BankInfoSecurity.com reported that “Coinbase on Friday revealed that the hacking campaign against the company began on Feb. 5 when its employees received SMS messages requesting that they urgently log into their official email accounts to receive an important message.” The February 21, 2023 article entitled “Crypto Exchange Coinbase Details SMS
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GovInfoSecurity.com reported “The California city of Oakland is in a state of emergency as its response to a ransomware attack enters its second week.” The February 15, 2023 report entitled “Oakland Declares Emergency Following Ransomware Attack” (https://tinyurl.com/yc3pv8x5) included these comments:
The ransomware attack, detected during the night of
Continue Reading City Governments are Very Vulnerable as highlighted by Ransomware Attack Disabled the City of Oakland!DarkReading.com reported that “The National Institute of Standards and Technology has settled on a standard for encrypting Internet of Things (IoT) communications, but many devices remain vulnerable and unpatched. A new encryption standard for Internet of Things (IoT) should help advance security for these connected devices in businesses, manufacturers, critical
Continue Reading IoT Crypto Standards are unlikely to fix +20Billion old IoT devices!
DarkReading.com reported that “This growing reliance on the cloud is bringing new security challenges to an already complex problem, experts say. That’s because as enterprise IT stakeholders’ understanding of and confidence in implementing the cloud has improved, so has the sophistication of threat actors that want to leverage its complexity
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a press release that the SEC had “charged Payward Ventures, Inc. and Payward Trading Ltd., both commonly known as Kraken, with failing to register the offer and sale of their crypto asset staking-as-a-service program, whereby investors transfer crypto assets to Kraken for
Continue Reading Kraken (Staking-as-a-Service) settles for $30 Million with the SEC!
BankInfoSecurity.com reported that “More than 4 billion people have accounts on Facebook and Instagram, making them the most popular social media platforms on the planet. Members share photos, life events and opinions to attract followers, build businesses and stay connected with friends and family. But there’s a darker side to
Continue Reading Facebook & Instagram account takeover scams people, banks, & government agencies!
HealthCareInfoSecurity.com reported that “A “large number of unusual transactions” may have gone unnoticed by investigative authorities before the exchange’s belated registration with Dutch authorities in September, the bank said Thursday.” The January 27, 2023 article entitled “Coinbase Fined 3.3 Million Euros by Dutch Central Bank’’ (https://tinyurl.com/52h62ebz) included these
Continue Reading Coinbase fined 33 Million Euros!HealthCareInfoSecurity.com reported that “The $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill signed into law last week by President Joe Biden contains new cybersecurity requirements for medical devices that make it a game changer for strengthening security within the healthcare ecosystem…” The January 4, 2023 report entitled “Exclusive: FDA Leader on Impact of
Continue Reading Medical Device Cybersecurity Requirements are now LAW!BankInfoSecurity.com reported about Twitter “the uptime problems come amid ongoing concerns about the long-term security of Twitter’s systems – and user data privacy – following last month’s mass layoffs at the company, which included an exodus of cybersecurity staff.” The December 29, 2022 report entitled “As Twitter Downplays Outage, Security
Continue Reading Cyberattack at Twitter blamed on lack of security staff or what?HomeLandPrepNews.com reported that “the House as a bipartisan, bicameral push to make federal agencies more proactive on cybersecurity protections. Much of the onus would be on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), though, to prioritize the acquisition and migration of federal agencies’ information technology to post-quantum cryptography, as well
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