Darkreading.com reported that Web injects have led to “recent evidence of threat actors using Web injects to target cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and Bitcoin wallet Blockchain.info.” The March 22, 2018 article entitled “Criminals Using Web Injects to Steal Cryptocurrency” included this description of Web injects:
Web injects is basically…
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The Washington Post reported that there was an official request for Mark Zuckerberg to testify at the House Energy and Commerce Committee since the Committee believes the “CEO of Facebook, he is the right witness to provide answers to the American people. We look forward to working with Facebook and…
Insurance.com reported that Allstate Insurance is optimistic that “Blockchain has the potential to revolutionize underwriting…” The March 16, 2018 article entitled “Blockchain could ‘revolutionize’ insurance” included these comments from Dale Sherman, Allstate vice president of claims:
Coverage could be just-in-time or on-demand. You can imagine mile-by-mile insurance for…
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The Washington Post reported that “Since at least March 2016… Russian hackers have ‘targeted U.S. government entities and multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors, including the energy, nuclear, commercial facilities, water, aviation, and critical manufacturing sectors.’” The March 16, 2018 report entitled “Why Russian hackers aren’t poised to plunge the…
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Reuters reported that Judge Lucy Kohl ruled that “the plaintiffs could try to show that liability limits in Yahoo’s terms of service were “unconscionable,” given the allegations that Yahoo knew its security was deficient but did little.” The March 12, 2018 article entitled “Data breach victims can sue Yahoo…
Law.com reported “that virtual currencies can be regulated by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission [CFTC].” The March 8, 2018 report entitled “Federal Court Just Ruled CFTC Can Regulate Crypto—But Agency Isn’t Alone” included these questions resolved by US District Judge Weinstein (Eastern District of New York) with…
Continue Reading Court orders that Cryptocurrencies should be regulated by the US government!
Darkreading.com reported a “new wave of phishing attacks aims to dupe users and steal their passwords by disguising malicious emails as tax-related notifications from the IRS.” The March 2, 2018 report entitled “Millions of Office 365 Accounts Hit with Password Stealers” included these comments:
Barracuda Networks last month…
Reuters reported that Equifax’s 2017 cyber incident where +147M consumers’ data was stolen included “costs mainly reflect technology and data security upgrades, legal fees, and free identity theft protection and credit monitoring offered to the more than 147 million consumers affected by the cyber security incident.” The March 2, 2018…
