AfD Rides Unhappiness With Immigration to Become Second-Strongest Party in Germany

Disapproval of government immigration policies isn’t just something that affects the United States. The Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has ridden a wave of anti-immigration sentiment to become the second-most popular political party in Germany. The latest polls have the conservative CDU/CSU coalition at 26%, AfD at 18.5%, the socialist SPD at 16%, and the […]

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Increase in Cryptojacking Attempts Highlights Need for Security

It’s no surprise to anyone who has followed cryptocurrency markets that cryptocurrencies are popular with investors. Unfortunately, cryptocurrencies have also become popular with criminals. That’s particularly the case with criminals who engage in cryptojacking, hijacking other people’s computers in order to harness their processing power to mine new units of various cryptocurrencies. The number of […]

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Continuing Deterioration of Relations With China Could Worsen the Coming Financial Crisis

For anyone hoping for a restoration of normal trade relations between China and the United States, last week’s Bloomberg report on Chinese government hardware hacking came as a devastating blow. If the allegations are true that Chinese spies managed covertly and surreptitiously to place microchips into servers used by Amazon, Apple, and other large American […]

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Chinese Cyber-Spying Alleged to Have Targeted Major Corporations, But Is Your Computer at Risk Too?

A blockbuster new report has indicated that the Chinese government sought to gain backdoor access to over 30 companies, including Apple, Amazon, and government contractors. The cyber-spying was apparently discovered by Amazon and Apple after the companies purchased servers from US company Supermicro and had them tested by third parties. Those third parties discovered that […]

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California Bans Bitcoin Donations for Political Campaigns

In a setback for cryptocurrency enthusiasts, the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) banned political campaigns from accepting cryptocurrency donations. The commission cited its concerns over the difficulty of tracking the origins of cryptocurrency donations as well as the transparency of those donations. The ruling is at odds with that of the US Federal Election […]

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