The FBI warning of DeFi vulnerabilities being exploited

The FBI has issued a warning to investors who plan to Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Platforms for crypto-currency transactions highlighting the ease with which threat actors are exploiting any vulnerabilities in the platform’s security. Cyber Criminals Increasingly Exploit Vulnerabilities in Decentralized Finance Platforms to Obtain Cryptocurrency, Causing Investors to Lose Money …

Advice from the National Cyber Security Centre and the UK Government – actions to take when the cybersecurity risk is high (Russia Ukraine Conflict) – UPDATED 2 May 2023

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This post was originally made on 2 March 2022. It will be updated as the Russian Ukraine Conflict develops and will highlight the cyber security issues facing organisations and individuals at this time. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is advising all UK organisations to review and improve their cyber …

More ransomware money returned – but your cyber security plan should not depend on that. Do you have a cyber security plan?

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This time the US Department of Justice has returned about half a million dollars worth of Bitcoin to two hospital groups who had paid ransomware ransoms to North Korean threat actors. US seizes stolen funds from suspected North Korean hackers – BBC News However it is better to have not …

What is the UK’s official response to Chinese cyber aggression?

Well according to report by the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee it is “incoherent and muted”: Encoding values: Putting tech at the heart of UK foreign policy – Foreign Affairs Committee (parliament.uk) Then there was this from last week: UK response to Chinas tech push ‘incoherent and muted’ • …

Joint advisory by various US agencies about North Korean ‘Maui’ ransomware

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the US Department of the Treasury have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory about the threat of North Korean state sponsored hacking: North Korean State-Sponsored Cyber Actors Use Maui Ransomware to Target the Healthcare and Public Health …