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U.S., U.K. Sanction 7 Men Tied to Trickbot Hacking Group

Krebs on Security

Authorities in the United States and United Kingdom today levied financial sanctions against seven men accused of operating “ Trickbot ,” a cybercrime-as-a-service platform based in Russia that has enabled countless ransomware attacks and bank account takeovers since its debut in 2016. This is not the U.S.

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UK regulators’ strategic approaches to AI: a guide to key regulatory priorities for AI governance professionals

Data Protection Report

Accountability and governance. The AI update was published alongside a speech by chief executive Nikhil Rathi announcing the FCA’s plans to focus on Big Tech and Feedback Statement FS24/1 on data asymmetry between Big Tech and firms in financial services. These principles (the Principles) are: Safety, security and robustness.

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Lazarus malware delivered to South Korean users via supply chain attacks

Security Affairs

The group is considered responsible for the massive WannaCry ransomware attack, a string of SWIFT attacks in 2016, and the Sony Pictures hack. ” reads the analysis published by ESET. that is requested to visit particular government and banking domains. that is requested to visit particular government and banking domains.

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NEW TECH: This free tool can help gauge, manage third-party cyber risk; it’s called ‘VRMMM’

The Last Watchdog

Turn the corner into 2019 and we find Citigroup, CapitalOne, Wells Fargo and HSBC Life Insurance among a host of firms hitting the crisis button after their customers’ records turned up on a database of some 24 million financial and banking documents found parked on an Internet-accessible server — without so much as password protection.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

Forensic Analysis. Only 38% of state and local government employees are trained for ransomware prevention, and only 29% of small businesses have experience with ransomware ( IBM ). Healthcare and financial services are the most attacked industries. Enterprise mobility management (EMM) is one solution. Statistics.

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Doing Digital Right (A Book Review)

Information is Currency

The challenge isn’t just managing electronic records, but non-records, content and other data as all information needs to be governed because all information provides risk because of many factors such as e-discovery, data breaches and so much more. Lamourex also extensively cites his own research for the book.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Ethereum Smart Contracts

ForAllSecure

And we started this company DeDaub, to try to apply some of our program analysis tools to real world problems, and particularly in the blockchain space in smart contracts as the programs are called, that are deployed autonomously. So that's what attracts program analysis researchers to the blockchain. On the blockchain.