisis will do for search results....
July 03, 2015
The Greek Debt Crisis And Bitcoin
Is bitcoin the way to avert Greek’s debt crisis? Well, if you simply look at the price of bitcoin – which has been rising in lockstep with the intensity of the...
May 30, 2015
Cybercrime 2.0: The Battle Of The Specialists
“Are the cybercriminals getting smarter? Are they really that much smarter than we are?” That was MPD CEO Karen Webster’s question for PayPal’s VP of Consumer Risk Mike Vergara during...
May 08, 2015
itBit Banks $25M And Secures New York Banking License
News for the bitcoin community got a little brighter Thursday (May 7) when itBit, the bitcoin exchange, announced it was granted an official business license from New York State’s Department...