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Researchers at Guardio Labs have discovered a new attack known as ‘EtherHiding,’ which uses Binance Smart Chain and Bullet-Proof Hosting to serve malicious code within victims’ web browsers. Unlike an earlier suite of fake update hacks that exploited WordPress, this variant uses a new tool: Binance’s blockchain . Earlier, non-blockchain variants interrupted a webpage visit with a realistic-looking, browser-styled ‘Update’ prompt. A victim’s mouse click installed malware. Due to the cheap, fast, and poorly policed programmability of Binance Smart Chain, hackers can serve a devastating payload of code directly from this blockchain. To be clear, this is not a MetaMask attack. Hackers simply serve malicious code inside victims’ web browsers that looks like any webpage that the hacker wants to create — hosted and served in an unstoppable manner. Using Binance’s blockchain to serve code, hackers attack victims for various extortion scams. Indeed, EtherHiding ...

Tick tock, next block. The Bitcoin network passed block 800,000 with less than a year to go to the next block reward halving. The Bitcoin network has mined block 800,000, with just 40,000 left to mine before the network’s next mining reward halving. The 800,000th block contained 3721 transactions at 1.64 megabytes, with the price of Bitcoin (BTC) trading at $29,815 on July 24, as market researcher Dylan LeClair noted on Twitter: #Bitcoin block 800,000. pic.twitter.com/Yw9c6klqbY — Dylan LeClair (@DylanLeClair_) July 24, 2023 The milestone was widely shared across the social media platform on July 24, with Bitcoin proponents and industry commentators highlighting the milestone as an indicator of network security and resilience: The #Bitcoin network just produced block number 800,000. 800,000 block s without a central bank. 800,000 block s without a government. 800,000 block s without a CEO. 800,000 block s without asking for permission. pic.twitter.com/hf8RpC3jlP — Walk...

Several data infrastructure and intelligence use cases take a decentralized approach to provide AI functionalities. The rise of ChatGPT has been nothing short of spectacular. Within two months of launch, the artificial intelligence (AI)-based application reached 100 million unique users. In January 2023 alone, ChatGPT registered about 590 million visits. In addition to AI, blockchain is another disruptive technology with increasing adoption. Decentralized protocols, applications and business models have matured and gained market traction since the Bitcoin (BTC) white paper was published in 2008. Much needs to be done to advance both of these technologies, but the zones of convergence between the two will be exciting to watch. While the hype is around AI, a lot goes on behind the scenes to create a robust data infrastructure to enable meaningful AI. Low-quality data stored and shared inefficiently would lead to poor insights from the intelligence layer. As a result, it is critical to l...