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Fake Emergency Search Warrants Draw Scrutiny from Capitol Hill

Krebs on Security

One example can be found on Telegram, wherein a member who favors the handle “ Bug ” has for the past month been selling access to various police and government email accounts. 30, Bug posted a sales thread to the cybercrime forum Breached[.]co Bug posted this sales thread on Wednesday.

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

Data Matters

Tomahawk: “Free” Tokens or Convertible Equity Instruments Constitute the Offer and Sale of Securities. The SEC’s order noted that the lack of monetary consideration is not dispositive and such a “free” distribution may still constitute an offer or sale of securities. Bounty Programs and Airdrops. securities laws. securities laws.

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Global Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in April 2024 – 5,336,840,757 Records Breached

IT Governance

The number of records breached this month was high – particularly compared to March – largely due to two outlier events: Spy.pet, a data scraping website, offering 4,186,879,104 Discord messages for sale. 1 Example: Le Slip Français – initially logged as unknown, although we knew that the threat actor claimed to have more than 1.5

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Sophie Sayer on the IT Governance Partner Programme

IT Governance

We put those questions to channel sales director Sophie Sayer. But to give you an example, one of our partners, Tela Technology, an IT and telecoms solutions provider, was unable to offer ISO accreditations for its clients – something that could be a dealbreaker for certain clients with specific legal or business requirements.

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GUEST ESSAY: The rise of ‘PhaaS’ — and a roadmap to mitigate ‘Phishing-as-a-Service’

The Last Watchdog

Popular examples include artificial intelligence-as-a-service (AIaaS), software-as-a-service (SaaS) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS). Phishing-as-a-service, also called PhaaS, is the same as the SaaS business model, except the product for sale is designed to help users launch a phishing attack. PhaaS is not going anywhere.

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Connecticut Enacts Consumer Privacy Law

Hunton Privacy

The CTDPA exempts certain entities, including, for example, state and local government entities, nonprofits, higher education institutions, financial institutions subject to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLB”), and qualifying covered entities and business associates subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”).

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The evolution of Africa’s printing industry in 2024 and beyond

Info Source

Many, for example, are diversifying their portfolios with services and solutions that enable customers to continue to print with no to little interruption during power outages. This has a significant impact on continent-wide growth, since South Africa is one of the largest markets in Africa.