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Daily IoT/Blockchain News from @surgethings - Oct 24, 2016
Daily IoT/Blockchain news from @surgethings.
Companies urged to use multiple vendors in wake of cyber attack
Eliminating the threat from the unsecured devices that make up what’s often called the Internet of Things will be a much tougher task, however.
Cotton shipment pioneers blockchain trade transaction
COMMONWEALTH Bank has announced it has done the first global trade transaction between two independent banks combining the emerging …
Accelerated aims to speed up sales with NPS
… of LTE, 4G and 3G router products ideal for retail or branch locations or even Machine to Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) environments.
The future of cyber attacks and other notable comments
The attack, affecting sites like Netflix, Twitter and Spotify, shows the vulnerabilities of the rapidly expanding Internet of Things. He explains: we have …
Chain of Things Plans Blockchain for Shipping Event in Hong Kong 24 Nov
AllCoinsNews.com (blog) To address these challenges, Chain of Things Limited, a Hong Kong-based blockchain+IoT startup, is holding a case study event on 24th of …
Huge DDoS attack should make Australia look closer at its smart devices
On Friday, a massive distributed denial of services attack (DDoS) knocked out access to a number of major websites. Although the incident appeared …
Thanks, IoT vendors: your slack attitude will get regulators moving
Two things are clear, however: the freewheeling idiots of the Internet of Things business need the fear of regulation put into them and so do network …
Major banks mark first-ever international trade using blockchain tech
Major banks mark first-ever international trade using blockchain tech … The blockchain trade, for 88 bales, totaled $35,000, Commonwealth Bank told …
CBA blockchain deal creates the future of trade finance
… a combination of blockchain, smart contracts and the internet of things to facilitate a trade transaction, according to one of the banks, Commonwealth …
the internet is under attack iot future uncertain
As a result, the future of the Internet of Things has become uncertain and people are now more scared of digital threats. The widespread attack was …
Major banks mark first-ever international trade using blockchain tech
transaction between banks using multiple blockchain applications has …
CBA, Wells Fargo test blockchain in trade finance
Combining blockchain, IoT and smart contracts provides greater transparency, cost efficiency, customisability, convenience and security compared to …
Inmarsat partners with Vodafone on IoT satellite connectivity
“Deploying satellite connectivity to complement terrestrial networks for IoT applications changes the Internet of Things into the Internet of Everywhere,” …
Major banks mark first-ever international trade using blockchain tech
The logo of Australia’s Commonwealth Bank adorns an automatic teller machine (ATM) in central Sydney, Australia, October 18, 2016.
Blockchain Hype Takes Hit as Chain Releases Code for All to Use
Time to put the blockchain hype to the test. After a year of promises that the technology would revolutionize Wall Street, anyone can now download an …
KB Kookmin Card to release blockchain-based mobile payment service
South Korea’s KB Kookmin Card Co. will introduce a blockchain-based personal authentication system for its bank service users from next month, …
‘Internet of things’ mobilised for internet outage
Tens of millions of infected computers including a network made up of internet of things devices bombarded a crucial service with online traffic on the …
IBM partners FreshTurf to use cloud, blockchain for delivery
IBM partners Singapore startup FreshTurf to use cloud, blockchain for … that will see that latter use Big Blue’s Cloud and Blockchain technologies for …
Chain Launches Open Source Developer Platform
Chain Core Developer Edition is the product of a deep, multi-year effort between Chain and leading financial firms to build blockchain architecture that …
Hackers Used New IoT Weapon For Friday’s Internet Attack
Mirai posed a huge risk for the Internet of Things, facilitating the illegal use of devices and hacker’s break-in. The new IoT weapon works by forcing IoT …
R3 blockchain code goes open source
R3 has made its blockchain platform’s code publicly available as it seeks to make it an industry standard. The Corda platform has been developed by …
Internet Outage Shows How Sophisticated Attacks Can Target Your Home
The cyber attack that slowed many popular websites to a crawl last week is attracting new scrutiny to the security of the so-called “Internet of Things.”.
Indian Government & Singapore’s Central Bank Partner over Blockchain &
CryptoCoinsNews Andhra Pradesh, an Indian state located in the south of the country and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the country’s central bank, have …
UBS names Stephens to spearhead blockchain projects
UBS has named its former Apac CIO Peter Stephens as head of blockchain, replacing Alex Batlin who jumped ship last week to join BNY Mellon.
Chain Launches Open Source Developer Platform
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24, 2016 /PRNewswire/ – Chain, a provider of blockchain technology solutions, today released Chain Core Developer Edition, …
The shape of things to come advanced networking security for the IoT
There is all sort of potential for IoT-related (Internet of Things) applications to streamline business processes and provide new ways of interacting with …
Visa’s Massive Bet On B2B Blockchain Payments
The FinTech space is oversaturated with talk of blockchain technology. Today, industry players seem to agree that innovators are slowly moving from …
Deloitte invests further in Internet of Things
The Internet of Things (IoT) has rapidly assumed the status of a business mega-trend. While some forward-thinking businesses, government agencies …
How British Gas is using the Internet of Things to keep customers warm and
ZDNet ZDNet caught up with him to talk about how BG is taking advantage of the Internet of Things and more. ZDNet: Like any company, British Gas has to …
How Visa And Intel Are Creating A Security Standard For The IoT
Said simply, Visa and Intel want to create standardized security for the Internet of Things and make it easier to instantly and correctly authenticate all …
Genband: Forget IoT, operators must prepare for the ‘Exchange of
Mobile World Live VIDEO INTERVIEW: The Exchange of Everything is a machine to machine to machine to human connection, which is what operators will have to …
In Illinois, State Officials Are Steadily Building a Blockchain Strategy
The state government of Illinois has quietly established a working group tasked with developing a strategy for integrating blockchain tech. The working …
Former APAC CTO Becomes UBS New Blockchain Lead
Former APAC CTO Becomes UBS New Blockchain Lead. Peter Stephens has joined UBS as head of blockchain working out of the bank’s London …
IBM Empowers Singapore Startup with Blockchain and Bluemix for Island-wide
PR Newswire (press release) Using IBM Cloud and Blockchain technologies, FreshTurf has been working with IBM Bluemix Garage developers and designers to create a network …
European Banks Risk Lagging Wall Street In Blockchain Race
banks. In an ironic reverse, investment banks are now racing to make it work …
How to protect yourself from ‘Internet of things’ cyberattacks
On Friday, a massive cyberattack took over devices such as routers and baby monitors connected to the Internet of things and used them to cripple …
Internet of Things: It’s Not Just the Devices!
secure the growing Internet of Things.
Commonwealth Bank’s cotton bale blockchain experiment could change trade
The Sydney Morning Herald Commonwealth Bank and Wells Fargo appear to be the only banks in the world to publicly announce a blockchain trade transaction. Photo: Nicholas …
Chain Launches Open Source Blockchain Developer Platform
A week after R3 announced that Corda would be made open source and folded into Hyperledger, Chain, a provider of Blockchain technology …
PTC and Hewlett Packard Enterprise to Collaborate on Internet of Things
Business Wire (press release) BARCELONA, Spain & NEEDHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced today a …
Continued Growth of the Internet of Me Has 88 Percent of Consumers
PR Newswire (press release) “The Internet of Things presents tremendous opportunities for managing our health, homes and businesses, but we need to have our eyes wide open …
Tennant Co. (TNC) Set to Announce Earnings on Tuesday
… surface coatings, and business solutions, such as financing, rental and leasing programs, and machine-to-machine asset management solutions.
Banks Complete First International Trade Transaction using The Blockchain
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Wells Fargo and Brighann Cotton have undertaken the first global trade transaction between two independent …
Chain unchains open source blockchain platform
US-based blockchain specialist Chain Inc has released its Chain Core Developer Edition, a free and open source version of its distributed ledger …
Here’s What Asian Lenders Are Doing With Blockchain Technology
(Bloomberg) – Asian lenders are spending millions of dollars developing applications using blockchain, a technology that promises to slash …
Morning Reads: More Media Consolidation; Attack From The Internet of
BillMoyers.com An AT&T store is seen on 5th Avenue in New York on October 23, 2016. AT&T unveiled a mega-deal for Time Warner that would transform the telecom …
How internet of things is complicating your cybersecurity
On Friday, access to major websites, including twitter, Netflix and the New York Times, was shut down as the result of a massive distributed …
Where are the real cybersecurity threats?
The Internet of Things by which devices that previously would not have been connected to the Internet are going online by the billions provides …
How the internet will continue to shape our lives
… the crucial question is: will the internet be able to cope with the extra pressure of data-hungry technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), …
How to wrangle meaning from Internet of Things data
moving, real-time data, offering insights that can change the way we engage …
Huawei Joins Hyperledger as Blockchain Group Adds 10 Members
The Linux Foundation-led blockchain effort added 10 new members to its network today, bringing its total number of backers to 95. Notably …
Airbitz Launches Equity Crowdfunding Campaign To Develop New Blockchain
newsBTC Given the current focus on blockchain development, it makes sense to support the development of decentralized applications. The Airbitz Edge …
Searching for Practical Applications of Bitcoin and Blockchain at Money
Bitcoin Magazine There is an entire track dedicated to blockchain technology at this year’s Money 20⁄20, but guests from the blockchain ecosystem will also be found …
How your business’s devices and networks may be used in cyberattacks
… meantime. security experts are pointing the finger at unsecured cameras, routers or other Internet-connected devices, called the ‘Internet of Things’, …
A small Louisville software company has big global ambitions
Connect and other software have allowed the small company, which employs about 60, to develop into a global leader for machine-to-machine …
Blockchain gets its first test with international trade
Some financial gurus are convinced that blockchain (the underlying tech behind bitcoin) is the future of business, and they might already have some …
US, Australia: Banks Make First Major Transaction Using Blockchain
Two banks, one in Australia and one in the United States, used numerous blockchain applications to complete a transaction that resulted in the trade …
A New Push for Blockchain Voting from Delaware Judge
In a discussion about voting transparency for institutional investors, he noted that blockchain, the technology that powers Bitcoin and other digital …
How the Internet of Things Took Down the Internet
How the Internet of Things Took Down the Internet. In a worrying trend, our smart devices are being commandeered to launch massive cyber-assaults.
Vulnerable webcams used in major internet attack recalled
As the day wore on, it was revealed that hacked Internet of Things devices like webcams and other connected home devices were the tools used to …
Securing the Internet of Things: Introducing the Security Program for Azure
This post is authored by Sam George, Partner Director Program Management, Azure IoT. As the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to gain traction in the …
GlobalSign and Intrinsic-ID Deliver Scalable Hardware-Rooted Device
PennEnergy The joint technology provides distinctive identities for microchips embedded in IoT devices, which are then certified so that they will be trusted in a …
Synchrony Financial Joins R3 Blockchain Group
Synchrony Financial, the largest U.S. issuer of retail-store credit cards, has joined R3 CEV, a consortium of companies working on blockchain …
Top US Banks That Experiment With Blockchain To Release Money Transfer App
CoinTelegraph … Wells Fargo & Co. Some of them have been experimenting with the Blockchain technology which underlies all Bitcoin digital currency transactions.
The Internet of Things Is Transforming Health Care, But There’s One Huge
TheStreet.com … healthcare companies are increasingly joining forces to utilize the Internet of Things to better monitor patients’ health and help prevent diseases.
Recent Cyberattack Highlights Vulnerabilities of the Internet of Things
Friday, October 21, 2016, Dyn was the focus of a distributed denial of …
PTC, Hewlett Packard Enterprise partner on #IoT
… most disruptive IoT, Machine to Machine, Machine Learning, M2M Technology companies will share winning growth strategies on the most pressing …
What Disney Actually Wants to Achieve With its Own Blockchain
Disney has made open source its Dragonchain blockchain. Dragonchain is being touted as a public/private blockchain by the corporation famous for …
Chronicled Introduces Ethrereum Blockchain-Based IoT Delivery Drone
technology that allows delivery drones to interact with bluetooth devices …
The Internet of Things is totally unregulated, and that might have to
Quartz Experts have long warned of the imminent security problems with the so-called Internet of Things. They didn’t reckon it would take shape as quickly …
TMO Daily Observations 2016-10-24: DDOS Attacks, Internet of Things, and
The Mac Observer (blog) Dave Hamilton and The Maccast’s Adam Christianson join Jeff Gamet to look at Friday’s attack and how the Internet of Things played a major role in …
Blockchain Players Look To E-Sports, See Dollar Signs
Beyond The Void, a new ‘free-to-play’ RTS-MOBA game could be poised to storm the gaming industry backed by an initial coin offering (ICO) and …
Raleigh Internet of Things showcase to be biggest RIoT event to date
The premiere open source conference, All Things Open, will be in full swing, and we’ll see the largest collection of Internet of Things demos in the …
Credit-card issuer Synchrony Financial joins blockchain group
Synchrony Financial said on Monday its has joined R3, a group of companies working on blockchain technology, making it the first credit-card issuer …
Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance Launches First Global Blockchain
CoinDesk The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at The University of Cambridge Judge Business School is launching the first Global Blockchain …
Blockchain is gaining momentum in the fintech industry
Blockchain is a secure funds transfer system. Essentially, it’s a shared-database technology based around a public ledger of transactions executed …
BREAKINGVIEWS-Internet of Things gets wakeup call from …
CHICAGO, Oct 24 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Twitter, PayPal and other major sites were knocked offline after hacked devices were used to overwhelm …
Overstock to Start Trading Equity on Its T0 Blockchain Platform
Overstock, one of the leading e-commerce platforms has announced the plan to start trading its own stocks on its proprietary blockchain platform.
7 Internet-Of-Things Devices With Security Risks That Solution Providers
CRN ForeScout on Tuesday released its IoT enterprise risk report, which outlined the terrifying reality of how common devices pose an inherent risk to …
Keeping zombie botnets out of your home network
That bad news is that’s not the plot of a B-grade Halloween movie: It’s the current state of security in the Internet of Things, and experts say there’s only …
How To Protect Your Internet of Things Devices From Malware
the rise and that unsecured Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure is the …
Internet Attack Sheds Light On Vulnerabilities In ‘Internet Of Things’
The traffic came from hacked devices from peoples’ homes, otherwise known as the Internet of Things. The attack shed light on the formerly …
Blockchain bandits hit crypto start-ups
Krypton defeated them by drawing on some rarely-used features in the blockchain code which helped to thwart the attempted takeover. But that was …
The Cyber Threat: Dyn Cyber Attack Highlights Internet of Things Hacking
A major cyber attack that disrupted Internet service for major users like Twitter and Amazon in parts of the United States on Friday was the first …
U.S. to release Internet of Things principles after Friday’s cyberattacks
The U.S. government said Monday that it will release in the coming weeks a set of principles for securing the Internet of Things, or Internet-connected …
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