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A Billion Here (in Crypto Theft), a Billion There – After a While, it Adds Up

To quote a former senator, it does add up. this year it is adding up quickly. Blockchain analysis group Chainalysis says that hackers stole more than $2 billion in crypto in the first 6 months of 2025. $1.5 billion of that comes the hack of Bybit – by hackers connected to North Korea. That $2.17 […]

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Security News Bites for June 27, 2025

Cost of Recent UK Retail Cyberattacks is $350 to $600 Million Britain’s Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC) estimates the total cost of the cyberattacks that crippled major UK retail organizations recently could be in the region of £270-440 million ($362-$591 million). Marks & Spencer, the Co-op, and Harrods were all targets.  That is a lot of money for […]

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Security News Bites for May 30, 2025

US Spy Agencies Setting Up Platform to Buy Your Data There is so much data for the government to acquire without a search warrant that it is a problem. As a result the DNI is working on a system to make it easier to buy our data. This even includes the use of AI tools […]

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Why is China Buried Deep and Silent in US Networks?

You may disregard my opinion about this but what about the opinion of a Retired US Army Lt. General and a very smart CSIO who used to be an Air Force Intelligence Officer? Retired Lt. Gen H.R. McMaster, who served as the US National Security Advisor during 2017 and 2018 and who had roles in […]

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Security News Bites for May 9, 2025

Wrong Number Scam Text Messages This scam is becoming very popular. You get a text from a number that is not in your phone book trying to engage you. “How is your sore back?” “How are you?” “Sorry, I’m running late” Anything to engage you. Once you are engaged they figure you are invested in […]

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Feds Cybersecurity is a Dumpster Fire

The most recent federal administration’s security “malfunction” is with the use of a Signal app clone called TeleMessage. Signal (or TeleMessage) is the app that the Secretary of Defense used to communicate war plans to the VP and others, including the editor of The Atlantic. TeleMessage is a clone of Signal (as well as WhatsApp […]

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