Macintosh’s First Firmware Worm Developed, Bitcoin Implications Dire?
For many years, two major computer operating systems have been considered to be more secure than Microsoft’s Windows. Both Mac OS and Linux have been less plagued by viruses, worms, trojan horses, and all kinds of malicious software, even though the number of threats against Linux systems is on the rise. But now it seems like even Mac OS is not as secure as many people would like to think. One of the main reasons why Mac OS has been so secure is Apple’s “legendary” security integration. Many developers, engineers, and white-hat hackers have attempted to break through this security in order....
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If you access your Bitcoin wallet through certain Android mobile devices, you might want to read these views shared by cryptocurrency industry insiders. A startup developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says that it has identified several models of Android mobile devices that contained firmware, which collected sensitive personal data about their users and transmitted this sensitive data to third-party servers without disclosure or the user's consent. Kryptowire says these devices, which were available through major....
A group of Russian hackers that managed to steal CNET's user database has made that information available for bitcoin, in what seems like a publicity stunt. The group, which calls itself 'wOrm', says the database contains the accounts of more than a million users, including their usernames, emails, passwords and other information. The asking price for the source code and the database was 1 BTC, roughly $615 at the time of writing. However, CNET was later told that the group has no plans to decrypt the passwords or to complete the sale of the database. The offer, which was apparently made....
Bitmain announced today an upgrade path for existing Antminer S2 owners that will allow for an upgrade to 1.8 th/s or 2 th/s. Bitmain Announces 1.8 th/s to 2 th/s Upgrade Path for Antminer S2 Owners. Right now details are scarce, and many are speculating that it is either a firmware and PSU upgrade to new blades to replace existing ones. The time frame is looking like it will happen in under three months. Bitmain's official statement on BitcoinTalk was the following: A short, good news for the S2 buyer is that we will let the S2 to upgrade to 1.8TH/s or 2TH/s at very low cost which you can....
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