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Telegram zero-day flaw used by suspected Russian hackers to spread backdoor and cryptocurrency miner

The vulnerability allowed hackers to install a backdoor that allowed them to gain remote control of victims' systems.

Feb 14, 2018

By India Ashok

As PSD2 kicks in, will mobile carriers transform the EU financial landscape?

Direct carrier billing gives many mobile carriers a head-start on strong customer authentication, one of the major aspects of the PSD2 update.

Feb 13, 2018

By Roman Taranov

How blockchain and cryptocurrency might realistically reinvent the advertiser-customer relationship

Charles H. Silver, CEO, Algebraix looks at personal data spending power

Feb 13, 2018

By Charles H. Silver

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Why Romania is the next big thing in nearshore outsourcing

The global IT outsourcing industry has dropped nearly 30%, from $105bn in 2014 to $77bn in 2017.

Feb 12, 2018

By Tali Shem Tov

NCA cybercrime report estimates 2.11 million in UK victims of cybercrime

Blockchain: the solution to the cybercrime epidemic?

Paul Worrall, Co-Founder of Zonafide talks about self-sovereign identity as a solution to cybercrime.

Feb 12, 2018

By Paul Worrall

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Cryptocurrencies are too big for UK banks to ignore

CEO of Confirm, Pawel Kuskowski talks about the crypto barbarians at the gate

Feb 12, 2018

By Pawel Kuskowski

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Payments Big Bang: Impact of PSD2 on retail banking

Michael McKee, Partner, DLA Piper UK LLP discusses payments competition in European retail banking.

Feb 12, 2018

By Michael McKee

Bank and Fintech collaboration – three drivers for growth in 2018

Simon Paris, Deputy CEO, Finastra, looks at open banking, digital transformation and robotization.

Feb 12, 2018

By Simon Paris

H&M and others seeking digital transformation are between a rock and a hard place

Struggling to adapt to a digital-first world isn't a unique problem, nor a particularly new one in 2018.

Feb 12, 2018

By Perry Krug

BTCC Pool introduces transparent FPPS Bitcoin mining and 1% fees

The new 1% promotion fee for bitcoin mining is the lowest fee in the industry, said BTCC.

Feb 12, 2018

By Ian Allison

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Bitcoin billionaires downgraded to millionaires after major sell-off

The Winklevoss twins and Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen are among those at the top of Forbes' cryptocurrency rich list who will have seen their Bitcoin billions slump this week.

Feb 11, 2018

By Charlotte Tobitt

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Russian nuclear engineers arrested for using one of country's largest supercomputers to mine Bitcoin

The nuclear facility houses a 1-petraflop supercomputer that is capable of performing around 1,000 trillion calculations per second.

Feb 10, 2018

By Hyacinth Mascarenhas

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If your computer is running slow, it could be because of these porn websites

Pornography websites make up roughly half of all domains using so-called crypto-mining software to exploit users' computer power to make money, research suggests.

Feb 9, 2018

By Jason Murdock

Asking the audience: predicting the future by harnessing the wisdom of the crowd

Fox Holt is Vice President at Delphy

Feb 9, 2018

By Fox Holt

Crypto scammers pose as John McAfee and Elon Musk on Twitter to steal bitcoin

Cryptocurrency scammers are invading the Twitter timelines of famous technologists and companies in an attempt to dupe fintech fanatics into sending them money.

Feb 9, 2018

By Jason Murdock

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PSD2: The honeymoon period

Nick England is CEO of EasyFX.

Feb 9, 2018

By Nick England

Identity as security: The key to eliminating fraud

Simon Rodway, UK pre-sales solution architect at Entersekt, discusses identity as security and how banks can make the authentication process easier for customers.

Feb 8, 2018

By Simon Rodway