British Authorities Have Never Detected a Breach of Ransomware Sanctions — But is That Good or Bad News?

Aside from frustrating ransomware payments, the sanctions regime is used by law enforcement agencies to hamper the ability of cyber threat actors to monetize their criminal activities and sow discord within certain groups.

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Roku Cancels Unauthorized Subscriptions and Provides Refunds for 15K Breached Accounts

Roku canceled unauthorized subscriptions, refunded affected user accounts, and reset passwords after discovering a breach involving hacked username and password combinations.

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Update: Third-Party Breach and Missing MFA Led to British Library Attack

The attackers successfully copied a significant amount of data, including personal details of Library users and staff, leading to a deep and extensive impact on the institution.

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Binance’s Top Crypto Crime Investigator Is Being Detained in Nigeria

Tigran Gambaryan, a former crypto-focused US federal agent, and a second Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, have been held in Abuja without passports for two weeks.

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The French Government Says It’s Being Targeted by Unusual Intense Cyberattacks

A group of hackers called Anonymous Sudan, considered by cybersecurity experts as pro-Russia, claimed responsibility for the attacks in online posts.

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Typosquatting Wave Shows No Signs of Abating

A spate of recent typosquatting attacks shows the scourge of this type of attack is still very much with us, even after decades of cyber defender experience with it.

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4 Security Tips From PCI DSS 4.0 Anyone Can Use

With the final switchover to the latest version of the credit card standard, here’s what all security professionals can draw from the changes.

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The CISO Role Is Changing. Can CISOs Themselves Keep Up?

What happens to security leaders that don’t communicate security well enough? “Ask SolarWinds.”

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Ivanti Breach Prompts CISA to Take Systems Offline

CISA has not confirmed which two systems it took offline or what kind of data was accessed.

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