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Industry
D-Wave Goes Public on the NYSE
D-Wave achieved a significant corporate milestone by listing on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “QBTS”. The public debut came via a merger with a SPAC (special-purpose acquisition company) and made D-Wave one of only three quantum computing…
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AI Security
How Multimodal Attacks Exploit Models Trained on Multiple Data Types
In simplest terms, a multimodal model is a type of machine learning algorithm designed to process more than one type of data, be it text, images, audio, or even video. Traditional models often specialize in one form of data; for…
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Crypto Security
Why DevSecOps is Essential for the Blockchain Ecosystem
In recent years, many organizations have adopted more modern development practices, including Agile, Scrum, and DevOps. The goal of these new processes is to improve the pace and efficiency of development by streamlining the development process and using automation whenever…
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Crypto Security
What the $534M Coincheck Hack Taught Us All About Safe Storage of Digital Assets
The biggest crypto heist in history at the time it occurred in 2018 was an eye-opener for many reasons, not least of which for the way the stolen assets were being stored. Seasoned crypto enthusiasts and early adopters of the…
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Crypto Security
Security Threats to Blockchain Networks – 6 – Wallet Attacks
Wallet Attacks: A Deep-dive Wallets are a logical target for cyber-attacks, along with the emerging institutions that hold custody of them on users’ behalf. While secured with technically unbreakable code, hackers have found numerous ways to gain illicit access to…
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Crypto Security
What the Biggest Blockchain Game’s Hack Reveals about the Future of Crypto Adoption
Axie Infinity’s Ronin Bridge Hack for $551M worth of crypto assets could paradoxically lead to higher rates of blockchain adoption by showing that it’s a lot easier to track stolen cryptocurrency than people think. The popular misconception that cryptocurrencies are…
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Post-Quantum, PQC, Quantum Security
Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Introduction
Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) refers to cryptographic algorithms (primarily public-key algorithms) designed to be secure against an attack by a future quantum computer. The motivation for PQC is the threat that large-scale quantum computers pose to current cryptographic systems. Today’s widely…
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Crypto Security
Security Threats to Blockchain Networks – 5 – Consensus Attacks
Consensus Attacks: A Deep-dive Where centralized systems operate on the basis of centralized permission, blockchain protocols proceed on the basis of decentralized consensus. While this is more secure in theory, the system is not flawless. All blockchains are susceptible to…
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Quantum Networks
Quantum Teleportation
Quantum teleportation is a process by which the state of a quantum system (a qubit) can be transmitted from one location to another without physically sending the particle itself. Quantum teleportation has become a foundational method in quantum communication, envisioned…
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AI Security
The Threat of Query Attacks on Machine Learning Models
Query attacks are a type of cybersecurity attack specifically targeting machine learning models. In essence, attackers issue a series of queries, usually input data fed into the model, to gain insights from the model's output. This could range from understanding…
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Crypto Security
Security Threats to Blockchain Networks – 4 – Network Attacks
Network Attacks: A Deep-dive Network attacks are a class of exploits that focus on the isolation and manipulation of individual nodes or groups of nodes. While blockchain networks are theoretically robust against such attempts, both hackers and academics have found…
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Crypto Security
Security Threats to Blockchain Networks – 3 – Smart Contracts
Smart Contract Risk and How to Mitigate It: A Deep-dive The strengths of smart contracts are also the source of its weaknesses, and will always present opportunities for hackers to exploit. So far, the pace of innovation in counter-measures is…
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Quantum Computing
Quantum Entanglement: The “Spooky” Glue Uniting Qubits and Beyond
From enabling quantum supercomputers to securing communications and teleporting quantum states, entanglement is the thread weaving through all of quantum technology. What once struck Einstein as a paradox is today routinely observed and harnessed in labs – the “spooky action”…
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Crypto Security
Diving into the $320M Wormhole Bridge Hack
The full story behind the exploit that led to the fraudulent minting of 120,000 wETH and threatened to crash Solana. Early February of 2022 was a low-point for the cryptocurrency asset class; one of many more to come throughout the…
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Crypto Security
Security Threats to Blockchain Networks – 2 – A Holistic Overview
The utopian view of the blockchain as an unhackable alternative to the status quo is a pipedream. Many traditional cyberattacks are effective in a blockchain-based setting, and even cryptographically-secured processes are prone to errors and exploits. Understanding the potential attack…
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