Cyberlaw
China Cyberwar Coming? Versa’s Vice: Volt Typhoon’s Target
Richi Jennings | | CenturyLink, china, china espionage, China-linked Hackers, China-nexus cyber attacks, China-nexus cyber espionage, CVE-2024-39717, Lumen, Lumen Technologies, Peoples Republic of China, SB Blogwatch, Versa Director, Versa Neworks, VersaMem, Volt Typhoon
Xi whiz: Versa Networks criticized for swerving the blame ...
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‘Terrorgram’ Telegram Terrorists Trash Transformers — Grid in Peril
Richi Jennings | | Anti-Terrorism, Child Abuse, child exploitation, Child Online Safety, child porn, child pornography, Child protection, Child Safety, child sexual exploitation, childpornography, Counter-Terrorism, counterterrorism, CSAM, Data encryption, E2EE, encryption, end-to-end encryption, extremism, france, ICS, ICS/SCADA systems, Pavel Durov, Privacy, Russia, SB Blogwatch, Telegram, Telegram app, Terrorgram, Terrorism, terrorist, terrorist attack, Terrorist attacks
Should’ve listened to Edison: After the arrest of Pavel Durov—the Telegram CEO—comes news of domestic extremists using the chat app to organize ...
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Pig Butchering at Heart of Bank Failure — CEO Gets 24 Years in Jail
Richi Jennings | | #PigButchering, Crypto, crypto cons, crypto crime, crypto currency, cryptocurrency, Heartland Tri-State Bank, online romance scam, pig butchering, Pig Butchering Scams, romance, romance fraud, romance scam, romance scammers, romance scams, SB Blogwatch, Shan Hanes
Oink, oink, FAIL—you’re in jail: Kansas bank chief exec Shan Hanes stole money from investors, a church and others to buy cryptocurrency to feed a scam ...
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Don’t Mess With Texas Privacy: AG Sues GM for $18 BILLION
KP♡TX PII: “General Motors has engaged in egregious business practices that violated Texans’ privacy … in unthinkable ways,” rants state attorney general Ken Paxton (pictured) ...
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FBI Disrupts Operations of the Dispossessor Ransomware Group
The FBI and law enforcement agencies from the UK and Germany seized servers and domains belonging to the Dispossessor ransomware gang, which had emerged into the spotlight following a similar operation against ...
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WTH? DPRK WFH Ransomware Redux: 3rd Person Charged
Richi Jennings | | Andrew M., DPRK, Korea, Korean military, Korean ransomware, Matthew Isaac Knoot, North Korea, North Korean Hacking, North Korean Threat Actors, northkorea, Noth Korea, SB Blogwatch
North Korean army of remote IT workers enabled by Matthew Isaac Knoot, alleges DoJ ...
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Biden-Harris Campaign, Trump Operative Stone Also Target of Hackers
Hackers, possibly from Iran, sent phishing emails to the Biden-Harris campaign and Trump operative Roger Stone hoping to gain access into the systems of both presidential campaigns. It worked with Stone, who ...
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The Cybersecurity Industry is Under Scrutiny Yet Again
Jerald Dawkins, PhD, Chief Technology Officer at CISO Global In the weeks following the CrowdStrike global tech outage, cyber companies and their end-users alike are evaluating their incident response plans. It likely ...
The HealthEquity Data Breach: Key Takeaways
In a recent podcast interview with Cybercrime Magazine's host, David Braue, Cyber Expert, Author of "Hacked Again," and CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems, Scott Schober discusses the potential repercussions of the HealthEquity ...
TikTok Abuses Kids, say DoJ and FTC
Richi Jennings | | Bytedance, children, Children and smartphones, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), china, chinese government, Coppa, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, social media, spyware, TikTok, TikTok Ban, Won’t somebody think of the children?
For You Plague: U.S. Justice Dept. and Federal Trade Commission file lawsuit, alleging TikTok broke the COPPA law, plus a previous injunction ...
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