August 2023

WinRAR patches zero-day bug that targeted stock and crypto traders

WinRAR patches zero-day bug that targeted stock and crypto traders 25/08/2023 at 08:04 By Cointelegraph By Martin Young According to cybersecurity firm Group-IB, weaponized ZIP file archives were being shared on crypto trading forums, with each one containing a nasty surprise. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Cybersecurity insurance is missing the risk

Cybersecurity insurance is missing the risk 25/08/2023 at 08:04 By Help Net Security Cybersecurity insurance is a rapidly growing market, swelling from approximately $13B in 2022 to an estimated $84B in 2030 (26% CAGR), but insurers are struggling with quantifying the potential risks of offering this type of insurance. The traditional actuary models do not

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Google Workspace: New account security, DLP capabilities announced

Google Workspace: New account security, DLP capabilities announced 25/08/2023 at 07:47 By Zeljka Zorz New capabilities in Google Workspace will help enterprises improve account and data security, by making unauthorized takeover of admin and user accounts and exfiltration of sensitive data more difficult. Some of these options are already available in preview and others will

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New infosec products of the week: August 25, 2023

New infosec products of the week: August 25, 2023 25/08/2023 at 07:47 By Help Net Security Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Security Onion, OffSec, ImmuniWeb, LOKKER, Kingston Digital and Bitwarden. Security Onion 2.4: Free, open platform for defenders gets huge update Security Onion is a

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IEEE 802.11az provides security enhancements, solves longstanding problems

IEEE 802.11az provides security enhancements, solves longstanding problems 25/08/2023 at 07:04 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Jonathan Segev, IEEE 802.11 Task Group (TG) Chair of next-generation positioning (TGaz) at IEEE, discusses IEEE 802.11az. The new standard will enable accuracy to less than 0.1 meters, which is a significant improvement from the

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India’s Moon mission continues to triumph, Japan’s waits for better weather

India’s Moon mission continues to triumph, Japan’s waits for better weather 25/08/2023 at 06:34 By Simon Sharwood JAXA’s SLIM scheduled to arrive after Chandrayaan-3 says goodnight India’s Chandrayaan-3 Moon mission continues to achieve its goals, but Japan will have to wait a little longer for its attempts to land on Luna to succeed.… This article

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Ransomware dwell time hits new low

Ransomware dwell time hits new low 25/08/2023 at 06:34 By Help Net Security Median attacker dwell time—the time from when an attack starts to when it’s detected—shrunk from 10 to eight days for all attacks, and to five days for ransomware attacks during the first half of 2023, according to Sophos. In 2022, the median

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Dropbox ditches unlimited storage offering, blaming crypto cloud miners

Dropbox ditches unlimited storage offering, blaming crypto cloud miners 25/08/2023 at 06:06 By Cointelegraph By Jesse Coghlan The storage platform turned to metered storage after discovering its Advanced plan was being used by some for crypto mining and other resource-intensive tasks. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Unrealistic expectations exacerbate the cybersecurity talent shortage

Unrealistic expectations exacerbate the cybersecurity talent shortage 25/08/2023 at 06:05 By Help Net Security Consumers believe today’s cybersecurity talent shortage is in large part due to limited exposure to the profession and a lack of cybersecurity education and training at a younger age within school systems, according to ThreatX. 90% of consumers polled say they

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VeChain and SingularityNET team up on AI to fight climate change

VeChain and SingularityNET team up on AI to fight climate change 25/08/2023 at 05:18 By Cointelegraph By Martin Young SingularityNET CEO Ben Goertzel says that AI and blockchain have the potential to solve problems that traditional mechanisms have “consistently, miserably failed.” This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Australian exchange enlists PayPal as banks ‘close ranks’ against crypto

Australian exchange enlists PayPal as banks ‘close ranks’ against crypto 25/08/2023 at 05:02 By Cointelegraph By Tom Mitchelhill The new partnership offers investors extra choice and “mitigates the risks” of Australian crypto banking blocks, said Independent Reserve CEO Adrian Przelozny. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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DEA gets duped: Agency loses $55K in address poisoning scam

DEA gets duped: Agency loses $55K in address poisoning scam 25/08/2023 at 04:34 By Cointelegraph By Jesse Coghlan The DEA, the country’s lead drug enforcement agency, is yet to find those responsible for the attack but has enlisted the help of the FBI. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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FBI: Who was going around hijacking Barracuda email boxes? China, probably

FBI: Who was going around hijacking Barracuda email boxes? China, probably 25/08/2023 at 03:33 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Joins in the chorus of advice to bin the gear instead of trying for a fix The FBI has warned owners of Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances the devices are likely undergoing attack by snoops linked

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PEPE plunges 15% as strange token movements spark fears of rug pull

PEPE plunges 15% as strange token movements spark fears of rug pull 25/08/2023 at 03:02 By Cointelegraph By Tom Mitchelhill The price of Pepe has plummeted 15% after developers sent nearly 4% of the memecoin’s total supply to exchanges without warning. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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ARK Invest, 21Shares join queue to offer Ethereum futures ETF

ARK Invest, 21Shares join queue to offer Ethereum futures ETF 25/08/2023 at 03:02 By Cointelegraph By Brayden Lindrea The co-filing comes just a week after reports emerged that the SEC is likely to greenlight Ethereum ETF applications. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Bitcoin miner gets life in prison, China offers bounties for crypto firms: Asia Express

Bitcoin miner gets life in prison, China offers bounties for crypto firms: Asia Express 25/08/2023 at 02:16 By Cointelegraph By Zhiyuan Sun Retail crypto trading is only days away in Hong Kong, but a mainland crackdown sees bounties offered for crypto firms and miners imprisoned. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

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Num Finance launches Colombian peso stablecoin on Polygon

Num Finance launches Colombian peso stablecoin on Polygon 25/08/2023 at 01:47 By Cointelegraph By Derek Andersen Num Finance received $1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round in May and is now issuing stablecoins in the local currencies of Argentina, Peru and Colombia. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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