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Bitcoin is one of the most robust distributed systems in the history of mankind. For fifteen years it has ticked along block by block with only two disruptions in its first few years that were very quickly handled by responsive developers the minute they manifested themselves. Aside from that, it …

As the price of Solana (SOL) has skyrocketed by an astounding 722% year-to-date, the network’s rapid growth has attracted both attention and challenges.  Not only has the native token gained significant value, but the use of Solana-based meme coins such as Bonk Inu (BONK), which has grown over 854% year-to-date, …

CNN, the New York Times, the Associated Press and Reuters said that they had no prior knowledge of the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, after the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu seized on allegations that freelance photographers may have been embedded with the terrorist group. CNN and the AP …

When skepticism about the savagery of attacks by Hamas terrorists against Jews in Israel first surfaced, the Israel Defense Forces put together 45 minutes of gruesome imagery — most of it shot by the perpetrators — of murder, beheadings, rapes and other atrocities against Jewish adults and children. Initially shown …

EXCLUSIVE: The Writers Guild of America’s silence on the October 7 terrorist attacks on Israel looks to be the only statement they’ll be making, at least according to West Coast president Meredith Stiehm. “In the past week, some members have requested that the Guild take a public stand on events in …

The team behind the decentralized social media platform Friend.tech has added a new security feature amid attempts to stem a flood of SIM-swap attacks targeting its users. “You can now add a 2FA password to your Friend.tech account for additional protection if your cell carrier or email service becomes compromised,” the …

The Federation of European Screen Directors has joined the chorus of European filmmakers coming out in support of Polish director Agnieszka Holland, who has faced a backlash from a member of Poland’s right-wing government over her new film, refugee drama The Green Border. The film dramatizes the situation of migrants …

Address poisoning attacks are malicious tactics used by attackers who can reroute traffic, interrupt services, or obtain unauthorized access to sensitive data by inserting bogus data or changing routing tables. The integrity of data and network security are seriously threatened by these assaults, which take advantage of flaws in network …

Payment channels in the Lightning Network enable users to conduct transactions without having to log each one on the Bitcoin blockchain, which lessens congestion and costs. However, like any network, the Lightning Network is not immune to security threats, and routing attacks are one of the potential risks. The effectiveness …

Cryptocurrency hardware wallets have emerged as a trusted solution for securing digital assets against online threats. However, even these seemingly impenetrable devices are not immune to attacks. Side-channel attacks, which exploit unintended information leakage from the physical implementation of a system, pose a significant risk to the security of cryptocurrency …

This is an opinion editorial by Kudzai Kutukwa, a financial inclusion advocate and Mandela Washington fellow. Throughout American economic history, there has been a constant drive toward centralization, as evidenced by the many attempts to establish a central bank in the United States. From Alexander Hamilton’s “Federalist Papers” to President …

The copycat attacks on the BSC were attributed to a malfunctioning reentrancy lock in certain versions of the Vyper programming language. In a recent development, BNB Smart Chain (BSC), a popular rival to the Ethereum (ETH) network has experienced a series of copycat attacks that resulted in the theft of …