Cyber attack hits State Department in ‘possible serious breach’

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DMARC: The First Line of Defense Against Ransomware | IT Security News 28. June 2021 This article has been indexed from The Hacker News There has been a lot of buzz in the industry about ransomware lately. Almost every other day, it’s making headlines. With businesses across the globe holding their breath, scared they might…
John McAfee testifying via video during an extradition hearing at the National Court in Madrid on June 15. (AP pic) BARCELONA: Anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee’s lawyer said on Thursday he had seen no sign before the entrepreneur’s death in a Spanish prison that he would take his own life. Spanish coroners were conducting an…
A top Russian-language underground forum has been running a “contest” for the past month, calling on its community to submit “unorthodox” ways to conduct cryptocurrency attacks.The forum’s administrator, in an announcement made on April 20, 2021, invited members to submit papers that assess the possibility of targeting cryptocurrency-related technology, including the theft of private keys…
New York City’s law department was been hit with a cyberattack that forced officials to take the 1,000-lawyer agency offline, but Mayor Bill de Blasio said he believes no data was compromised in the hack. “To this hour we have not seen information compromised or a ransom demand,” the Democratic mayor said at a virtual…
According to new research published by Flashpoint analysts, Hydra marketplace has revealed increasing transaction volumes and a booming cryptocurrency ecosystem. The Russian dark web marketplace, mainly known for its illicit, high-traffic narcotics market, is now conducting illegal sales of stolen credit cards, SIM cards, counterfeit documents, and IDs, as well as covering its own digital…
Governance & Risk Management , NIST Standards , Standards, Regulations & Compliance Firms Will Demonstrate Their Architectures to Help Agency Develop Guidance Dan Gunderman (dangun127) • July 26, 2021 The National Institute of Standards and Technology has selected 18 technology companies to demonstrate “zero trust” security architectures as it prepares to draft guidance…