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Bring on the Ransomware Beta Test as Royal Begins Seems to be testing a New Encryptor called BlackSuit
Written by Sean KalinichThe fine folks at the Royal ransomware group have begun testing a new flavor of encryptor that is being called BlackSuit (The hat was already…Written on Thursday, 08 June 2023 16:03 in News Read 533 times Read more...
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Google and Microsoft Share a Zero Day as both Chrome and Edge get Patch Now Guidance.
Written by Sean KalinichGoogle has pushed out a new patch for Chrome to deal with a zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-3079. In the patch release Google is clear…Written on Thursday, 08 June 2023 15:12 in News Read 411 times Read more...
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Barracuda Email Security Gateway Appliances that were Exploited due to Zero-Day Must Be Replaced, not Patched
Written by Sean KalinichAfter the disclosure of a serious Zero-Day that allowed an unauthenticated user to basically own the device. Barracuda is now saying that remediation action for…Written on Thursday, 08 June 2023 12:33 in News Read 234 times Read more...
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Minecraft Mods stuffed with Malware Used to Target Windows and Linux
Written by Sean KalinichAs we hear more about Supply Chain attacks and the need for Software Build of Materials we are now hearing of an attack on the…Written on Wednesday, 07 June 2023 15:24 in News Read 312 times Read more...
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Sextortionists Get a Boost from AI and Publicly Available Images
Written by Sean KalinichAs if the internet needed something else bad floating around it seems that groups that engage in extortion schemes involving the threat of releasing images…Written on Wednesday, 07 June 2023 14:24 in News Read 220 times Read more...
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New PowerShell Malware Dubbed PowerDrop used to Target US Aerospace Industry
Written by Sean KalinichIt is Wednesday, so it is about time to talk about a new strain of malware. In this case one that leverages Microsoft’s PowerShell to…Written on Wednesday, 07 June 2023 13:31 in News Read 208 times Read more...
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More Ransomware as a Service Fun as Cyclops Gang Now Offers Value Add Information Stealer
Written by Sean KalinichAnyone that does not think that cybercrime is now a bug business has been living under a rock. The news related to different cybercrime-as-a-service groups,…Written on Tuesday, 06 June 2023 15:08 in News Read 476 times Read more...
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Why SBOM is in the News and Why it is Important
Written by Sean KalinichSince Executive Order 14028 came out on May 12th from the Biden Administration there has been a lot of talk about what it means and…Written on Tuesday, 06 June 2023 11:43 in Security Talk Read 121 times Read more...
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Attackers Drop Card Stealing Scripts into Legitimate eCommerce Sites
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Displaying items by tag: BitCoin
High Fraudulent Transaction Rates Combined with Volatility Led to Steam Dropping Crypto as a Payment Form in 2017
As the Steam Deck is starting to get to people that have ordered them questions about Steam’s place in Web3 and recent moves around NFTs come up in conversation. Steam, Valve’s distribution arm has been seen as a one of the more cutting-edge services, with founder Gabe Newell once having a following like Elon Musk (at least in the gaming world). However, despite this perception they have never really been completely onboard with Crypto and the trappings of Web3.
The Risks, the Crime, and the Illusions of Blockchain or Decentralized Networks.
Blockchain, the immutable public transaction log where many say the future lies and the concept of “code is law” is often bandied about. However, the bank ending utopian promise of block chain and web3.0 has not exactly arrived and it is not as “de”centralized as it was supposed to be. Instead, the power and control of blockchain technologies, especially when is comes to currencies involved have been concentrated in a few groups while theft, scams and crime seem to be the most common things you read about it. So, what happened? The concept of Web 3.0 was not supposed to be like this.
Bitcoin Mining utility hidden in Watch Dogs Torrent, The Karma side of the story
Whenever a new game hits the streets you can bet there will be a less-than-legal copy either right before, or right after. This was the case with the new game "Watch Dogs. Shortly before the retail release there were multiple copies available from different sources. One of the most popular sources was BitTorrent. Sadly, someone decided to taint that version with a bitcoin mining utility.
Warren Buffett does not like Bitcoin
One of the richest men in the world, big business magnate and the most successful investor of the last century, 83 year old Warren Buffett, spoke to CNBC about the current state of the economy. The conversation touched on the Bitcoin or the great attention that this virtual currency is currently gets.
Bitcoins send the Winklevoss brothers into space
Since the end of last year, Virgin Galactic owned by Richard Branson allows payment of its services through the virtual currency Bitcoin. This option was used by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, and they paid their trip into space completely in bitcoins, but will have to wait a bit more until commercial flights of this type start to happen.
Has the mysterious person behind the Bitcoin finally been discovered?
Since the 18th August of 2008. when the domain bitcoin.org was purchased, and after on January 12th 2009. the first recorded transactions between Satoshi and Hal Finney took place, many have wondered who is Satoshi, since he was listed as the person who created a new virtual currency - Bitcoin.
Mt. Gox collapses under investigation in Japan
Taro Aso, the Japanese finance minister, said that the local government is still investigating the case of Mt.Gox collapse, the best known Bitcoin exchange office, which was located in Tokyo. As word of possible criminal activity behind this case, it is possible to be a responsible and serious legal consequences.
Bitcoin used for money laundering of more than 1 billion dollars
Charlie Shrem, vice president of Bitcoin Foundation, which is among other things responsible for lobbying in favor of digital currencies, was arrested earlier this week in New York. With him was arrested Robert Faiella, a senior official of the same organization.
After Zynga, Overstock allows Bitcoin payments
Shortly after Zynga's publication that they are testing the Bitcoin payments within their online games, news arrived that one more American online store has done the same.
China bans Bitcoin
Alan Greenspan, former head of the FED, the US Federal Reserve and also the most influential financial institutions, called the recent rapid growth in the value of Bitcoin a speculative bubble. His word in the financial world have very great significance, and the People's Bank of China reacted immediately and banned banks that were carrying out transactions in that virtual currency.