The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging organizations to strengthen their security stance and stay on alert for potential Russian cyberattacks.

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Spain's National Police Agency, the Policía Nacional, said last week it dismantled an unnamed cybercriminal organization and arrested eight individuals in connection with a series of SIM swapping attacks that were carried out with the goal of financial fraud. The suspects of the crime ring masqueraded as trustworthy representatives of banks and other organizations and used traditional phishing

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler says that the agency is coordinating with digital asset exchanges in order to protect the interest of the public. In a new interview with Bloomberg, Gensler says that part of the SEC’s agenda is to communicate with crypto exchanges in order to establish regulatory certainty on […]

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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added 16 new CVE identifiers to its list of known exploited vulnerabilities, including a Windows flaw that federal agencies are required to patch within two weeks.

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The chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler recently stated that the regulatory agency is working with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on regulating cryptocurrencies. Appearing in an interview with Bloomberg this week, SEC Chief Gary Gensler was asked on the state of crypto regulation in the US to which he replied “We do have a broad agenda and crypto is part of that agenda.” To make this possible, the securities regulator is working with the American derivatives market regulator, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). “We are going to work with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) where there are some commodity tokens. While many of these are securities, some may be under their remit. We work together as two federal agencies,” Gensler added. On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Rostin Behnam called out lawmakers to grant the agency authority to regulate cryptocurrencies as such assets are in great need of protection, according to him. Behnam is of the view that the Congress should pass a law that would allow CFTC to regulate certain types of cryptocurrencies while providing funding to conduct additional oversight. Currently, the agency is limited to only regulating derivatives. According to him, such legislation would aim to fill a regulatory gap, as some types of cryptocurrency fall outside the jurisdiction of the federal government’s including the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Behnam’s appeal came just a day after the US Justice Department seized over $3.6 billion worth of Bitcoin stolen during the hack of Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange, its largest financial seizure ever.

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NFTs, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain tech may soon be coming to the gridiron.

A federal cybersecurity agency is reviewing a report that alleges security vulnerabilities in voting machines used by Georgia and other states and says the document shouldn’t be made public until the agency has had time to assess and mitigate potential risks.

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How will central banks respond? Inflation and interest rates have been at the forefront of investors’ minds so far this year and that’s unlikely to change for some time yet. Earnings season provided a welcome and timely distraction and enabled markets to find some stability but as we saw towards the end of last week, […]

The CIA has a secret, undisclosed data repository that includes information collected about Americans, two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee said. While neither the agency nor lawmakers would disclose specifics about the data, the senators alleged the CIA had long hidden details about the program from the public and Congress.

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The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Thursday that Americans reported record high losses of more than $547 million to romance scams in 2021. This is up 80% compared to 2020 and over 6 times compared to reported losses in 2017. Financial losses originating from romance scams have increased significantly over recent years, with a […]

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The world of cryptocurrencies has been witnessing a myriad of events. Which have been insinuating of a major turn about in the industry’s stance. Consecutively, Ripple’s brawl against the misconduct of the SEC in its lawsuit, has come across another motion. That has caught sight of the intellects, who have been following up with the …

Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair Rostin Behnam is trying to members of Congress to address the Commission’s lack of enforcement authority within the digital asset house. At a Wednesday listening to titled “Examining Digital Assets: Risks, Regulation, and Innovation,” Behnam told lawmakers with the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry that the CFTC’s authority […]

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