Collaborate Disseminate
The City of Burlington, Ontario, revealed Thursday that it fell prey to “a complex phishing email” that cost the City CAD $503,000 (around USD $375,000). Few details have yet been released.
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Continue reading Canadian City Loses $500,000 to Phishing Attack
Rep. Tom Graves, R-Ga., is reintroducing his Active Cyber Defense Bill today. He first floated the idea in March 2017, and published an updated version in May 2017. It was then, and is now, being described as the ‘hacking back’ bill.
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Continue reading The Active Cyber Defense Bill is Back on the Table
Fireblocks Emerges From Stealth Mode to Protect Digital Assets in Hot Wallets and Transit
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Rapid7 has analyzed the visible cyber exposure of some of the UK’s largest companies — the FTSE 250.
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Continue reading Majority of FTSE 250 Companies Expose Multiple Weaknesses to Internet: Analysis
Following four years of self-funded fine-tuning in Europe, start-up security awareness firm CybeReady has expanded into the U.S. market with an initial funding round of $5 million led by Baseline Ventures.
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Continue reading Awareness Training Firm CybeReady Opens U.S. Office With $5 Million Funding
Researchers have detected a new campaign against the hotel-entertainment industry employing the first documented use of the ShellTea/PunchBuggy backdoor since 2017. It is also thought to be the first observed attack delivered by the FIN8 group in 2019…. Continue reading New Version of ShellTea Backdoor Used by FIN8 Hacking Group
San Jose, Calif-based network threat detection and response firm Vectra has closed a $100 million Series E funding round led by TCV and supported by existing investors. This brings the total raised since the firm was founded in 2010 by James Harlacher … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence Threat Detection Firm Vectra Raises $100 Million
Criminal use of, and threats from, the dark net are growing. At the same time, criminals are going darker through direct end-to-end encryption for direct communication with service buyers and potential buyers. But the dark net also has its uses.
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“Data is the new oil,” said mathematician Clive Humby in 2006 when designing a supermarket clubcard. But like crude oil, it is what can be extracted (in this case, information) that is truly valuable and drives both government and business. For informa… Continue reading OMB Publishes Memorandum on U.S. Federal Data Strategy
Critical vulnerabilities have been found in the Ukrainian IPTV video streaming platform Ministra, which uses Infomir-manufactured set top boxes (STBs) to transmit streaming content from the platform to end users’ televisions. Infomir sells its products… Continue reading Critical Vulnerabilities Lead to Account Takeover in Major IPTV Streamer