Just this past week, a good friend of mine came back from a 2-week vacation in Scotland. He and his wife had a great time walking an old ancient trail along many lakes and mountains. He stayed at various BnB’s and hotels. One thing that bothered my friend is that almost all places of business in Scotland, including the airport in Glasgow, demanded payment with a credit card – another words, e-commerce transitions only. My friend took over 1,000 in British Pounds (cash) to pay for whatever he
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The co-founder and CEO of Binance, Changpeng Zhao, the world's largest centralized cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, cleared the FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) making rounds online that the crypto empire is dumping Bitcoin to artificially bolster and stabilize the price of its native token Binance Coin (BNB).
Even before the US Securities and Exchange Commission filed 13 charges against Binance.US, Zhao, and other associated businesses, the crypto empire had been the subject of many spe
Financial messaging system SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications) has laid out its blueprint for a global central bank digital currency (CBDC) network following an 8-month experiment on different technologies and currencies. The trial, which involved France and Germany's national central banks as well as global lenders like HSBC, Standard Chartered and UBS, looked at how CBDCs could be used internationally and even converted into fiat money if needed. Around 90% o
The Ronin Network announced yesterday that hackers have stolen more than $600 million worth of Ethereum (173,600 ETH) and $25.5 million of US dollar-pegged stablecoin USDC, making it one of the largest decentralized finance (DeFi) hacks to date. The company, which is tied to the popular blockchain game Axie Infinity, said in a Substack post that they suffered a security breach on March 23. Sky Mavis, a blockchain gaming company, built and controls the Axie Infinity game.
The hack involved the
Activity Summary - Week Ending on 18 February 2022:
- Red Sky Alliance identified 18,841 connections from new IP’s checking in with our Sinkholes
- Ugg Boot 4 Sale
- Analysts identified 5,853 new IP addresses participating in various Botnets
- ACTINIUM/Gamaredon/DEV-0157
- Vulnerabilities in Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop
- APTs in Turkey and Colombia on the Rise
- Fake Windows 11
- 49ers Hit by BlackByte
- TA2541
- Ecommerce Sites Rigged
- Truckers and Doxxing
Link to full report: IR-22-049-001_weekly049.pdf
Activity Summary - Week Ending 23 December 2020:
- Red Sky Alliance identified 38,232 connections from new unique IP addresses
- Analysts observed 32 unique email accounts compromised with Keyloggers
- 1,979 new IP addresses we seen participating in various Botnets
- JavaScript RAT
- Hacker Tactics
- BitGrail
- com
- MetaMax
- E-commerce up 600%
- Protesters using Bitcoin more and more
- City of Detroit suing #BLM
Link to full report: IR-20-358-001_eCommerces_358FINAL.pdf
