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Cybersecurity in the Year Ahead: Think 2023 on Steroids
28Dec By adminNo Comments
World

Cybersecurity in the Year Ahead: Think 2023 on Steroids

Dec. 27, 2023 5:30 am ET|WSJ ProCompanies in 2023 saw rising cybersecurity threats, rising regulation and rising costs for cyber insurance, while dealing with tight budgets and a tighter labor market. The year ahead will bring no letup. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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A Ransomware Gang Wanted Its Victim to Pay Up. So It Went to the SEC.
18Nov By adminNo Comments
Money

A Ransomware Gang Wanted Its Victim to Pay Up. So It Went to the SEC.

Nov. 18, 2023 10:00 am ETThe call is coming from inside the hack.A ransomware gang claimed this past week that it broke into the systems of the fintech platform MeridianLink. The breach has been reported to regulators. The company didn’t report it, as new rules will require them to do. The hackers did.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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A Ransomware Gang Wanted Its Victim to Pay Up. So It Went to the SEC.
18Nov By adminNo Comments
World

A Ransomware Gang Wanted Its Victim to Pay Up. So It Went to the SEC.

Nov. 18, 2023 10:00 am ETThe call is coming from inside the hack.A ransomware gang claimed this past week that it broke into the systems of the fintech platform MeridianLink. The breach has been reported to regulators. The company didn’t report it, as new rules will require them to do. The hackers did.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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ICBC Hackers Used Methods Previously Flagged by U.S. Authorities
14Nov By adminNo Comments
Money

ICBC Hackers Used Methods Previously Flagged by U.S. Authorities

The hackers who infiltrated the New York arm of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and disrupted trading in the U.S. Treasury market appeared to exploit three vulnerabilities that had been flagged by U.S. officials earlier this year.In an email sent to financial-services executives and trade groups Monday that was viewed by The Wall Street Journal, Treasury officials said that the ICBC attack stemmed from Lockbit 3.0 ransomware and two tactics that target users of services managed by Citrix, a cloud-computing company.  Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Google Sues to Block AI Ads Preying on Small Businesses
13Nov By adminNo Comments
Technology

Google Sues to Block AI Ads Preying on Small Businesses

Scammers are capitalizing on the rush of consumer interest in artificial-intelligence tools to steal U.S. small businesses’ social-media-account passwords, Google alleges in a new lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed Monday, targets unnamed individuals in India and Vietnam. Google said the hackers have been tricking small-business owners into clicking on Facebook ads that offer to download Google’s Bard artificial-intelligence chatbot. When they do, the ads hit them with malware that steals their social-media credentials. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Hackers Hit Wall Street Arm of Chinese Banking Giant ICBC
10Nov By adminNo Comments
Money

Hackers Hit Wall Street Arm of Chinese Banking Giant ICBC

Updated Nov. 10, 2023 8:03 am ETA U.S. subsidiary of China’s biggest bank was hacked this week, threatening a temporary logjam for some trades in the Treasury bond market.ICBC Financial Services, a New York-based entity owned by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, was the victim of a ransomware attack on Wednesday. The unit largely focuses on clearing, which means ensuring that transactions previously agreed by traders go through, and on lending and borrowing through repurchase agreements—a form of collateralized funding that forms a vital part of the financial system. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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This Cryptomining Tool Is Stealing Secrets
28Oct By adminNo Comments
Technology

This Cryptomining Tool Is Stealing Secrets

As the Israel-Hamas war raged on this week and Israel expanded its ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, the territory's compromised internet infrastructure and access to connectivity went fully dark on Friday, leaving Palestinians without access to ground or mobile data connections. Meanwhile, researchers are bracing for the fallout if Hamas makes good on its threats to distribute hostage execution videos online. And TikTokkers are using a niche livestreaming feature and exploiting the Israeli-Hamas conflict to collect virtual gifts from viewers, a portion of which goes to the social media company as a fee.As the worst mass shooting in Maine's history unfolded this week and the gunman remained at large, disinformation about the situation and the suspect flooded social media, adding to the a...
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Apple’s Encryption Is Under Attack by a Mysterious Group
8Oct By adminNo Comments
Technology

Apple’s Encryption Is Under Attack by a Mysterious Group

Does the public have a right to see gruesome photos of animal test subjects taken by a public university?That question underpins an ongoing court battle between UC Davis and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, an animal welfare group, which is fighting for the release of photos of dead monkeys used in tests of Elon Musk–owned Neuralink’s brain-chip implants. A WIRED investigation this week revealed the extent to which Neuralink and UC Davis have gone to keep images of the tests secret.Also this week, an investigation by the Markup, copublished with WIRED, analyzed crime predictions by Geolitica (formerly PredPol) in Plainfield, New Jersey, and found that they accurately predicted crime less than 1 percent of the time. As WIRED previously reported, Geolitica is shutting down...
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You Need to Update Google Chrome or Whatever Browser You Use
17Sep By adminNo Comments
Technology

You Need to Update Google Chrome or Whatever Browser You Use

China-linked hackers are increasingly moving beyond espionage and into the disturbing world of power grid attacks. Threat researchers at security software firm Symantec this week released new evidence that the Chinese hacking group known as APT41 infiltrated the power grid of an Asian nation. Some details of the latest intrusion echo a 2021 attack on India’s power grid, suggesting the same hackers are responsible.In Argentina, a scandal is playing out over the use of facial recognition software in Buenos Aires. Despite laws that require authorities to limit searches to known fugitives, an investigation by a judge found that the system was used to look up people not wanted for any crimes. In other cases, errors led police to arrest or question the wrong people. While Buenos Aires is attemp...
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