Earlier this month, I and others wrote a letter to Congress, basically saying that cryptocurrencies are an complete and total disaster, and urging them to regulate the space. Nothing in that letter is out of the ordinary, and is in line with what I wro…
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De-anonymizing Bitcoin
by Bruce Schneier •
Andy Greenberg wrote a long article — an excerpt from his new book — on how law enforcement de-anonymized bitcoin transactions to take down a global child porn ring.
Within a few years of Bitcoin’s arrival, academic security researchers — and then com…
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The Seven Deadly Sins of Blockchain Security
by News team •
By Professor Ronghui Gu, Co-Founder, CertiK Blockchain is, at heart, a security technology. Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) is […]
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Executive Order Instructs Certain Organizations to Improve Their Cybersecurity Stance
by News team •
Financial Institutions Should Boost Their Efforts to Thwart Cyberattacks By Bob Thibodeaux, Chief Information Security Officer, DefenseStorm Consumer […]
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Web3 and the future of data portability: Rethinking user experiences and incentives on the internet
by Help Net Security •
Tech conversations are now peppered with a new, contentious buzzword: Web3, and we’re all likely to hear a lot more of it in the coming years. It’s an umbrella term for disparate ideas all pointing in the direction of making the internet more dec…
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Lessons Learned: In the Principle Of “Least Privilege,” Where Do Companies Fall Short?
by News team •
By Raj Dodhiawala, President, Remediant Lateral movement using compromised admin credentials is integral to almost all ransomware and […]
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5 Ways Cybersecurity Will Change In 2022
by News team •
By Jaime Coreano, Vice President of Sales – Flexxon The annual cost of cybercrime is set to hit […]
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5 Reasons Organizations Need Comprehensive AD Security Across Cloud and On-Prem
by News team •
Why Organizations Need to Secure Directory Services in a Hybrid Deployment from Attack Paths By Justin Kohler, Director […]
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Top 10 Reasons Cyber Defense Firms Should Hire Veterans
by News team •
Technology expert and former military intelligence officer shares insight on the valuable skills that veterans can bring to […]
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Top 10 Reasons Cyber Defense Firms Should Hire Veterans
by News team •
Technology expert and former military intelligence officer shares insight on the valuable skills that veterans can bring to […]
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Tips And Trends for OT Cybersecurity In 2022: More SOAR, Cyber Hygiene And Renewed Compliance
by News team •
By Peter Lund, Vice President of Product Management at OT security company Industrial Defender As of February 2022, […]
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Is XDR The Right Solution for Today’s Security Threats?
by News team •
Defining XDR’s Role in the Security Stack By Steve Garrison, VP Marketing, Stellar Cyber XDR and Open XR […]
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3 Cybersecurity Certainties for 2022
by News team •
By Bill Moore, XONA As businesses transitioned to hybrid work models in 2021, critical integrations between IT and […]
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How to strengthen cyber resilience with Unified BCDR
by News team •
By Joe Noonan, General Manager, Unitrends and Spanning Cybercrime and hybrid work environments prompted by the pandemic have […]
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Don’t Become a Horrible Headline: Some Tips on Redesigning Your Threat Posture for The 2022 Threat Landscape
by News team •
By Omar Zarabi, Founder and CEO, Port53 Technologies As in previous years, the DefCon of the cybersecurity industry […]
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Why Changing Classified Document Status Can Affect Risk Levels and How Proactive Cybersecurity Methods Can Help
by News team •
By Sam Hutton, SVP, Glasswall As ransomware attacks, insider threats, data breaches and phishing attacks against government agencies […]
The post Why Changing Classified Document Status Can Affect Risk Levels and How Proactive Cybersecurity Metho…
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Why Building Managers Need to Prioritize Cybersecurity
by News team •
By Shaun Cooley, Founder and CEO of Mapped In an age increasingly dominated by the internet of Things […]
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Detect Ransomware Data Exfiltration Immediately
by News team •
By Randy Reiter CEO of Don’t Be Breached Ransomeware Attacks Have Increased During the COVID-19 Pandemic An off-site […]
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Detect Ransomware Data Exfiltration Immediately
by News team •
By Randy Reiter CEO of Don’t Be Breached Ransomeware Attacks Have Increased During the COVID-19 Pandemic An off-site […]
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Responding To the Ransomware Pandemic
by News team •
By Tom McVey, Solution Architect, Menlo Security Last year, Kaseya became the victim of the largest ransomware attack […]
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Today’s Digital Battlefield Demands Resilience Beyond Infrastructure
by News team •
By Mohammed Al Mohtadi, Cyber Information Security Officer, Injazat There is a battle underway globally that requires every […]
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S3 Ep70: Bitcoin, billing blunders, and 0-day after 0-day after 0-day [Podcast + Transcript]
by Paul Ducklin •
Latest episode – listen and learn!
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Lichtenstein and Morgan: The Stolen Virtual Currency Laundry
by Christopher Burgess •
If you’ve been scratching your head while you read about the money laundering escapades of Ilya Lichtenstein and his wife Heather Morgan, let me assure you that you are not alone. The Department of Justice told us that this duo created a “labyri…
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How To Improve Federal Endpoint Detection and Response Tactics and Gain Network Visibility
by News team •
By Matt Marsden, Vice President, Technical Account Management, Federal, Tanium Endpoint detection and response (EDR) was put on […]
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Self-styled “Crocodile of Wall Street” arrested with husband over Bitcoin megaheist
by Naked Security writer •
The cops say they’ve recovered 80% of a $72 million cryptocoin heist… but the recovered funds alone are now worth over $4 billion!
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How To Invest In Bitcoin: A Guide For Beginners
by PricillaWhite •
Investing in Bitcoin may lead you to follow lots of ups and downs if you do know no the actual steps to follow. However, things become more complicated for those people who are investing in Bitcoins for the first time. Nowadays the popularity of Bitcoi…
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Cybersecurity Experts Share Their Predictions for 2022
by News team •
By Danny Lopez, CEO of Glasswall The year 2021 raised many major cybersecurity concerns including the rise in […]
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Three Key Facts About AI-Driven Network Detection and Response
by News team •
By Eyal Elyashiv, CEO, Cynamics Most network detection and response solutions and network performance monitoring and diagnostic tools are using […]
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OT/IT Security – Two Sides of the Same Coin
by News team •
By Sachin Shah, CTO of OT, Armis The distinction between information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) is […]
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First Steps to Alleviate Long-Term Consequences from A Cyberattack
by News team •
Brief Guide By Sergey Ozhegov, CEO, SearchInform When a cyberattack occurs it is easy to panic and forget […]
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Hashtag Trending 2021 Holiday Special- Part 1/2
by Samira Balsara •
The metaverse, Facebook’s whistleblower, El Salvador adopts bitcoin as legal tender, the race to space and Amazon’s complicated year. With the new year nearly upon us, it’s once again the time to take a look back at our favourite trends of the year. Welcome to Hashtag Trending, I’m your host, Samira Balsara, and in […]
The post Hashtag Trending 2021 Holiday Special- Part 1/2 first appeared on IT World Canada.
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Plundered bitcoins recovered by FBI – all 3,879-and-one-sixth of them!
by Paul Ducklin •
Phew! An audacious crime… that didn’t work out.
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FBI’s investigation accidentally revealed the HelloKitty ransomware gang operates out of Ukraine
by News team •
While investigating a data breach suffered by a healthcare organization, FBI accidentally revealed that it believes that the […]
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AbstractEmu, a new Android malware with rooting capabilities
by News team •
AbstractEmu is a new Android malware that can root infected devices to take complete control and evade detection with different […]
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Rethinking Ransomware Resiliency
by News team •
By T.J. Minichillo Did you know an organization is hit with a ransomware attack every 11 seconds? As […]
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US CISA, FBI, and NSA warn an escalation of Conti ransomware attacks
by News team •
CISA, FBI, and the NSA warned today of an escalation of the attacks of the Conti ransomware gang […]
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Europol arrested 106 fraudsters, members of a major crime ring
by News team •
Europol, along with Italian and Spanish police, dismantled a major crime organization linked to the Italian Mafia that […]
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Hashtag Trending September 10 – Germany’s Instagram influencer rule; Bitcoin mining arrest; Twitter Communities
by Samira Balsara •
Hashtag Trending September 10 – Germany’s Instagram influencer rule; Bitcoin mining arrest; Twitter Communities
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Hashtag Trending August 27 – Reddit’s vax misinformation pushback; Google remains Safari’s default search engine; new EU crypto laws
by Samira Balsara •
Hashtag Trending August 27 – Reddit’s vax misinformation pushback; Google remains Safari’s default search engine; new EU crypto laws
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Do the Benefits of Bitcoin Outweigh the Risks?
by Vishnu Varadaraj •
What do Burger King and the popular “Doge” meme have in common? They both have cryptocurrencies named after their likeliness. WhopperCoin and…
The post Do the Benefits of Bitcoin Outweigh the Risks? appeared first on McAfee Blogs.