Tag: cybersecurity measures
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Wired: The FBI Made a Crypto Coin Just to Catch Fraudsters
Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/fbi-cryptocurrency-pump-and-dump/ Source: Wired Title: The FBI Made a Crypto Coin Just to Catch Fraudsters Feedly Summary: Plus: New details emerge in the National Public Data breach, Discord gets blocked in Russia and Turkey over alleged illegal activity on the platform, and more. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text covers significant incidents…
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The Register: US lawmakers seek answers on alleged Salt Typhoon breach of telecom giants
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/11/us_lawmakers_salt_typhoon/ Source: The Register Title: US lawmakers seek answers on alleged Salt Typhoon breach of telecom giants Feedly Summary: Cyberspies abusing a backdoor? Groundbreaking Lawmakers are demanding answers about earlier news reports that China’s Salt Typhoon cyberspies breached US telecommunications companies Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies, and hacked their wiretapping systems. They also…
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The Register: Marriott settles for a piddly $52M after series of breaches affecting millions
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/09/marriott_settlements_data_breaches/ Source: The Register Title: Marriott settles for a piddly $52M after series of breaches affecting millions Feedly Summary: Intruders stayed for free on the network between 2014 and 2020 Marriott has agreed to pay a $52 million penalty and develop a comprehensive infosec program following a series of major data breaches between…
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The Register: Australian e-tailer digiDirect customers’ info allegedly stolen and dumped online
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/01/australian_digidirect_info_leak/ Source: The Register Title: Australian e-tailer digiDirect customers’ info allegedly stolen and dumped online Feedly Summary: Full names, contact details, and company info – all the fixings for a phishing holiday Data allegedly belonging to more than 304,000 customers of Australian camera and tech e-tailer digiDirect has been leaked to an online…
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The Register: Despite Russia warnings, Western critical infrastructure remains unprepared
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/18/russia_west_critical_infrastructure/ Source: The Register Title: Despite Russia warnings, Western critical infrastructure remains unprepared Feedly Summary: ‘Lives will be lost’ as Moscow ramps up offensive cyber military units Feature As Russian special forces push more overtly into online operations, network defenders should be on the hunt for digital intruders looking to carry out cyberattacks…
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The Register: Mind your header! There’s nothing refreshing about phishers’ latest tactic
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/12/http_headers/ Source: The Register Title: Mind your header! There’s nothing refreshing about phishers’ latest tactic Feedly Summary: It could lead to a costly BEC situation Palo Alto’s Unit 42 threat intel team wants to draw the security industry’s attention to an increasingly common tactic used by phishers to harvest victims’ credentials.… AI Summary…
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The Register: So you paid a ransom demand … and now the decryptor doesn’t work
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/11/ransomware_decryptor_not_working/ Source: The Register Title: So you paid a ransom demand … and now the decryptor doesn’t work Feedly Summary: A really big oh sh*t moment, for sure For C-suite execs and security leaders, discovering your organization has been breached, your critical systems locked up and your data stolen, then receiving a ransom…