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The Sheriffs are in Town: Recent Developments in Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) Enforcement and Investor Education

Data Matters

In the months following director William Hinman’s noteworthy speech on whether and when a digital asset is subject to securities laws, U.S. regulators have continued their stern warnings regarding the importance of compliance with the securities laws. securities laws. Convertible Equity Securities.

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Vollgar botnet has managed to infect around 3k MSSQL DB servers daily

Security Affairs

Cybersecurity researchers spotted a crypto-mining botnet, tracked as Vollgar, that has been hijacking MSSQL servers since at least 2018. Researchers at Guardicore Labs discovered a crypto-mining botnet , tracked as Vollgar botnet , that is targeting MSSQL databases since 2018. and Windows Script Host Object Model (wshom).

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Catches of the Month: Phishing Scams for September 2023

IT Governance

Source: Truesec According to Telekom Security , DarkGate Loader’s developer, who goes by the name RastaFarEye, has been developing the malware since 2017 and has been advertising it as a malware-as-a-service model since 16 June 2023. You can help educate your staff with IT Governance’s Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme.

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Access to over 3,000 compromised sites sold on Russian black marketplace MagBo

Security Affairs

Security experts at Flashpoint discovered the availability of the access to over 3,000 compromised sites sold on Russian black marketplace MagBo. “ Illicit access to compromised or backdoored sites and databases is used by criminals for a number of activities, ranging from spam campaigns, to fraud, or cryptocurrency mining.”

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The Decreasing Usefulness of Positive Visual Security Indicators (and the Importance of Negative Ones)

Troy Hunt

Remember when web security was all about looking for padlocks? No, of course we shouldn't trust it and it's a perfect example of where a positive visual indicator is, in fact, misleading. and a green padlock - must mean it's secure! ?? One of the images in that piece was this one: Should we trust this site? It has a padlock!

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Decipher Security Podcast With ForAllSecure CEO David Brumley

ForAllSecure

The Decipher Security podcast by Duo Security analyzes the news, explores the impact of the latest risks, and provides informative and educational material for readers intent on understanding how security affects our world. He posits that security, particularly secure software, is a value add to businesses.

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Decipher Security Podcast With ForAllSecure CEO David Brumley

ForAllSecure

The Decipher Security podcast by Duo Security analyzes the news, explores the impact of the latest risks, and provides informative and educational material for readers intent on understanding how security affects our world. He posits that security, particularly secure software, is a value add to businesses.