Darkreading.com reported that “Security experts expect that some of the attacks will be targeted and executed by state-backed Russian threats.” The February 25, 2022 article entitled “7 Steps to Take Right Now to Prepare for Cyberattacks by Russia” included these comments about Step #5 Communicate:
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Darkreading.com reported that a “new study shows that in 2021 more organizations experienced at least one successful email-based phishing attack than the year before. There were also more opportunistic and targeted phishing attacks last year compared with 2020, as well as phishing attacks involving ransomware and business email compromise (BEC).” The…
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BankInfoSecurity.com reported that “The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on Thursday held a daylong hearing on cybersecurity threats posed by Xi Jinping-led China, including the nation’s expansive cyberespionage and disinformation capabilities, along with its technical prowess in cyberwarfare.” The February 17, 2022 report entitled “Experts Outline Chinese Cyberwarfare…
Bloomberg.com reported that “The U.S. Treasury Department indicated that it plans to spare crypto miners and stakers from rules that would require digital-asset brokers to turn over information on their clients’ transactions to the IRS.” The February 11, 2022 report entitled “Treasury Signals Crypto Miners Won’t Face IRS…
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CoinTelegraph.com reported that in Russian “Cryptocurrency transactions of more than 600,000 rubles (roughly $8,000) will have to be declared; otherwise, it could be considered a criminal act.” The February 9, 2022 article entitled “Russian government and central bank agree to treat Bitcoin as currency” included these comments:
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TheBlockCrypto.com reported that “The US-based sportswear giant Nike is suing StockX, an online resale marketplace selling shoes, streetwear and other goods, for trademark infringement, trademark dilution and other charges.” The February 7, 2022 article entitled “Nike sues StockX for trademark infringement in latest NFT mint” included these comments…
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Darkreading.com reported that “Everyone agrees cybersecurity is an urgent issue, but uncertainty still reins in how companies tackle it. The typical IT team is struggling under the weight of a variety of increasingly sophisticated intrusions, from social engineering attacks that fool users into compromising systems and confidential information to exploitation…
HelpNetSecurity.com reported that “In its current format, AI is really “statistics at scale”. In other words, large data sets are analyzed, patterns identified, and used to create various models (which in cybersecurity often equate to identifying outliers from a model built around a network, or using prior collected data).” The…
Darkreading.com reported that “…the cybersecurity industry must come to terms with the fact that something is fundamentally broken.” The January 26, 2022 article entitled “Cybersecurity Is Broken: How We Got Here & How to Start Fixing It” included these comments “A Greater Focus on Supply Chain Attacks”:
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The Washingtonpost.com reported that “Attorneys general from…the District of Columbia, Texas, Washington and Indiana, allege the company made misleading promises about its users’ ability to protect their privacy through Google account settings, dating to at least 2014.” The January 24, 2022 article entitled “Google deceived consumers about how it…
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