cryptocurrency
Digital Transformation Driving Increased Cybersecurity Costs
Nearly half (49%) of cybersecurity professionals citied digital business transformation issues as the top factor driving an increase in cybersecurity costs, according to a survey conducted by Dimensional Research on behalf of ...
Decarbonizing Cryptocurrencies through Taxation
Maintaining bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies causes about 0.3 percent of global CO2 emissions. That may not sound like a lot, but it’s more than the emissions of Switzerland, Croatia, and Norway combined ...
Flashpoint Year In Review: 2022 Cryptocurrency Threat Landscape
Throughout 2022, threat actors committed fraud targeting cryptocurrency entities, investors, and users. Centralized exchanges (CEXs) and nonfungible token (NFT) markets were the primary targets of fraud schemes over the past year. The ...
EclecticIQ Retrospect: A Look at the Themes & Events that Shaped the 2022 Cyber Landscape
As this year draws to a close, EclecticIQ’s Intelligence & Research Team looked back on another year of growth and change in cybersecurity. This year brought about changes in malware TTPs and ...
Escalation of Information Stealer Capabilities Targeting Valid Accounts Increases Risk Into 2023
New and Noteworthy: Escalation of Information Stealer Capabilities Targeting Valid Accounts Increases Risk Into 2023 Information Stealing Malware Shows a Strong Trend Toward Targeting Account Information That Can be Deployed in Future ...
Australia Seeks to Disrupt & Stop Cybercriminal Syndicates with New Task Force
Threat Actor Update: IRIDUIM Attributed to Prestige Ransomware Campaign A ransomware campaign targeting transportation and logistics organizations in Ukraine and Poland has been attributed to a group called IRIDIUM. The ransomware campaign ...
The Dark Web Economy
While the western world struggles with rising grocery bills and gas prices, the economy of the dark web–the digital black market–is chugging along as usual. Inflation doesn’t seem to have hit the ...
RegTech: Three Increasingly Regulated Industries
Regulatory technology (RegTech) companies perform exactly the function you’d expect; they provide technology that is used by businesses to manage and enhance regulations and regulatory processes to achieve and prove compliance. It’s ...
The Analyst Prompt #20: Attack Against Tata Power Highlights Cyber Risk to India’s Growing and Increasingly Connected Population 
Key Infrastructure and Critical Vulnerabilities: Attack Against Tata Power Highlights Cyber Risk to India’s Growing and Increasingly Connected Population On Friday, October 14, Indian electricity provider Tata reported it was suffering the ...
The Five Ws of Cryptocurrency Fraud — and How We Can Stop It
Cryptocurrency is becoming mainstream—both as a digital currency and as a fraud target. More than 300 million people use crypto worldwide and 16% of Americans say they have invested in, traded or ...
