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Ransom Payments Fell 35% in 2024 After LockBit, BlackCat Takedowns
Jeffrey Burt | | Blackcat, BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware, Chainalysis, Lockbit, ransom payments, Ransomware
Law enforcement actions, better defenses, and a refusal by victims to pay helped to reduce the amount of ransoms paid in 2024 by $35%, a sharp decline from the record $1.25 billion ...
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FINALLY! FCC Gets Tough on Robocall Fraud
Richi Jennings | | alternative payment fraud, Brendan Carr, fcc, FCC Failures, FCC Follies, Federal Communications Commission, Fraud, gift card, gift cards, Know Your Customer, KYC, mariocop123.com, robocall, Robocallers, Robocalls, SB Blogwatch, scam, Scams, telco, Telnyx, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, vishing, vishing attacks, VoIP
KYC isn’t a Thing, claims telco: Commissioner Brendan Carr (pictured) wants $4.5 million fine on Telnyx, for enabling “illegal robocall scheme.” ...
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15+ Years of Loading Threat Intel into SIEM: Why Does This Still Suck?
Unfortunately, I am old enough to remember how SIEM was done before the arrival of threat intelligence feeds. We had to write broad behavioral (well, “behavioral-ish”, if I am totally honest) rules ...

NJ Lawmakers Advance Anti-Deepfake Legislation
New Jersey lawmakers advanced a bill that would make it a crime to knowingly create and distribute AI-generated deepfake visual or audio content for nefarious purposes, the latest step in an ongoing ...
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Canadian Man Stole $65 Million in Crypto in Two Platform Hacks, DOJ Says
Jeffrey Burt | | cryptocurrency asset theft, cryptocurrency fraud, DeFi, Department of Justice (DOJ)
A 22-year-old Canadian man is indicted by the U.S. DOJ for using borrowed cryptocurrency and exploiting vulnerabilities on the KyberSwap and Indexed Finance DeFi platforms to steal $65 million in digital assets ...
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Core AI technology and the foundation of future innovations: Get Gartner® report
Artificial intelligence (AI) is not just evolving — it is redefining software development across industries. From automating processes to optimizing decision-making, AI is accelerating the pace of innovation while raising critical challenges ...

DOJ, Allies Seize Cybercrime Forums Affecting 17 Million-Plus Americans
Investigators from the United States and other countries seized and shut down two online cybercriminal marketplaces, Cracked and Nulled, that they said affected more than 17 million Americans by selling hacking tools ...
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The Transformative Role of AI in Cybersecurity
Gagan Gulati | | Artificial Intelligence, Blog, Compliance, cyber resilience, Data Governance, data protection, NetApp, Ransomware, strategy
2025 marks a pivotal moment in the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity. Rapid advancements in AI are not only redefining industries; they are reshaping the cybersecurity landscape in profound ways ...

Ransomware Scum — Out For Blood: NYBCe is Latest Victim
Richi Jennings | | blood, COST OF RANSOMWARE IN HEALTHCARE, Cyber Threat on Healthcare, cyberattacks in healthcare, Cybersecurity for Healthcare, cybersecurity in healthcare, exposed healthcare records, healthcare, hospital, hospital attacks, hospital cyberattack, medical, medical data breach, New York Blood Center, New York Blood Center Enterprises, NYBC, NYBCe, Ransomware, SB Blogwatch
Bloody hell: New York Blood Center Enterprises crippled by ransomware scrotes unknown ...
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Hiya AI Phone App Protects Against Deepfakes, Other Scams
Mobile security solutions company Hiya is rolling out its Hiya AI Phone app that uses trained AI models to smoke out deepfakes and other mobile scams and alerts the user to the ...
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