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The $2.3 Billion Tornado Cash Case Is a Pivotal Moment for Crypto Privacy

By Andy Greenberg — May 13th 2024 at 14:12
Tuesday’s verdict in the trial of Alexey Pertsev, a creator of crypto-privacy service Tornado Cash, is the first in a string of cases that could make it much harder to skirt financial surveillance.
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A Vast New Data Set Could Supercharge the AI Hunt for Crypto Money Laundering

By Andy Greenberg — May 1st 2024 at 13:00
Blockchain analysis firm Elliptic, MIT, and IBM have released a new AI model—and the 200-million-transaction dataset it's trained on—that aims to spot the “shape” of bitcoin money laundering.
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Cryptocurrency and Blockchain security due diligence: A guide to hedge risk

By Dr. Giannis Tziakouris — April 1st 2024 at 16:30

Blockchain technology has experienced remarkable adoption in recent years, driven by its use across a broad spectrum of institutions, governments, retail investors, and users. However, this surge in… Read more on Cisco Blogs

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

By Andy Greenberg — March 12th 2024 at 04:03
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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New Migo Malware Targeting Redis Servers for Cryptocurrency Mining

By Newsroom — February 20th 2024 at 15:20
A novel malware campaign has been observed targeting Redis servers for initial access with the ultimate goal of mining cryptocurrency on compromised Linux hosts. "This particular campaign involves the use of a number of novel system weakening techniques against the data store itself," Cado security researcher Matt Muir said in a technical report. The cryptojacking attack is facilitated
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LockBit Ransomware Operation Shut Down; Criminals Arrested; Decryption Keys Released

By Newsroom — February 20th 2024 at 12:55
The U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) on Tuesday confirmed that it obtained LockBit's source code as well as a wealth of intelligence pertaining to its activities and their affiliates as part of a dedicated task force called Operation Cronos. "Some of the data on LockBit's systems belonged to victims who had paid a ransom to the threat actors, evidencing that even when a ransom is paid, it
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LockBit Ransomware's Darknet Domains Seized in Global Law Enforcement Raid

By Newsroom — February 20th 2024 at 05:25
Update: The U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) has confirmed the takedown of LockBit infrastructure. Read here for more details.An international law enforcement operation has led to the seizure of multiple darknet domains operated by LockBit, one of the most prolific ransomware groups, marking the latest in a long list of digital takedowns. While the full extent of the effort, codenamed 
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How Businesses Can Safeguard Their Communication Channels Against Hackers

By Anonymous — February 17th 2024 at 08:18
Efficient communication is a cornerstone of business success. Internally, making sure your team communicates seamlessly helps you avoid friction losses, misunderstandings, delays, and overlaps. Externally, frustration-free customer communication is directly correlated to a positive customer experience and higher satisfaction.  However, business communication channels are also a major target
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CISA Warning: Akira Ransomware Exploiting Cisco ASA/FTD Vulnerability

By Newsroom — February 16th 2024 at 15:42
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a now-patched security flaw impacting Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following reports that it's being likely exploited in Akira ransomware attacks. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2020-
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Why We Must Democratize Cybersecurity

By The Hacker News — February 16th 2024 at 10:50
With breaches making the headlines on an almost weekly basis, the cybersecurity challenges we face are becoming visible not only to large enterprises, who have built security capabilities over the years, but also to small to medium businesses and the broader public. While this is creating greater awareness among smaller businesses of the need to improve their security posture, SMBs are often
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