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Tag: infosec
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Hacker Returns $614 Million in Crypto – Luck Is Not a Data Security Plan
As written about here last week, there was a record setting crypt heist of over $600 million. As an update, it is now being reported that the hacker called “Mr White Hat” was giving back all $613 million in digital loot from a record haul. The hacker has reportedly said they did it “for fun”… Read more
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T-Mobile Investigates Massive Data Breach of 100 Million Customers
Telecom major T-Mobile is investigating the validity of a claim on an online forum that the personal data of over 100 million customers have been breached, reports said. The data includes social security numbers, phone numbers, names, physical addresses, unique IMEI numbers, and driver licenses information, the seller said. Motherboard has seen samples of the… Read more
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CISA Makes the “Business Case” for Data Secuirty
The Business Case for Security is a resource that will help small and mid-sized businesses consider how they can sell the costs for security improvements to senior leaders and other organizational controllers of the purse strings. It provides statistical data on common physical and cybersecurity challenges, as well as suggestions for first steps and resources to… Read more
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Record $600 Million Crypto Theft
A hacker has apparently exploited a vulnerability to steal $600 million from a blockchain finance platform in what could be one of largest cryptocurrency thefts to date. The makers of Poly Network, a “DeFi” or decentralized finance platform that works across blockchains, said on Tuesday that an attacker stole about $600 million in cryptocurrencies. According… Read more
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57% of CISO’s Believe Expectations Are Excessive
The 2021 Voice of the CISO Report found that 57% of CISOs believed that the expectations on their role were excessive and nearly half didn’t believe that their organizations positioned them to succeed. Of course, there are happy and unhappy workers in any role at all levels and for all manner of reasons, but we… Read more
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Helix22 Protects All Data Now And Into the Quantum Computing Era
Researchers in the Netherlands have successfully connected three separate quantum processors in what is effectively the world’s first multi-node quantum network. This paves the way for a large-scale quantum internet that governments and scientists have been dreaming up for decades. QuTech, a quantum research institute based in Delft, has published new work in which three nodes that… Read more
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Your E-Books Might Be Downloading Malware
Customers opening books in their Amazon Kindle e-books could also be opening a channel to receive malware, according to new research from Check Point. A bug in Amazon’s Kindle e-books can allow an attacker to smuggle malware and gain root access to a victim’s device, steal tokens, steal or delete other sensitive data like billing information and… Read more
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New US Infrastructure Bill Includes $2 Billion for Cybersecurity
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act includes funding for roads, bridges, transportation safety, public transit, railways, electric vehicle infrastructure, airports, ports, waterways, broadband internet, environmental remediation, and power infrastructure. The White House said this week that the bill will also invest approximately $2 billion to “modernize and secure federal, state, and local IT and networks; protect critical infrastructure and… Read more
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USA Announces the Joint Cyber Defense Collaboration
The US government has announced that it will partner with Amazon, Microsoft, Google and other tech companies as part of a new initiative aimed at bolstering the country’s cyber defenses. The initiative, called the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC), will see the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) work alongside leading technology providers, cybersecurity firms… Read more
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ZOOM Settles for $85 Million After Lying about E2E Encryption to Users
Video conferencing platform Zoom will have to pay $85 million to its users as part of class-action lawsuit settlement. The company was accused of lying about offering end-to-end encryption on its services, as well as providing user data to Facebook and Google without permission. The proposal was filed on Saturday at the US District Court… Read more