If using ransomware becomes a state crime, do officials have the resources to investigate and prosecute the individuals responsible for launching the attacks? That’s where it gets complicated.
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MITRE Unveils Ransomware Resource for Hospitals, Healthcare Providers
A new ransomware resource center from MITRE is designed to help hospitals and other healthcare providers develop and maintain resilient security processes and policies.
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DHS announces new measures to boost nation’s cybersecurity
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday announced a range of steps it will take to bolster the nation’s cybersecurity posture, including increasing funding for key cybersecurity issues.
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Six Defendants Arrested In Multiple States For Laundering Proceeds From Fraud Schemes Targeting Victims Across The United States Perpetrated By Ghana-Based Criminal Enterprise
Defendants Laundered Over $50 Million, Which Primarily Consisted of Proceeds of Fraud Schemes from Business Email Compromises, Romance Scams Targeting Elderly, and Fraudulent Small Business Loans for COVID-19 Relief
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Three North Korean Military Hackers Indicted in Wide-Ranging Scheme to Commit Cyberattacks and Financial Crimes Across the Globe
A federal indictment unsealed today charges three North Korean computer programmers with participating in a wide-ranging criminal conspiracy to conduct a series of destructive cyberattacks, to steal and extort more than $1.3 billion of money and cryptocurrency from financial institutions and companies, to create and deploy multiple malicious cryptocurrency applications, and to develop and fraudulently market a blockchain platform.
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SolarWinds hack turning into Pandora’s box of cyber-risk
The massive data breach that compromised software vendor SolarWinds is far broader in scope than originally thought, federal investigators have found, with close to one-third of the victims not even running the SolarWinds Orion product that was initially considered the entry point for hackers.
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The Cybersecurity 202: Vaccine distribution unleashes new cybersecurity risks
The complex supply chain behind making and delivering vaccines is creating a plethora of opportunities for hackers. The attacks could be from criminal hackers motivated by financial incentives or nation-states looking to cause economic and civil disruption.
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Biden hires ‘world class’ cybersecurity team after massive hack
Disclosed in December, the hack struck eight federal agencies and numerous companies, including software provider SolarWinds Corp. US intelligence agencies publicly attributed it to Russian state actors. Moscow has denied involvement in the hack.
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Executive Briefing Series: Data Strategies in the Intelligence Community
The reliance and value of using data and tools to track and stop bad actors using cryptocurrency is quickly becoming one of the best ways for law enforcement, intelligence and other authorities to successfully protect citizens and businesses.
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FBI’s dark web investigations hampered by inefficiencies, overlapping objectives of different units
The FBI should establish a “formalized bureau-wide dark web strategy” to address operational shortcomings in how it tackles illegal darknet activities, a Department of Justice (DoJ) audit has recommended. The DoJ’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) concluded that the status quo – whereby FBI units involved in dark web investigations develop their own strategies in isolation – led to inefficiencies, overlaps in remit, and misallocated resources.
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