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Illegal Content and the Blockchain

Schneier on Security

Now the content-delivery network Akamai has reported on a new method: a botnet that uses the Bitcoin blockchain ledger. Since the blockchain is globally accessible and hard to take down, the botnet’s operators appear to be safe. What if someone puts illegal material in the blockchain? Most Bitcoin mining happens in China.

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Cyber Security’s Impact on Climate Change: What Can Organisations Do?

IT Governance

IT Governance found more than 1,200 publicly disclosed security incidents in 2021 , which correlates to society’s increasingly reliance on computers and the expanding influence that criminal hackers have. Perhaps the most significant example of this is the Cloud. Then there’s blockchain mining. This is no small matter.

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FTX Collapse Highlights the Cybersecurity Risks of Crypto

eSecurity Planet

He has “worked around the clock” to secure assets, identify crypto on the blockchain , find records, and work with regulators and government authorities. FTX is a stark example of this.” One way is through hijacking computer resources to mine cryptocurrencies. But this is more than a financial story. In the U.S.,

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Part 1: OMG! Not another digital transformation article! Is it about understanding the business drivers?

ARMA International

Some technology trends such as real-time data analytics are on-going, while others are more recent, such as blockchain. Gartner (2021) has two related definitions: Digital Transformation: “can refer to anything from IT modernization (for example, cloud computing), to digital optimization, to the invention of new digital business models.”

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Decarbonizing Cryptocurrencies through Taxation

Schneier on Security

This allows currencies to maintain their decentralized ledger—the blockchain—but requires enormous amounts of energy. Most notably, the “proof of stake” system enables participants to maintain their blockchain by depositing cryptocurrency holdings in a pool. Greener alternatives exist.

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How to Take Your Business to The Next Level with Data Intelligence

erwin

With tools such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Mining, businesses and organizations can collate and analyze large amounts of data reliably and more efficiently. Great examples are BMW Mini , Comfort Keepers, and Teleflora. Incorporating blockchain technology into more industries. Data quality management.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Fuzzing Crypto

ForAllSecure

Cryptocurrency is a digital currency designed to work as a medium of monetary exchange through transactions on a computer network and is not reliant on any central authority, such as a government or bank, to uphold or maintain it. Nor am I going to wade into the debate about the ecological consequences of mining cryptocurrencies.