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Shein Holding Company Fined $1.9m For Not Disclosing Data Breach

The data breach saw Zoetop allegedly trying to keep the real impact of the leak quiet

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  • October 14, 2022

New Chinese Cyberespionage Group Targeting IT Service Providers and Telcos

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. […]

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Regulating DAOs

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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Google Next ’22: A new era of built-in cloud services

At 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.

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  • October 14, 2022

AWS Nitro Enclaves and TPMs

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 […]

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Education Sector Experienced 44% Increase in Cyber-Attacks Over Last Year

An average of 2297 attacks against organizations were recorded every week

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Introducing “NEXT” by Cisco Secure

Inspiring 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 […]

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  • October 14, 2022

How To Build a Career as a Freelance Cybersecurity Analyst — From Scratch

With each passing year, the cybersecurity threat landscape continues to worsen. That reality makes cybersecurity analysts some of the most sought-after technology professionals in the world. And there are nowhere near enough of them to meet the demand. At last count, there were over 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs worldwide — and that number is still growing. […]

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  • October 14, 2022

New PHP Version of Ducktail Malware Hijacking Facebook Business Accounts

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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