Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have uncovered a new form of cryptojacking malware targeting corporations in multiple countries, the cybersecurity firm reported Thursday. PowerGhost, a form of fileless malware – which uses a system’s native processes to hijack a computer –…
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Hubble Researcher Focuses on Blockchain for Space Data Processing
A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) researcher is testing a blockchain network for processing the vast amounts of data produced. Josh Peek, an associate astronomer with the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), told CoinDesk that the HST, like other space telescopes,…
Google Cloud Inks Deal With Blythe Masters’ Blockchain Startup
Digital Asset announced Monday that it teaming up with Google Cloud to provide a set of tools and services for solutions architects wanting to develop blockchain applications without having to code them from scratch. Through the partnership, Digital Asset will…
Bitcoin’s Biggest Startups Are Backing a New Effort to Keep Fees Low
2017 was a wake-up call for bitcoin supporters to say the least. With so many people using the software amid a price boom, the fees for sending transactions swelled higher than ever before, even rising to as much as an…
What Crypto Really Thinks About Litecoin’s Banking Ambitions
It was news that was perhaps too strange for crypto’s typically divided reactions. First revealed Wednesday, the Litecoin Foundation, the non-profit that develops the software that powers the sixth-largest cryptocurrency, bought a stake in a very real, non-crypto bank. The move was…
With Journalists on Ethereum, Will Fake News Meet Its Match?
Before discussing the launch of a blockchain platform for newsrooms, there was one thing I had to clear up with the Matt Coolidge, co-founder and communication lead at the Civil Media Company: was he planning to put me out of a…
Bitcoin’s Unknown ‘Kings’: The Magazine Mystery That’s Got Crypto Guessing
Bitcoin may be global, but it’s still a small community This is why a recent Fast Company South Africa story attracted international commentary – and not in a good way. After all, it isn’t every day that relative unknowns get…
Keeping Crypto’s Promise: CryptoKitties Is Smartly Embracing Open Source
Call it an explosion of cute names for a cause. Announced this week, CryptoKitties debuted a number of new initiatives that will further decentralize its popular ethereum app, which while largely passing under the radar, show the startup is making…
Overwinter Ahead: What Should Happen When Zcash’s First Hard Fork Hits
Privacy-oriented cryptocurrency zcash is about to undergo its first-ever hard fork. Called “Overwinter,” the update requires all users of the nearly $800 million blockchain to switch to a new software. But while these kinds of system-wide changes can be high-risk…
In the Scramble to Fix Digital Identity, uPort Is a Project to Watch
Talk to any three blockchain entrepreneurs, and at least one of them will pitch a way for internet users to own their own data. Recent privacy debacles at Yahoo, Equifax and Facebook have driven home the realization that anyone with…