BankInfoSecurity.com reported that “the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday announced that it was able to recover 63.7 of the 75 bitcoins paid to the DarkSide ransomware-as-a-service operation by Colonial Pipeline.” The June 11, 2021 report entitled “How Did FBI Recover Colonial Pipeline’s DarkSide Bitcoins?” included these comments…
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Darkreading.com reported that “Cyber as a sport is critical to developing these skills and why we’re recruiting cyber athletes, coaches, and sponsors to build the first-ever US Cyber Team.” The June 7, 2021 article entitled “Cyber Athletes Compete to Form US Cyber Team” included these comments:
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Darkreading.com reported that a “security directive, issued by the US Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Transportation Security Administration (TSA), requires critical pipeline operators, such as Colonial Pipeline, to report all confirmed and potential cyberattacks, improve their incident response by assigning a cybersecurity coordinator, and create a cybersecurity plan based on…
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DataBreachToday.com reported that “Self-Professed ‘King of Fraud’ Aleksandr Zhukov…faked both the users and the webpages: he and his co-conspirators programmed computers that they had rented from commercial data centers in the United States and elsewhere to load advertisements on fabricated webpages, via an automated program, in order to fraudulently obtain…
Continue Reading “King of Fraud” is Convicted of $7 Million Digital Advertising Scam!
Darkreading.com reported that “In early May, global insurer AXA made a landmark policy decision: The company would stop reimbursing French companies for ransomware payments to cybercriminals.” The May 24, 2021 article entitled “Cyber Insurance Firms Start Tapping Out as Ransomware Continues to Rise” included these comments:
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HelpNetSecurity.com reported that “3 years since rolling out in May 2018, there have been 661 GDPR fines issued by European data protection authorities. Every one of the 28 EU nations, plus the United Kingdom, has issued at least one GDPR fine.” The May 20, 2021 report entitled “661 fines …
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Judge Xavier Rodriquez wrote a book review about AI in court in the book “When Machines Can Be Judge, Jury, and Executioner: Justice in the Age of Artificial Intelligence,” written by former US District Judge Katherine Bolan Forrest which “addresses the growing use of artificial intelligence tools that…
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My good friend Judy Greenwald reported at BusinessInsurance.com about the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) “Tips and Tactics for Dealing With Ransomware” that “NIST also recommends restricting or prohibiting personally owned devices on organizations’ networks for telework or remote access unless extra steps are taken to…
My friend Judy Greenwald at BusinessInsurance.com reported a Cornerstone Research report entitled “SEC Cryptocurrency Enforcement” that the “…U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has brought 75 enforcement actions and 19 trading suspension orders against cryptocurrency participants between its first in July 2013 and the end of 2020.” The May…
Darkreading.com published a story about the “…Ransomware Task Force (RTF) this week published a report detailing recommendations to fight back against the operators and infrastructure that drive ransomware, which its team of experts describes as a “serious national security threat” and “public health and safety concern.”” The April 30…
