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Industry News: ESG5

    US Officially Warns China is Launching Cyberattacks to Steal Coronavirus Research

    2020-05-13

    CNN: The US Department of Homeland Security and the FBI issued a "public service announcement" Wednesday warning that China is likely launching cyberattacks to steal coronavirus data related to vaccines and treatments from US research institutions and pharmaceutical companies, calling it a "significant threat."

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    Your Home Office Is a Hacker’s Paradise. Here’s Why.

    2020-05-11

    Institutional Investor: Just as the reality of the Covid-19 pandemic was setting in for many Americans, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued an admonition advising “financial institutions to remain alert about malicious or fraudulent transactions similar to those that occur in the wake of natural disasters.” 

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    Deloitte Partners with Palo Alto Networks to Extend its Cyber Security Services

    2020-05-11

    ITPro: The aim of the freshly minted partnership includes expanding Deloitte’s managed security services portfolio for customers worldwide. This partnership will also include the integration of Cortex XDR, Cortex XSOAR (formerly Demisto) and Prisma Cloud solutions into Deloitte’s EMEA Cybersphere Center security catalog. 

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    State-Backed Hackers Behind Wave of Cyberattacks Targeting Coronavirus Response, US and UK Warn

    2020-05-05

    CNN: The United States and United Kingdom issued a new advisory Tuesday warning of ongoing cyberattacks against organizations involved in the coronavirus response, including health care bodies, pharmaceutical companies, academics, medical research organizations and local government.

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    US Financial Industry Regulator Warns of Widespread Phishing Campaign

    2020-05-04

    ZDNet: The US Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has issued a rare cyber-security alert today warning member organizations of "a widespread, ongoing phishing campaign."

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    Cofense Announces Additional Investment by BlackRock and Appointment of Tom McDonough to Board of Directors

    2020-04-29

    Ai Thority: Cofense, the global leader in intelligent phishing defense solutions, announced the appointment of Tom McDonough to its Board of Directors as well as an additional investment from funds managed by BlackRock Private Equity Partners to support Cofense’s growth strategies. Initially inked in 2018 and expanded in 2019, Cofense’s continued partnership with BlackRock provides additional growth capital to advance research and development as well as further the company’s global expansion.

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    Financial Sector is Seeing More Credential Stuffing than DDoS Attacks

    2020-04-27

    ZDNet: The financial sector has seen more brute-force attacks and credential stuffing incidents than DDoS attacks in the past three years, F5's cyber-security unit said in a report published.

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    Cybercrime Potential Rising with Virus Upheaval

    2020-04-20

    Pensions&Investments: The millions of Americans now working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic presents an opportunity for bad actors looking to infiltrate individual retirement accounts, sources said.

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    SBA Says Data Breach Affected Nearly 8,000 Small Businesses

    2020-04-22

    American Banker: The agency has been informing applicants for its EIDL program by paper mail that it discovered the data breach on March 25. It said in its letter that it disabled the website, took steps to prevent the breach from happening again and is offering identity theft protection services to victims through ID Experts.

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    Flaw in iPhone, iPads May Have Allowed Hackers to Steal Data for Years

    2020-04-22

    Reuters: The bug, which also exists on iPads, was discovered by ZecOps, a San Francisco-based mobile security forensics company, while it was investigating a sophisticated cyberattack against a client that took place in late 2019. Zuk Avraham, ZecOps’ chief executive, said he found evidence the vulnerability was exploited in at least six cybersecurity break-ins.

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