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Incognito Darknet Market Mass-Extorts Buyers, Sellers

Krebs on Security

We’ll be publishing the entire dump of 557k orders and 862k crypto transaction IDs at the end of May, whether or not you and your customers’ info is on that list is totally up to you. Creating a new account on Incognito Market presents one with an ad for 5 grams of heroin selling for $450. And yes, this is an extortion!!!!

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U.S. Financial Regulators Clarify Oversight of AML/CFT Obligations in Connection With Digital Asset Activities

Data Matters

The SEC emergency action to block the offering of the digital asset “Grams” on the same day as the Joint Statement indicates the resolve of federal financial regulators to take legal action to stop perceived violations of the BSA. Background. Final Thoughts. 1 SEC Halts Alleged $1.7 Billion Unregistered Digital Token Offering (Oct.

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E-Mail Tracking

Schneier on Security

I would very much like the statistics that adding trackers to Crypto-Gram would give me. That's one in five of the emails you get from your friends. And you probably never noticed. I admit it's enticing. But I still don't do it.

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The Doghouse: Crown Sterling

Schneier on Security

A decade ago, the Doghouse was a regular feature in both my email newsletter Crypto-Gram and my blog. In it, I would call out particularly egregious -- and amusing -- examples of cryptographic " snake oil.".

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Apple Mail Now Blocks Email Trackers

Schneier on Security

Crypto-Gram uses Mailchimp, which has these tracking pixels turned on by default. Practically speaking, that means every message downloaded to Apple Mail is marked “read,” regardless of whether you open it. I turn them off.

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Me on the Equifax Breach

Schneier on Security

My popular newsletter Crypto - Gram and my blog Schneier on Security are read by over 250,000 people. I have authored 13 books on these subjects, including Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World (Norton, 2015).

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Digital sobriety

Everteam

In addition, new crypto-currencies are emerging, such as Chia in China, no longer based on computation time, but on storage space, PoST (proof of space and proof of time). What new crypto-currency is about to emerge? How fast will the market move towards all-flash for memory or all-LED in emerging countries?