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Escaping the echo chamber: How to make cybersecurity accessible for all

Security Boulevard

The post Escaping the echo chamber: How to make cybersecurity accessible for all appeared first on NuData Security. The post Escaping the echo chamber: How to make cybersecurity accessible for all appeared first on Security Boulevard. We’ve all experienced digital growing pains in the era of COVID-19.

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When Efforts to Contain a Data Breach Backfire

Krebs on Security

Earlier this month, the administrator of the cybercrime forum Breached received a cease-and-desist letter from a cybersecurity firm. But this history was either overlooked or ignored by Group-IB , the Singapore-based cybersecurity firm apparently hired by Banorte to help respond to the data breach.

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Google Suspends Chinese E-Commerce App Pinduoduo Over Malware

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A new cybersecurity strategy released earlier this month by the Biden administration singled out China as the greatest cyber threat to the U.S. The Pinduoduo suspension comes as lawmakers in Congress this week are gearing up to grill the CEO of TikTok over national security concerns. and Western interests.

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Discord Admins Hacked by Malicious Bookmarks

Krebs on Security

On May 27, Nahmii — a cryptocurrency technology based on the Ethereum blockchain — warned on Twitter that one of its community moderators on Discord was compromised and posting fake airdrop details. On May 9, MetrixCoin reported that its Discord server was hacked, with fake airdrop details pushed to all users.

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Fake CISO Profiles on LinkedIn Target Fortune 500s

Krebs on Security

” “Since playing Tradewars on my Tandy 1000 with a 300 baud modem in the early ’90s, I’ve had a lifelong passion for technology, which I’ve carried with me as Deputy CISO of the world’s largest health plan,” her profile reads. Maryann’s profile says she’s from Tupelo, Miss.,

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Fla. Man Charged in SIM-Swapping Spree is Key Suspect in Hacker Groups Oktapus, Scattered Spider

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authorities arrested a 19-year-old Florida man charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiring with others to use SIM-swapping to steal cryptocurrency. technology companies during the summer of 2022. 9, 2024, U.S. A graphic depicting how 0ktapus leveraged one victim to attack another.

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New Ransom Payment Schemes Target Executives, Telemedicine

Krebs on Security

Alex Holden is founder of Hold Security , a Milwaukee-based cybersecurity firm. .” The other involves carefully editing email inboxes of public company executives to make it appear that some were involved in insider trading. Holden’s team gained visibility into discussions among members of two different ransom groups: CLOP (a.k.a.