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• Emsisoft Declares Ransomware Crisis

  12-12-2019 19:16
  Emsisoft Declares Ransomware Crisis Internationally renowned security software company Emsisoft has declared a ransomware crisis and called on governments to take immediate action to improve their security and mitigate risks. So serious is the threat posed by ransomware that the New Zealand company has published a report into the effects of the malware on the United States three weeks earlier than planned in an effort to prevent further attacks.The State of Ransomware in the US:&n
  
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• Registration Opens for Girls' Free Cybersecurity Training

  12-12-2019 18:26
  Registration Opens for Girls' Free Cybersecurity Training Girls in America are being invited to register for a free national cybersecurity training program that starts next year.The 2020 Girls Go CyberStart challenge is being run in partnership with SANS Institute to encourage more young women to explore cybersecurity. The online training program is aimed at high school girls with the intention of encouraging them to consider a career in the increasingly understaffed cybersecurity indu
  
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• Manhattan Hotel to Pilot Cyber-Safe Travel Program

  12-12-2019 17:39
  Manhattan Hotel to Pilot Cyber-Safe Travel ProgramGuests at a historic New York hotel will soon be offered a new way to stay cyber-safe away from home. The Martinique New York on Broadway, which has been welcoming guests since 1897, is to pilot a new Cyber Safe Travel product designed to protect occupants' personal data from cyber-attackers. Designed by full-service risk management, cybersecurity and training company Cino Ltd, Cyber Safe Travel uses keystroke encryption,
  
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• Three Charged in $722 Million Crypto Ponzi Scheme

  12-12-2019 12:20
  Three Charged in $722 Million Crypto Ponzi Scheme Three men have been arrested and charged in connection with a cryptocurrency conspiracy which defrauded investors out of at least $722 million.Matthew Brent Goettsche, 37, of Lafayette, Colorado; Jobadiah Sinclair Weeks, 38, of Arvada, Colorado; and Joseph Frank Abel, 49, of Camarillo, California, have been charged with conspiracy to offer and sell unregistered securities, while the first two are also charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
  
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• Three Charged in $722 Crypto Ponzi Scheme

  12-12-2019 12:20
  Three Charged in $722 Crypto Ponzi Scheme Three men have been arrested and charged in connection with a cryptocurrency conspiracy which defrauded investors out of at least $722 million.Matthew Brent Goettsche, 37, of Lafayette, Colorado; Jobadiah Sinclair Weeks, 38, of Arvada, Colorado; and Joseph Frank Abel, 49, of Camarillo, California, have been charged with conspiracy to offer and sell unregistered securities, while the first two are also charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.They sol
  
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• Over One Billion Email-Password Combos Leaked Online

  12-12-2019 11:25
  Over One Billion Email-Password Combos Leaked OnlineBillions of email addresses and plain text passwords have been leaked online by an unnamed party, putting countless internet users at risk from credential stuffing and other attacks.Security researcher Bob Diachenko discovered the unsecured Elasticsearch database on December 4, although it was first indexed by the BinaryEdge search engine and therefore publicly available from the very start of the month.After he notified the US-based ISP hostin
  
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• North Korean Hackers Tap Power of New TrickBot Module

  12-12-2019 11:24
  North Korean Hackers Tap Power of New TrickBot ModuleNorth Korea’s infamous Lazarus Group has been using a new stealth module developed by the group behind TrickBot for covert data theft, according to new research.The Anchor module is a framework of tools designed “for targeted data extraction from secure environments and long-term persistency,” according to SentinelOne.It includes memory scrapers, POS malware, backdoor installers and submodules enabling lateral movement, among
  
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• Cybersecurity Requirements for US Defense Contracts Expected in 2020

  12-12-2019 10:57
  Cybersecurity Requirements for US Defense Contracts Expected in 2020 The US Department of Defense (DoD) is planning to protect its supply chain from threat actors by introducing a cybersecurity certification program for its contractors. Undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, Ellen Lord, said the new cybersecurity maturity model certification program will play a vital role in ensuring that the companies seeking to win DoD contracts meet stringent cybersecurity requirement
  
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