Two Estonian nationals may spend the next 20 years in prison for stealing hundreds of millions of dollars through a massive cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, the US Department of Justice announced last week. The fraudulent operation “According to court documents, Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, both 40, sold contracts to customers entitling them to a share of cryptocurrency mined by the defendants’ purported cryptocurrency mining service, HashFlare,” said the Justice Department. “Between 2015 and 2019, Hashflare’s … More →
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Policy management is the sturdy scaffolding that supports governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) objectives while shaping corporate culture and ensuring adherence to regulatory obligations. Yet, many organizations struggle with a disjointed approach—policies scattered across departments, processes misaligned, and technology underutilized. Why Policy Management Maturity Matters Organizations with disconnected policies end up with fragments of truth […]
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Cybersecurity and risk management are often treated as separate disciplines within organizations. Security teams focus on identifying and mitigating technical threats, while risk teams take a broader approach to evaluating business exposure. However, this disconnect creates a challenge: security teams struggle to communicate risk in a way that resonates with executives, while risk managers lack real-time insights into evolving cyber threats.
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Microsoft Threat Intelligence has identified an evolved iteration of the XCSSET malware family actively exploiting macOS developers via weaponized Xcode projects. This modular backdoor, first documented in 2020, now employs advanced obfuscation techniques, refined persistence mechanisms, and novel infection vectors to subvert Apple’s security frameworks and compromise software supply chains. The 2024 variant introduces multi-layered […]
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