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EU draft law adds security checks to all crypto transactions
The European Parliament has taken the first steps for new legislation against money-laundering that covers cryptocurrency transactions, which are an important part of illicit activities today.
- April 01, 2022
- 08:55 AM
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Piracy OK: Russia to ease software licensing rules after sanctions
The Russian authorities are drafting a set of measures to support the country's economy against the pressure of foreign sanctions, and when it comes to software licensing, the proposal greenlights a form of piracy.
- March 07, 2022
- 11:19 AM
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Diversity job board Canvas.com ordered to stop using domain name
Diversity recruiting site Canvas.com has been ordered by a U.S. District judge to drop the use of the domain name over a trademark dispute.
- January 07, 2022
- 11:52 AM
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Google, Apple fined by Italian authority for aggressive data collection
Italy's competition authority (Autorita Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato) has announced a fine of 10 million Euros ($11.3 million) against Google and Apple.
- November 26, 2021
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Victims of $2 billion BitConnect fraud to get back $57 million
U.S. law enforcement authorities will start liquidating roughly $57 million worth of cryptocurrency seized from the now-defunct BitConnect crypto exchange to provide some restitution to defrauded investors.
- November 17, 2021
- 11:02 AM
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Engineer reports data leak to nonprofit, hears from the police
A security engineer and ex-contributor to the open systems non-profit organization, Apperta Foundation, recently reported a data leak to them. In return, he gets contacted by their lawyers and eventually the police.
- March 25, 2021
- 04:35 AM
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Amazon sacks insiders over data leak, alerts customers
Amazon has recently dismissed multiple employees for leaking customer data including their email addresses to an unaffiliated third-party. The company has sent out an email announcement to the affected customers following the incident.
- October 27, 2020
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Ryuk Ransomware Attacked Epiq Global Via TrickBot Infection
Legal services and e-discovery giant Epiq Global took their systems offline on Saturday after the Ryuk Ransomware was deployed and began encrypting devices on their network.
- March 04, 2020
- 05:28 PM
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US Senate Passes Bill in Response to Rampant Ransomware, CyberAttacks
The U.S. Senate passed the 'DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act' (S.315) to authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to maintain cyber hunt and incident response teams to help private and public entities defend against cyber-attacks.
- September 27, 2019
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New York Passes Law to Update Data Breach Notification Requirements
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act into law, with the new consumer privacy policy being designed to protect New Yorkers' private data and strengthen the state's data breach policies.
- July 27, 2019
- 10:30 AM
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Alleged Ukrainian Malvertiser Extradited, Faces Hacking Charges
A 31-year old Ukrainian national named Oleksii Petrovich Ivanov who allegedly ran multiple malvertising campaigns between October 2013 through May 2018 was extradited to the U.S. from the Netherlands and is facing hacking charges.
- May 04, 2019
- 02:00 PM
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New Bill to Protect U.S. Senate Personal Devices, Accounts from Hackers
U.S. senators and their staff will receive assistance from the Senate Sergeant at Arms to protect their accounts and devices from cyber threats if a bipartisan bill introduced by Senators and Senate Intelligence Committee members Ron Wyden (D-Ore) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark) will be signed into law.
- March 28, 2019
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257K Legal Documents Leaked By Unprotected Elasticsearch Server
An unprotected 4.7 GB Elasticsearch cluster found on a US-based Amazon AWS server exposed 257,287 legal documents that came with a "not designated for publication" label.
- March 15, 2019
- 03:36 PM
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Russia Passes Bill That Outlaws Disrespecting Russian Officials Online
The Russian State Duma passed a new and controversial bill which allows the authorities to jail people who disrespect the government and state officials online.
- March 07, 2019
- 05:24 PM
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DHS Cyber Hunt Teams to Be Authorized by Reintroduced Bipartisan Bill
The bipartisan Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act which would require the DHS to authorize "cyber incident response" and "cyber hunt" teams was reintroduced on January 31.
- February 01, 2019
- 07:49 PM
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Arizona Lawmaker Wants to Tax Porn to Fund Border Security
Arizona Representative Gail Griffin proposed the House Bill 2444 which requires a $20 porn tax to access adult content using an Internet-connected device, with the collected money to be used for funding border security and dream centers.
- January 22, 2019
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Dark Web Drug Vendor Pleads Guilty After Feds Traced His Bitcoin Transactions
Gal Vallerius, a 36-year-old French national pleaded guilty this week in the US of selling narcotics on the Dark Web under the nickname of OxyMonster.
- June 14, 2018
- 11:12 AM
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You Can File Complaints About Cryptojacking With the FTC
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is now open to taking complaints from US users about cryptojacking —the practice of using JavaScript code to mine cryptocurrencies inside users' browsers without notifying them in advance or requesting permission.
- June 07, 2018
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Eventbrite Removes Clause That Allowed It to Attend and Film Events
Eventbrite has recanted on a recent change made to its Merchant Agreement that allowed the company to attend and film events, and then keep the copyright for that recording.
- April 23, 2018
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