Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Here is a good news cyber-security story – the fix was in before the vulnerability was exploited (hopefully). Flaw could have let baddies access Ever Surf crypto wallets • The Register Everscale blockchain wallet shutters web version after vulnerability found – The Record by Recorded Future What can a hacker …
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(Some of you may be reading this post because we sent you the link using MailChimp!) The post was first published on 5 April 2022 Update 26 4 2022 Now Mailchimp’s owners, Intuit, are being sued for alleged losses arising through the theft of crypto-currency from one or more digital …
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Nothing complicated about this – a simple scam, abusing people’s trust to net $3m. Send a message, pretend to be someone you are not, provide a malicious link and promise the victim something “free”. Crooks steal NFTs ‘worth $3m’ in Bored Ape Yacht Club heist • The Register It could …
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Following up on the two articles I posted yesterday, to give you an awareness of the threat landscape, here are two articles discussing how that landscape is constantly changing. Criminals adopting new methods to bypass improved defenses • The Register Cybercriminals are finding new ways to target cloud environments | …
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This post was first made on 24 March 2022 I wrote about this yesterday as it got caught up in Lapsus$/Microsoft story – but the network access company, Okta, has been compromised by Lapsus$: Hundreds of companies potentially hit by Okta hack – BBC News First Microsoft, then Okta: New …
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