In August, the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the cryptocurrency platform Tornado Cash, a virtual currency “mixer” designed to make it harder to trace cryptocurrency transactions—and a worldwide favorite money-laundering platform. Americans are now forbidden from using it. According to the US government, Tornado Cash was sanctioned because it allegedly laundered […]
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Telecommunications and IT service providers in the Middle East and Asia are being targeted by a previously undocumented Chinese-speaking threat group dubbed WIP19. The espionage-related attacks are characterized by the use of a stolen digital certificate issued by a Korean company called DEEPSoft to sign malicious artifacts deployed during the infection chain to evade detection. […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsAt this week’s event, Google presented its latest solutions as it tries to overtake Amazon and Microsoft in the cloud market. The post Google Next ’22: A new era of built-in cloud services appeared first on TechRepublic.
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsAn average of 2297 attacks against organizations were recorded every week
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ACM.80 Protecting data and encryption keys in memory and in use This is a continuation of my series of posts on Automating Cybersecurity Metrics. Enclaves, Trusted Execution Environments, and Trusted Platform Modules “I can put whatever I want in that box and you won’t even know.” One of the product managers at a company I used to […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsInspiring discussions around innovative tech Technology has typically had a reputation for being exciting and inventive. Unfortunately, this hasn’t always been the case for security. But times have changed. We are now recognizing the crucial role security plays in any groundbreaking technology. Without strong defenses, even the most visionary app is likely to crash […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsSignal is phasing out SMS support from Android to enable it to focus on developing a more secure and reliable platform. The post Signal to remove SMS support from Android appeared first on TechRepublic.
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsZero trust is one of the most used buzzwords in cybersecurity, but what exactly does this approach entail? The post Zero trust: Data-centric culture to accelerate innovation and secure digital business appeared first on TechRepublic.
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A PHP version of an information-stealing malware called Ducktail has been discovered in the wild being distributed in the form of cracked installers for legitimate apps and games, according to the latest findings from Zscaler. “Like older versions (.NetCore), the latest version (PHP) also aims to exfiltrate sensitive information related to saved browser credentials, Facebook account information,
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