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Denuvo’s Anti-Piracy Protection Probably Makes Sense For Big-Selling AAA Titles

Posted on November 26, 2020 by bank_articles | 0 Comments

A hacking team believed to have obtained data from gaming giant Ubisoft has published documents that claim to reveal the costs of implementing Denuvo’s anti-piracy protection. While the service doesn’t come cheap, the figures suggest that for a big company…

Swiss Police & Europol Shut Down Pirate IPTV Service in First-of-a Kind Action

Posted on November 12, 2020 by bank_articles | 0 Comments

Following a criminal complaint filed by Canal+ and anti-piracy company NAGRA, an IPTV provider distributing more than 84,000 TV shows and movies has been shut down by local police with assistance from Europol. The main domain of KBoxServ now displays…

VMware patches high severity business escalation defect

Posted on March 19, 2020 by bank_articles | 0 Comments

Earlier this week, VMware released multiple patches addressing high severity privilege escalation and denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerabilities in a selection of its services. According to a Bleeping Computer report, VMware fixed flaws in the VMware Workstation, Fusion, VMware Remote Console and Horizon Client. The two flaws in…

Singaporean Mining.sg Reports Increasing Hardware Demand

Posted on November 15, 2017 by bank_articles | 0 Comments

Mr. Dexter Ng of Singaporean company Mining.sg has reported growing demand for his company’s cryptocurrency mining hardware. Mr. Ng told Channel News Asia that “customers come in and order 50 rigs on their own.” It Has Been Reported That Singaporean…

Trezor Announce Support for Bitcoin Gold But Other Platforms Steer Clear

Posted on November 15, 2017 by bank_articles | 0 Comments

Hardware wallet manufacturer Trezor have announced support for Bitcoin Gold, making them one of the few major platforms to commit to the fledgling fork. While Trezor integration is good news for BTG, it illustrates the lack of mainstream vendors who’ve…

Bitcoin Cash Network Completes a Successful Hard Fork

Posted on November 14, 2017 by bank_articles | 0 Comments

At approximately 4 pm EDT at block height 504031, the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network successfully hard forked. The fork is a change to the decentralized currency’s consensus rules and aims to upgrade the network’s Difficulty Adjustment Algorithm (DAA). November 13…

Japan Teaches Western Governments a Lesson in Cryptocurrency Regulation

Posted on November 14, 2017 by bank_articles | 0 Comments

Bitcoin is a phenomenon that provokes conflicting emotions in people. Fear. Excitement. Elation. Doubt. For governments tasked with regulating every new thing that comes along, be it the motor car or the internet, bitcoin presents a conundrum. How to regulate…