Yotta: a Large-Scale Trustless Data Trading Scheme for Blockchain System

Data trading is one of the key focuses of Web 3.0. However, all the current methods that rely on blockchain-based smart contracts for data exchange cannot support large-scale data trading while ensuring data security, which falls short of fulfilling the spirit of Web 3.0. Even worse, there is...

New Phishing Attack Uses Clever Microsoft Office Trick to Deploy NetSupport RAT

A new phishing campaign is targeting U.S. organizations with the intent to deploy a remote access trojan called NetSupport RAT. Israeli cybersecurity company Perception Point is tracking the activity under the moniker Operation PhantomBlu. "The PhantomBlu operation introduces a nuanced exploitati...

Hackers Used Fake Job Offer to Hack and Steal $540 Million from Axie Infinity

The $540 million hack of Axie Infinity's Ronin Bridge in late March 2022 was the consequence of one of its former employees getting tricked by a fraudulent job offer on LinkedIn, it has emerged. According to a report from The Block published last week citing two people familiar with the matter, a...

Threat Source newsletter (March 31, 2022) — Is "Fortnite" a Metaverse?

By Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. By now, anyone on the internet has pondered the question: “Is a hot dog a sandwich?” My two cents: Yes, absolutely. Now as we move into the new internet age and onto Web 3.0 and NFTs instead of... This is only the...

On the Radar: Securing Web 3.0, the Metaverse and beyond

By Jaeson Schultz. Internet technology evolves rapidly, and the World Wide Web WWW or Web is currently experiencing a transition into what many are calling "Web 3.0". Web 3.0 is a nebulous term. If you spend enough time Googling it, you'll find many interpretations regarding what Web 3.0... This ...