Block Digest #36 - Drive-By Wifi

Welcome to episode #36 of Block Digest! (Monday, October 16th 2017) Join us: https://bitcoinmumble.com/ Credits ======== Shinobius - https://twitter.com/brian_trollz Chris Ellis - https://twitter.com/MrChrisEllis Janine - https://twitter.com/J9Roem Aknix (2.0) - https://twitter.com/rm0rf Theo Goodman - https://twitter.com/theog__ and Rick M. https://twitter.com/cryptorick This video is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Links ===== # Krack Attacks WP2 is broken! https://twitter.com/internetofshit/status/919870551002353664 https://www.krackattacks.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg-t7w8hAi0 - Demo of the attack https://twitter.com/vanhoefm - Author of the paper Commentary https://twitter.com/gsuberland/status/919866355947581441 https://twitter.com/CommitStrip/status/919980044558241792 Note from the Q&A by the author “Our main attack is against the 4-way handshake, and does not exploit access points, but instead targets clients. So it might be that your router does not require security updates.” This attack will most likely require an update to clients such as phones and laptops. # Swat Attack Bitcoin community member and developer for BitGo targeted in a cowardly swatting attack. Jameson is safe and the matter was resolved without incident. https://twitter.com/lopp/status/919943125933707265 Many friends rallied round to support him. Mobile phone companies providing number and location to anyone who pays https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/15/mobile-phone-companies-appear-to-be-providing-your-number-and-location-to-anyone-who-pays/ Background to that story https://qz.com/634294/a-short-guide-to-supercookies-whether-youre-being-tracked-and-how-to-opt-out/ https://www.accessnow.org/aibt/ # Why is Peter Rizun presenting at Scaling Bitcoin? https://twitter.com/PeterRizun/status/918822307526688770 # Julian Assange thanks US Government for 50,000% Gains https://twitter.com/JulianAssange/status/919247873648283653 When Google Met WikiLeaks (2011), mentions Bitcoin https://www.wikileaks.org/Transcript-Meeting-Assange-Schmidt.html # Fake News ## Russia may issue Crypto Ruble https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/15/russia-may-soon-issue-its-own-official-blockchain-based-currency-the-cryptoruble/ Older story: https://www.rt.com/business/400728-blockchain-russia-ruble-cryptocurrency/ Donate to Block Digest with bitcoins: 3NG9TkTztxUEg44Mcby4Uk3poNn9s6pYjV