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Understanding Features and Vulnerabilities of The Decentralized Finance Attack Surface is Key to Protecting Against Cyber Attacks

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The estimated value of greater Decentralized Finance and cryptocurrencies surpassed half a trillion dollars in market capitalization in 2018, and then one trillion for the first time in 2021 ( 1 ). Since then, cryptocurrency values reached new records during the pandemic. Cryptocurrencies Are Established Via Blockchain Security.

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North Korea-linked Lazarus APT targets defense industry with ThreatNeedle backdoor

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The ThreatNeedle malware used in this campaign belongs to a malware family known as Manuscrypt, which belongs to the Lazarus group and has previously been seen attacking cryptocurrency businesses.” ” reads the press release published by Kaspersky. The backdoor is able to bypass network segmentation and access restricted networks.

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FTC extends deadline by six months for compliance with some changes to financial data security rules

CyberSecurity Insiders

These changes included updated criteria for financial institutions, providing more specific requirements about which safeguards they must include in their information security programs. Since 2009, more than 6,600 distinct cryptocurrencies have been released.

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North Korea-linked Lazarus APT hides malicious code within BMP image to avoid detection

Security Affairs

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. The activity of the Lazarus APT group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks.