Many believe that virtual currencies could be a driving force in economic growth. Two new bi-partisan bills will seek to regulate virtual currencies while establishing significant protections for U.S. consumers.
Cyber Security
Cyber criminals, state-sponsored hackers and even the occasional disgruntled employee are constantly looking to gain unauthorized access for a variety of purposes: theft of money, cyber espionage, personal information for sale or for use in scams, and damage to critical infrastructure for just a few of the most common.
So how does an organization mitigate an entire world full of continual cyber attacks? Just as buildings have a number of necessary elements of physical security: access control, cameras, alarms and so on; there are similar key elements of cyber security that are absolutely vital for just about any modern business.
It starts with identifying and closing the most common doors that attackers use. For example, phishing attacks on employees are far and away the most common initial point of entry. The breach of even a low-level employee account can quickly turn into an escalation in access privileges and the ability to reach sensitive information. This is also true of smart devices, which are generally more poorly secured than computers and phones.
Huawei has made “no material progress” on addressing Huawei cybersecurity flaws discovered a year ago. Recent HCSEC study shows Huawei cybersecurity practices are untrustworthy and present high risk to the UK for large 5G network build-outs.
Data breach events are a now harsh reality. But when managed properly and communicated strategically, companies can emerge with both their corporate reputation and the confidence of their consumers intact. Find out how in this in-depth article.
The Uber data breach resulted in the theft of a variety of internal company information, and stemmed from a third-party vendor. The thieves also got away with source code and employee personal information.
Suspects affiliated with a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) platform used in LockerGoga, MegaCortex, and Dharma ransomware attacks were detained in Ukraine and Switzerland.
German sportswear giant Adidas has confirmed that a third-party breach compromised customer data amid ongoing cybersecurity incidents rocking the company in other countries.
Microsoft has traced the signing key theft back to a "crash dump" error. A breach of a Microsoft engineer's work account by the Chinese hackers then yielded access to the crash dump and the embedded signing key.
From 2017 to 2020 the edtech company experienced four serious data breaches, and the FTC finds that this was not simply a run of bad luck but rather an endemic lack of concern for cybersecurity.
Data leak occurred when a sensitive document was mistakenly shared in connection to a freedom of information request, and takes place amidst a backdrop of increased tensions and fears of terrorism that have been growing since early 2023.
A blogpost from LastPass Labs warns of an attempted voice phishing attack on an employee that made use of an audio deepfake of company CEO Karim Toubba. The attacker peppered the LastPass employee with a series of calls, text messages, though the employee recognized it as a scam attempt and no damage was done.










