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Deepfake Fraud
A deepfake video conference call—with everyone else on the call a fake—fooled a finance worker into sending $25M to the criminals’ account. Read More
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Pennsylvania Courts’ Website Disrupted by DoS Attack
A number of court web systems have been taken offline in the US state of Pennsylvania following a denial of service attack Read More
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US Condemns Iran, Issues Sanctions for Cyber-Attacks on Critical Infrastructure
The US has announced sanctions against six Iranians responsible for an attack on Unitronics, an Israeli manufacturer of systems used in the water sector Read More
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AnyDesk Hit by Cyber-Attack and Customer Data Breach
The cyber-attack that hit the remote tool provider could have a more significant impact than initially expected Read More
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PCI DSS and penetration testing
PCI DSS PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) is a set of security controls created to ensure all companies that accept, process, store or transmit credit card data maintain an audit-ready environment. Version 4.0 was published in March 2022; organizations required to be compliant have until March 31, 2024, when compliance must be…
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PCI DSS and penetration testing
PCI DSS PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) is a set of security controls created to ensure all companies that accept, process, store or transmit credit card data maintain an audit-ready environment. Version 4.0 was published in March 2022; organizations required to be compliant have until March 31, 2024, when compliance must be…
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Clorox and Johnson Controls Reveal $76m Cyber-Attack Bill
SEC filings reveal multimillion-dollar costs of two serious 2023 cyber-attacks on Clorox and Johnson Controls Read More
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UK Court Backlog Blocks Attempts to Fight Fraud Epidemic
KPMG research finds a similar number of high-value UK fraud cases heard in 2023 to previous year Read More
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Friday Squid Blogging: Illex Squid in Argentina Waters
Argentina is reporting that there is a good population of illex squid in its waters ready for fishing, and is working to ensure that Chinese fishing boats don’t take it all. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my…
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David Kahn
David Kahn has died. His groundbreaking book, The Codebreakers was the first serious book I read about codebreaking, and one of the primary reasons I entered this field. He will be missed. Read More