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Biden orders to study risks of creating the central bank’s own digital currency
President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday, requiring the Federal Reserve to make a risk-benefit assessment of creating...
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Suspect in $70 million ransomware attack extradited to the US
A 22-year-old REvil ransomware affiliate is suspected to be behind the attack with an initial ransom demand of $70 million....
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US law to compel firms to report cyber attacks
The Senate has approved a bill that, if passed, would require vital infrastructure companies to report a cyber attack no more than three days after learning of it. Similarly, such bodies would have to notify the authorities no later than a day after paying any ransom demanded by threat actors.
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16 bugs discovered in firmware used in HP enterprise devices
Security researchers disclosed over a dozen serious vulnerabilities affecting UEFI firmware. Threat actors could use the bugs to deploy malware...
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Russians can now access Twitter over the Tor network
After blocking Facebook, the Russian communications watchdog also restricted Twitter's access. But now, Russian users can access it using the...
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Anti-war hotline targets 40 million Russians
A digital phone network has been set up that allows Russian speakers and expats from around the world to call citizens of the Motherland directly, and inform them of the atrocities being committed in their name by Vladimir Putin in Ukraine.
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Google to buy Mandiant for $5.4 billion
Alphabet Inc’s Google will pay $23 per share, and the cybersecurity company will join Google Cloud. Rumors that Google might...
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Beware: fraudsters impersonate law enforcement to extort money
A widespread scheme involves scammers spoofing authentic phone numbers to lull victims into thinking they’re talking with a legitimate government...
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Google offers free DDoS protection to Ukrainian organizations
Google continues to see DDoS (distributed denial of service) attempts against Ukrainian sites and urges anyone close to the conflict to use Google protection for free.
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Google joins the race to buy Mandiant - media
Alphabet Inc’s Google aims to buy Mandiant, a major cybersecurity firm. A person familiar with the subject told The Information...
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Romanian gas giant hacked and held to ransom
The firm responsible for a major gas station network in Romania has fallen victim to a ransomware attack, with the gang responsible demanding millions to return stolen data.
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Samsung downplays fears over hacking attack
The mobile tech giant has admitted to suffering a recent data breach, but sought to scotch rumours about the severity of the attack.
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Cloudflare moves customer encryption key material out of Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus
Cloudflare, a web infrastructure security company, extended its services to the Ukrainian government, telecom, and any Ukrainian organization facing an attack at no cost.
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TikTok suspends livestreaming and new uploads in Russia
Media outlets are forced to suspend reporting in Russia after Vladimir Putin signed a so-called 'fake news' law that threatens journalists with up to 15 years in jail.
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Latest Anonymous leak contains Yandex, Gmail, and Mail.Ru logins
Anonymous claims to have successfully breach Yandex.ru. However, their leak seems nothing more than just a combination of previous leaks.
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Ukrainian embassy in London suffers from constant cyberattacks
Just as it has recently seemed like calm before the storm on the cyber front, the Ukrainian embassy to the...
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Volunteer hackers urge targeting Russian GPS
Ukraine's 'IT army,' a volunteer hacker collective, announced it would target the Russian satellite-based navigation system, GLONASS. Hacker group announced...
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Russian cybercriminals fear SWIFT ban, don't trust crypto
Russia's ban from the SWIFT system will impact cybercriminals, too. Threat actors fear the country's going back to the Soviet...
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Ukraine's tech diaspora to cybersecurity firms: drop Russian clients
Ukrainians in Western tech firms urge companies to help their homeland by knocking down disinformation websites. Techies of Ukrainian heritage...
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Prominent hackers target Russia’s satellite infrastructure
Updated 3 March. A group of hackers affiliated with Anonymous claim to have disrupted Russia’s vehicle monitoring system. NB65 hackers...
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