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South Africa tech news site ITWeb reported that a group calling itself N4aughtysecTU is taking responsibility.
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Researchers at Cofense say the operators behind the Emotet botnet “have upped their game” for 2022’s tax season.
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The acquisition of Attivo Networks “is a natural platform progression” for SentinelOne, said COO Nicholas Warner.
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China’s march toward chip independence is of “great concern” and could have “broader impacts,” he said. It’s an issue that dovetails with the Russia-Ukraine war.
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One of NetWalker’s alleged most prolific affiliates made his first court appearance in the U.S. Thursday.
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The scams have picked up on Telegram.
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The amendments follow a similar proposal the agency released last month aimed at tightening security for investment firms and advisers.
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The amendments follow a similar proposal the agency released last month aimed at tightening security for investment firms and advisers.
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The White House says the executive order “the first ever, whole-of-government approach” to cryptocurrencies and other digital assets.
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As banks and other financial institutions work to honor the U.S. sanctions against Russia and monitor for efforts to evade them, the feds are warning that ransomware proceeds could be in the mix. The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued guidance this week on the responsibility that private institutions have for detecting “sanctions evasion activity” and reporting it under the Bank Secrecy Act and other laws. The alert comes as federal lawmakers have expressed concern about the use of crypto to evade sanctions, and Bloomberg is reporting that the Biden administration is preparing an executive order on the topic this week. At least one big player in the cryptocurrency industry, the trading platform Coinbase, already has expressed a commitment to supporting sanctions from the U.S. and other nations looking to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. Coinbase said it had blocked 25,000 accounts linked to Russian people […]
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