The Treasury says all US crypto exchanges should register with FinCEN as the industry faces pressure to align with Russian sanctions.

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Organizations’ current password usage and policies leaving businesses and employees vulnerable to cyberattacks

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The makers of operational technology and connected devices saw reported vulnerabilities grow by half in 2021, but other trends may be more disturbing.

With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to impact, and perhaps permanently changing, how we work, cybercriminals again leveraged the distraction in new waves of cyberattacks. Over the course of 2021 we saw an increase in multiple attack approaches; some old, some new. Phishing and ransomware continued to grow from previous years, as expected, while new attacks on supply chains and

Hacktivist collective Anonymous has joined the global majority in backing Ukraine. Russian ransomware hackers are ready to strike back.

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The Deep Instinct Threat Research team monitored attack volumes and types and extrapolated their findings to predict where the future of cybersecurity is heading, determine what motivates attackers, and lays out the steps organizations can take now in order to protect themselves in the future.

Russia's military assault against Ukraine is likely to be accompanied by a wave of cyberattacks that could wreak havoc on computer systems far beyond the countries' borders, security experts warn.

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Colonial Pipeline announced on Tuesday that Adam Tice has joined the company as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). 

Tice recently led security operations, detection and response, threat intelligence, and investigations at Silicon Valley Bank.

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Government crackdowns may destabilize Russian crime rings and strengthen their ties to Chinese allies.

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We’re barely into 2022, and already we’re seeing ransomware proliferate. What we saw last year is that while most attacks continue to exploit known vulnerabilities, cybercriminals have also redoubled efforts to target new ones – such as what we saw with Hafnium and new Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities.

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Organizations need to improve their ability to detect and prevent emerging ransomware attacks.