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What Is the Cyber Threat to Sports?

SecureWorld News

An overwhelming number of cyber threats. The larger schemes tend to include nation-state involvement: "The most high profile attacks were conducted by Russian Military Intelligence (GRU) against the World Anti-Doping Agency, in August 2016. Approximately 40% of attacks on sports organizations involved malware.

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GUEST ESSAY. Everyone should grasp these facts about cyber threats that plague digital commerce

The Last Watchdog

This is one of the most widespread cyber threats, making up at least 27% of all malware incidents as per Verizon’s annual DBIR report (2020). million customer records from a Japanese travel agency, JTB Corp, in July 2016. Today, bad actors often launch cyber attacks that are a combination of several malware types.

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Group-IB and CryptoIns introduce the world’s first insurance against cyber threats for cryptocurrency exchanges

Security Affairs

Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks, and a Swiss insurance broker ASPIS SA that owns CryptoIns project, have developed the world’s first scoring model for assessing cryptocurrency exchanges cybersecurity, allowing the exchanges’ clients to ensure their assets.

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Remarks on NATO and its approach to the cyber offensive

Security Affairs

This week NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg explained during a conference at the Cyber Defence Pledge conference in London how the Alliance is countering cyber threats. Stoltenberg declared that NATO is pushing limits of what the alliance can do in cyberspace adopting a more aggressive approach on cyber offensive.

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NSA Warns of China-Backed Hackers Embedding in U.S. Infrastructure

SecureWorld News

and China, with both countries engaged in a strategic rivalry that encompasses economic, technological, and geopolitical spheres. Cybersecurity has emerged as a key battleground in this rivalry, with China's state-sponsored hacking groups posing a persistent threat to U. The NSA's warning comes amid growing tensions between the U.

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Growing Cyber Threats to the Energy and Industrial Sectors

NopSec

When the malware hit Saudi Aramco four years ago, it propelled the company into a technological dark age, forcing the company to rely on typewriters and faxes while it recovered. A cyber attack can disrupt business functions, which has an impact on end-users. Attacks can also be for technological acquisition.

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Hackers, nation-states target US black community to commit fraud, sow division

SC Magazine

The research aims to raise awareness and visibility of how cyber attackers are targeting the black community, as well as offer practical recommendations to help African Americans combat the threats they face as a result of systemic racism. Blacks, as with other underserved communities, are particularly vulnerable.

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