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From CEO Fraud to Vendor Fraud: The Shift to Financial Supply Chain Compromise
2023-05-25 16:00

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Wireless Broadband Alliance CEO on key drivers for Wi-Fi adoption in enterprise networks
2023-05-22 04:45

This Help Net Security interview with Tiago Rodrigues, CEO at Wireless Broadband Alliance, delves into the future of enterprise networking, exploring the significant role of Wi-Fi 6E and Private 5G. What role does Wi-Fi 6E play in enterprise connectivity, and what advanced capabilities does it offer on the 6GHz spectrum? How is the need for Private 5G in enterprise networks growing due to new IoT use cases, and what are the key drivers for Wi-Fi adoption in enterprise networks?

Ex-CEO of breached pyschotherapy clinic gets prison sentence for bad data security
2023-04-18 18:56

After stealing the data, he decided to blackmail the clinic for €450,000; when that didn't work he stooped yet lower and tried blackmailing the patients for €200 each, with a warning that the "Fee" would increase to €500 after 24 hours. Patients who didn't pay up after a further 48 hours, the blackmailer said, would be doxxed, a jargon term meaning to have your personal data exposed publicly on purpose.

Europol busts ‘CEO fraud’ gang that stole €38M in a few days
2023-02-17 18:18

Europol has dismantled a Franco-Israeli 'CEO fraud' group that employed business email compromise attacks to divert payments from organizations to bank accounts under the threat actor's control. The fraudsters impersonated CEOs when approaching employees in the target organizations' financial departments and tricked them into performing payments to bank accounts under the scammer's control.

Authorities break up gang responsible for €38 million CEO fraud
2023-02-17 11:24

8 suspects arrested Seizures include: electronic equipment and vehicles, about EUR 3 million from Portuguese bank accounts, EUR 1.1 million from Hungarian bank accounts, EUR 600 000 from Croatian bank accounts, EUR 400 000 from Spanish bank accounts, EUR 350 000 in virtual currencies. The total value of the seizures is estimated at about EUR 5.5 million.

SimSpace CEO brings dogfight mentality to terra firma for IT cybersecurity training
2023-01-17 22:09

Figure A. After the Air Force, Hutchison took a leadership role in the U.S. Cyber Command, where he oversaw the first joint, force-on-force tactical cyber training exercise Cyber Flag. He built a team that launched the first cyber adversary tactics office, founded the first joint cyber-focused tabletop exercise and established an inaugural cybersecurity team certification.

Open source software host Fosshost shutting down as CEO unreachable
2022-12-04 07:02

Open source software hosting and cloud computing provider Fosshost will no longer be providing services as it reaches end of life. UK-based non-profit Fosshost has been providing services to several high profile open source projects like GNOME, Armbian, Debian and Free Software Foundation Europe completely free of charge.

Cloud vendors should take some responsibility for stolen compute, says Canalys CEO
2022-11-16 14:45

Canalys Forums APAC Canalys CEO Steve Brazier has proposed that cloud vendors should have similar accountability to credit card companies when accounts are hacked and used to mine cryptocurrency. "They can't afford to provide the computing power. But they can hack the public clouds," Brazier told the Canalys Forums APAC 2022 event.

FTC slaps down Drizly CEO after 2.4m user records stolen from 'careless' booze app biz
2022-10-26 00:07

Analysis Drizly CEO James Cory Rellas is in the firing line after his company exposed about 2.5 million customers' personal information in a computer security blunder. The company and its CEO must put better security controls in place, require employees to use multi-factor authentication, and provide security training for its employees.

New RSA Conference CEO talks about delivering value
2022-10-13 03:30

Kylie Wright-Ford was recently named CEO of RSA Conference LLC. She joins RSAC with an extensive track record of building communities for business professionals, having served in leadership roles...