It’s been a rough start for the newly elected Costa Rica president Rodrigo Chaves, who less than a week into office declared his country “at war” with the Conti ransomware gang. “We’re at war and this is not an exaggeration,” Chaves told local media. “The war is against an international terrorist group, which apparently has…
Do Kwon, the creator of the stablecoin TerraUSD (UST) and its sister token Luna, is facing legal prosecutions in South Korea over the collapse of the two coins that have wiped billions of dollars off investors around the world earlier this month. The Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office said Friday that it has kicked off…
Welcome to Online Day at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022! Opportunity knocks just as loud online as it does IRL, but this knock can be heard around the world. You’ll find everything listed in the event agenda, but here’s a quick rundown of what’s in store. Plan your day to reap optimal opportunities! But first: If…
Do Kwon, the creator of the stablecoin TerraUSD (UST) and its sister token Luna, is facing legal prosecutions in South Korea over the collapse of the two coins that have wiped billions of dollars off investors around the world earlier this month. The Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office said Friday that it has kicked off…
France-based precision agriculture startup Sencrop has raised $18 million in Series B funding, led by Israeli venture capital firm JVP. Sencrop, founded in 2016, headquartered in Lille, claims to be Europe’s leading provider of “field-connected solutions”, with 20,000 farmers in 20 countries, mainly in Europe, using its IoT products to monitor weather conditions, crop disease,…
CleverTap, a retention marketing platform which has raised $76.6M to date, is to fully acquire Bulgarian-originated but San Francisco-based Leanplum, a customer engagement platform which has raised $131.2M, for an undisclosed amount. The news was broken by South Eastern European startup news site The Recursive. Sunil Thomas, CleverTap Cofounder and Executive Chairman said: “Like many…
A Linux botnet malware known as XorDdos has witnessed a 254% surge in activity over the last six months, according to latest research from Microsoft. The trojan, so named for carrying out denial-of-service attacks on Linux systems and its use of XOR-based encryption for communications with its command-and-control (C2) server, is known to have been…
Content delivery network Cloudflare has said that it will run Ethereum 2.0 nodes to help “build a better internet”. Decentralised app platform Ethereum aims to be the foundation of web3. How does web3 differ from previous eras? Glad you asked. Web1 (~1990-2005) – Based on open protocols, decentralised, and community-governed. However, relatively basic in terms…
Content delivery network Cloudflare has said that it will run Ethereum 2.0 nodes to help “build a better internet”. Decentralised app platform Ethereum aims to be the foundation of web3. How does web3 differ from previous eras? Glad you asked. Web1 (~1990-2005) – Based on open protocols, decentralised, and community-governed. However, relatively basic in terms…
Content delivery network Cloudflare has said that it will run Ethereum 2.0 nodes to help “build a better internet”. Decentralised app platform Ethereum aims to be the foundation of web3. How does web3 differ from previous eras? Glad you asked. Web1 (~1990-2005) – Based on open protocols, decentralised, and community-governed. However, relatively basic in terms…
