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Cryptocurrencies and cybercrime: A critical intermingling

Security Affairs

Emerging threats Cybercrime often exploits precisely the lack of regulation and centralized controls of cryptocurrencies to deceive investors and embezzle funds through various forms of phishing, investment scams, digital wallet theft, ransomware, and illegal mining. Education improves awareness” is his slogan.

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Guy Fawkes Day – LulzSec Italy hit numerous organizations in Italy

Security Affairs

Italian Military Personnel and National Association of Professional Educators. Italian Military Personnel and National Association of Professional Educators. National Mining Office for Hydrocarbons & Geo-resources. Hackers were able to obtain 97 un-encrypted passwords, emails, telephone numbers, virtual hosts.

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FritzFrog cryptocurrency P2P botnet targets Linux servers over SSH

Security Affairs

The bot is written in Golang and implements wormable capabilities, experts reported attacks against entities in government, education, and finance sectors. ” The botnet’s P2P communication is encrypted using AES for symmetric encryption and the Diffie-Hellman protocol for key exchange.

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What is a Cyberattack? Types and Defenses

eSecurity Planet

Cyber criminals may damage, destroy, steal, encrypt, expose, or leak data as well as cause harm to a system. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 In May, cybersecurity researchers revealed that ransomware attacks are increasing their aggressive approach by destroying data instead of encrypting it.

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10 Personal Finance Lessons for Technology Professionals

Troy Hunt

Number 1 is "Mining, Resources & Energy" which had a local boom here but is now rapidly declining (down 14% on the previous year). Take mining out of the picture and the top industry ("Consulting & Strategy"), pays only 5% more than tech. I regret that I had to learn French in high school. We lost money on shares.

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2024 State of Cybersecurity: Reports of More Threats & Prioritization Issues

eSecurity Planet

Instead, apply defense in depth, provide employee cybersecurity training , and use threat intelligence platforms to provide general protection and educate both non-technical and security teams about the latest threats. 27% of all attacks mine crypto currencies, usually on unmonitored cloud systems.

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International Women’s Day 2022: How to Forge an Inclusive Work Culture

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Sharon Ginga , Encryption Product Marketing Director at Thales. And when I think about his future beyond high school, since he’s already 16, it’s here that I look to the workplace, mine and others, to promote true diversity and a more inclusive, accepting culture. Let’s hear what they have to say.