Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2024

Threat actors hacked the X account of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and used it to publish the fake news on the Bitcoin ETF approval. Hackers hijacked the X account of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and used it to publish fake news on the Bitcoin ETF approval. ” Gensler wrote. .

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Accountability Hacking Cryptocurrency Surveillance 108

Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2022

Pavel Vrublevsky , founder of the Russian payment technology firm ChronoPay and the antagonist in my 2014 book “ Spam Nation ,” was arrested in Moscow this month and charged with fraud. An undated photo of Vrublevsky at his ChronoPay office in Moscow. In 2013, Vrublevsky was sentenced to 2.5 million) from over 100,000 consumers.

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Banking Marketing DDOS Risk 193

SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 19, 2021

SecureWorld News breaks down this report, while also compiling recommendations from our experts and the government you can implement, if you have not already, to protect your organization. Cryptocurrency's role in enabling ransomware attacks. government has been steadily moving towards regulating Bitcoin. The findings?

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Ransomware Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Cybersecurity 90

Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, April 2021. The UK Security Service MI5 said 10,000 staff from every UK government department and from important UK industries have been lured by fake LinkedIn profiles.

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Ransomware Passwords Scams Government 124

SC Magazine

APRIL 9, 2021

Indeed, a recurring series of questions posed at the Incident Response Forum Masterclass event on Thursday revealed that the incident response industry and their clients are still trying to find their footing six months after the U.S. The Treasury Department in Washington, D.C. AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0

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Ransomware Insurance Data privacy Cryptocurrency 121

Malwarebytes

APRIL 30, 2021

The Ransomware Task Force (RTF), a think tank composed of more than 60 volunteer experts who represent organizations encompassing industries and governments, has recently pushed out a comprehensive and strategic plan for tackling the increasing threat and evolution of ransomware. ” Ransomware: a threat to national security. .”

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Ransomware Government Education Cybercrime 73

SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Moreover, trends that are visible in one country, more often than not resurface in other places and among new cybercriminal gangs. These days, the industries under attack are not limited to financial institutions, while major attacks like those we investigated back in the day thankfully are no longer possible. Incident analysis.

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Cybercrime Banking Malware Ransomware 137