What are best practices regarding obfuscating secure/financial code? [migrated]

It is in the news that there has been $1.5 billion crypto hack. This was the result of a supply chain attack on a Javascript library (reviewers pdf). My understanding is that the below code fragment shows some malicious code highlighted… Continue reading What are best practices regarding obfuscating secure/financial code? [migrated]

U.S. sanctions take aim at Chinese company said to aid hackers’ massive botnet

A joint takedown operation last year sought to disrupt Flax Typhoon’s compromise of hundreds of thousands of devices.

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Study finds ‘significant uptick’ in cybersecurity disclosures to SEC

However, less than 10% of the disclosures addressed the material impacts of the security incidents.

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Treasury sanctions Chinese cyber company, employee for 2020 global firewall attack

The department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said Guan Tianfeng used a zero-day exploit to deploy malware on 81,000 firewalls.

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CFPB proposes new rule to regulate expansive data broker industry

In an era where personal data is increasingly commodified, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is attempting to regulate the sprawling industry of data brokers. A newly proposed rule released Tuesday aims to put data brokers in line with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), ensuring accountability and consumer privacy amid widespread security issues. Initially […]

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Moody’s Rating adds telecoms, airlines, utilities to highest risk category

The financial ratings service says industry digital reliance increases cyber risk.

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CrowdStrike points finger back at Delta after airline threatened to sue over outages

Delta will have to account for its own shortcomings if it follows through on a threat based on a “misleading narrative,” CrowdStrike said.

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Bipartisan Senate bill calls for stronger Secret Service financial cybercrime probes

New legislation would give the agency expanded powers to investigate crimes involving digital assets.

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CDK hack shows SEC disclosure standards are unsettled

The early application of the regulatory agency’s new cybersecurity reporting rules reveal that materiality is in the eye of the beholder.

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