InfoSec News Nuggets 10/13/2023

No Fakes Act wants to protect actors and singers from unauthorized AI replicas  A bipartisan bill seeks to create a federal law to protect actors, musicians, and other performers from unauthorized digital replicas of their faces or voices. The Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act of 2023 — or the No Fakes Act — standardizes rules around using a person’s faces, names, and voices. Sens. Chris Coons (D-DE), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN),…
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InfoSec News Nuggets 05/31/2023

The Sobering Truth About Ransomware—For The 80% Who Paid Up  Newly published research of 1,200 organizations impacted by ransomware reveals a sobering truth that awaits many of those who decide to pay the ransom. According to research from data resilience specialists Veeam, some 80% of the organizations surveyed decided to pay the demanded ransom in order to both end the ongoing cyber attack and recover otherwise lost data. This despite 41% of those organizations having a “do…
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InfoSec News Nuggets 05/26/2023

Microsoft 365 phishing attacks use encrypted RPMSG messages  Attackers are now using encrypted RPMSG attachments sent via compromised Microsoft 365 accounts to steal Microsoft credentials in targeted phishing attacks designed to evade detection by email security gateways. RPMSG files (also known as restricted permission message files) are encrypted email message attachments created using Microsoft's Rights Management Services (RMS) and offer an extra layer of protection to sensitive info by restricting access to authorized recipients. Recipients who want to read…
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InfoSec News Nuggets 05/17/2021

1 - Bitcoin And Alternative Cryptos In The Cybercriminal Underground The popularity of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies continue to progress in the modern-day, with drastically surging valuations. Notably, Bitcoin surpassed its all-time high of USD 20,000 (in 2017) to achieve an eye-watering USD 60,000 at the time of writing (April 2021). And while legislation and law enforcement continue to try to get a stranglehold on the growing cryptocurrency space, cybercriminality has been at the forefront of…
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