17 Apr 2025
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 4/17/2025

CISA extends funding to ensure 'no lapse in critical CVE services' CISA says the U.S. government has extended MITRE's funding to ensure no continuity issues with the critical Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program. "The CVE Program is invaluable to cyber community and a priority of CISA," the U.S. cybersecurity agency told BleepingComputer. "Last night, CISA executed the option period on the contract to ensure there will be no lapse in critical CVE services. We…
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25 Jul 2024
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 7/25/2024

UNVEILING THE SCAM: HOW FRAUDSTERS ABUSE LEGITIMATE BLOCKCHAIN PROTOCOLS TO STEAL YOUR CRYPTOCURRENCY WALLET Check Point’s Threat Intel blockchain system identified and alerted that in recent times, fraudsters have evolved to become increasingly sophisticated, exploiting legitimate blockchain protocols to conduct their scams. The Uniswap Protocol, launched in 2018, is the largest and most popular decentralized exchange for swapping cryptocurrency tokens on Ethereum and other popular blockchains, locking over $1.8 trillion in trading volume and 350 million swaps. As…
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01 Apr 2022
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 04/01/2022

State-sponsored Attack Groups Capitalise on Russia-Ukraine War for Cyber Espionage Geopolitical tensions often make headlines and present a golden opportunity for threat actors to exploit the situation, especially those targeting high-profile victims. In the past month while the Russian invasion of Ukraine was unfolding, Check Point Research (CPR) has observed advanced persistent threat (APT) groups around the world launching new campaigns, or quickly adapting ongoing ones to target victims with spear-phishing emails using the war…
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