Tag: ciso
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Will Elon Musk Sell Out Twitter Users For Chinese Market Access? – Probably Not…But He Could
ELON MUSK SECURED an agreement on Monday to buy Twitter for about $44 billion and take the company private. In his initial comments about the move, Musk discussed a range of goals from “making the algorithms open source to increase trust” to addressing spambots and “authenticating all humans.” There isn’t more information available yet on how Musk will steer Twitter,… Read more
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Google Play Launches Privacy Labels for Apps – Next Step Are Helix22 App Versions Where Privacy is Assured
Google Play is today officially launching its own privacy-related labels for apps. The company says it will begin to roll out the new Google Play Data safety section to users on a gradual basis, ahead of the July 20th deadline that requires developers to properly disclose the data their app collects, if and how it’s shared with… Read more
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Bored Ape Theft of $2.5 Million in Instagram Phishing Attack — Helix22 Can Protect NFT’s From Theft
On Monday a hacker got into the popular NFT brand’s Instagram account and posted a link to a supposed airdrop, which would give existing Bored Ape holders a free allotment of land in the upcoming Otherside metaverse. But the link included in the post was a phising scam. People who opened it and connected their crypto wallet had… Read more
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DeFi Platform Beanstalk Hit With $182 Million Theft Via A “Flash Loan”
On April 17th, the decentralized finance (DeFi) project Beanstalk Farms was exploited for $182 million after an attacker mounted a lightning-fast hostile takeover, buying a controlling stake of tokens and immediately voting to send themself all of the funds. The incident sparked discussion around “governance attacks,” a way of manipulating blockchain projects that use decentralized… Read more
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Rio De Janeiro Gov’t Suffers Ransomware Attack
The Secretary of State for Finance of Rio de Janeiro confirmed on Friday that it was dealing with a ransomware attack on its systems. The LockBit ransomware group claimed to have attacked systems connected to the government offices, stealing about 420 GB. The group threatened to leak the stolen data on Monday. Rio de Janeiro… Read more
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Sunwing Airline Delays Caused By Data Security Breach Continue For Fifth Day
Sunwing Airlines Inc. says the network-wide system outage that has grounded travellers and delayed flights to and from sun destinations is still not resolved. The Toronto-based carrier continues to advise customers travelling over the next few days to check their flight status before heading to the airport. Sunwing has apologized for the ongoing delays, which… Read more
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Five Eyes Nations Issue Joint Warning Regarding Critical Infrastructure Threats From Russia Hacking Groups
Yesterday, Five Eyes cybersecurity authorities warned critical infrastructure network defenders of an increased risk that Russia-backed hacking groups could target organizations within and outside Ukraine’s borders. The warning comes from cybersecurity agencies in the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom in a joint cybersecurity advisory with info on Russian state-backed hacking operations and… Read more
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Congress To Table a Bill For Quantum Encryption Preparedness – Helix22 is Mission Ready Today
Congress wants the federal government to have a plan in place for protecting federal IT systems and assets from future hacks carried out by quantum computers. Though the tangible threat of quantum codebreaking might still be in the future, the widespread replacement of much of the older, classical encryption underpinning systems and data is likely… Read more
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CISA Issues Warning to Blockchain Companies
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Treasury Department, warned of a new set of ongoing cyber attacks carried out by the Lazarus Group targeting blockchain companies. Calling the activity cluster TraderTraitor, the infiltrations involve the North Korean state-sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) actor striking… Read more
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North Korea Got the $600 Million Record Cyber Theft According to Treasury Dept.
The U.S. Treasury Department has tied the North Korean hacking group Lazarus to the theft of more than $600 million in cryptocurrency from a software bridge used for the popular Axie Infinity play-to-earn game. The department added an Ethereum wallet address tied to the group to its sanction list on Thursday. More than $86 million of the… Read more