09 Nov 2023
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 11/09/2023

Monero Project admits thieves stole 6-figure sum from a wallet in mystery breach  The Monero Project is admitting that one of its wallets was drained by an unknown source in September, losing the equivalent of around $437,000 at today's exchange rate. A Monero Project maintainer who goes by the alias of Luigi announced on November 2 that the project's community crowdfunding system (CCS) wallet was drained of 2,675.73 XMR on September 1. The team behind Monero is…
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21 Jun 2023
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 06/21/2023

Biden to meet with AI experts to talk regulation and safety President Joe Biden is expected to meet with a cohort of experts and researchers in the expanding field of artificial intelligence, part of the ongoing executive effort to integrate more private sector and academic expertise into federal technology policy. Announced on Monday by a White House official, the specific experts set to meet with Biden work specifically in studying the impact AI is slated…
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21 Sep 2021
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 09/21/2021

Even the Mafia is getting involved in phishing attacks now Cybercriminals have raked in millions from phishing attacks which is why it's not a big surprise that the Italian Mafia has adopted similar tactics in recent years. According to a new press release from Europol, the Spanish National Police with support from the Italian National Police, Europol and Eurojust have dismantled an organized crime group linked to the Italian Mafia that was involved in online fraud, money laundering, drug trafficking…
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