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Feds Post $10 Million Reward for Conti Ransomware Actors

Data Breach Today

2nd $5m reward for conviction of actual or potential Conti incident participants The U.S. State Department is offering rewards of up to $10 million for information that leads to the identification or location of members of any individual who holds a key leadership position in the Conti ransomware variant transnational organized crime group.

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Your Phone May Soon Replace Many of Your Passwords

Krebs on Security

Apple , Google and Microsoft announced this week they will soon support an approach to authentication that avoids passwords altogether, and instead requires users to merely unlock their smartphones to sign in to websites or online services. Experts say the changes should help defeat many types of phishing attacks and ease the overall password burden on Internet users, but caution that a true passwordless future may still be years away for most websites.

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Apple, Google, Microsoft Unite to Make Passwordless Easier

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Top Tech Vendors Back the FIDO Alliance's Passwordless Sign-In Standard Apple, Google and Microsoft are joining forces to back a standard that will allow websites and apps to offers passwordless sign-ins across devices and platforms. The three OS and browsing giants have put their weight behind a common passwordless sign-in standard created by the FIDO Alliance.

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Malware campaign hides a shellcode into Windows event logs

Security Affairs

Experts spotted a malware campaign that is the first one using a technique of hiding a shellcode into Windows event logs. In February 2022 researchers from Kaspersky spotted a malicious campaign using a novel technique that consists of hiding the shellcode in Windows event logs. The technique allows hiding a fileless Trojan, the experts also noticed that Dropper modules also patched Windows native API functions, related to event tracing (ETW) and anti-malware scan interface (AMSI), to avoid dete

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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US Sanctions First Virtual Currency Mixer: Blender.io

Data Breach Today

Treasury Says North Korea’s Lazarus Group Used Mixer to Launder Stolen Crypto Virtual currency mixer Blender.io has been sanctioned by the U.S. for enabling North Korea to conduct "malicious cyber activities and money-laundering of stolen virtual currency," the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control says in its first sanctioning of a currency mixer.

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Apple Mail Now Blocks Email Tracking. Here’s What That Means

WIRED Threat Level

If you don’t like marketers (or anyone else) knowing when and where you read your email, Apple’s feature will help you reclaim some privacy.

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US gov sanctions cryptocurrency mixer Blender also used by North Korea-linked Lazarus APT

Security Affairs

The U.S. Department of Treasury sanctioned cryptocurrency mixer Blender.io used by North Korea-linked Lazarus APT. The U.S. Department of Treasury sanctioned the cryptocurrency mixer Blender.io used by the North Korea-linked Lazarus APT to launder the funds stolen from Axie Infinity’s Ronin bridge. This is the first time ever, Treasury is sanctioning a virtual currency mixer.

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Data Brokers Track Abortion Clinic Visits for Anyone to Buy

WIRED Threat Level

Plus: Russia rerouted internet in occupied Ukraine, Grindr sold its users' location data to ad networks, and more.

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