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Industry News: ESG5

    New SEC Cyber Disclosure Rules Will Force Companies to Develop Incident Response Plans

    2024-01-31

    CPO Magazine: To many, the new SEC rules that require public companies to disclose “material” cybersecurity incidents within four days of determining their materiality may seem like a challenging, if not unreasonable, demand. 

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    20 Essential Factors To Consider When Vetting Cybersecurity Platforms

    2024-01-30

    Forbes: In an increasingly digital work world, companies across industries collect and manage sensitive data. And just as companies are finding new and sophisticated ways to leverage that data, hackers are finding new and sophisticated ways to breach cyber defenses.

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    SolarWinds Files Motion to Dismiss SEC Lawsuit

    2024-01-29

    Dark Reading: In a new filing with the US Southern District Court of New York, SolarWinds argued that the Securities and Exchange Commission was outside of its depth of expertise as well as its scope of authority in charging SolarWinds and its chief information security officer with mishandling the now-infamous, 2020, Russian-backed cyber espionage attack on its Orion platform.

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    Canada Wakes Up To China, Russia, Iran Threat To Intellectual Property

    2024-01-29

    CSO Online: It is as if a light went on within the Canadian government this month as it took steps to tighten control over the risk presented by China, Russia, and Iran to sensitive research being funded by the federal government.

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    Know Your Breach: Trezor

    The Target: Popular hardware cryptocurrency wallet vendor Trezor

    The Take: A subset of 66,000 users who have interacted with Trezor Support since December 2021 may have had their names or usernames, and email addresses exposed to an unauthorized party.

    The Vector: Trezor has already confirmed 41 cases where exposed data has been exploited, with the attackers approaching users to trick them into giving away their recovery seeds - a string of words that contain all the information required for gaining access to a wallet.

    As phishing actors continue to explore every potential abuse opportunity on legitimate service providers, novel security gaps constantly threaten to expose users to severe risks. It is essential not to rely solely on email protection solutions, and also scrutinize every email that lands on your inbox, look for inconsistencies, and double-check all claims made in those messages.

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    Cybersecurity And The AI Arms Race In A Landscape Of Emerging Threats

    2024-01-25

    Forbes: Of all the headlines in 2023, perhaps none captured our collective imagination last year like the high-profile AI breakthroughs typified by ChatGPT. 

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    M|C Partners Makes Strategic Investment in Consortium Networks to Fuel Cybersecurity Growth

    2024-01-24

    PR Newswire: M|C Partners, a digital infrastructure and tech services private equity firm, has made a strategic growth investment in Consortium Networks, a national cybersecurity organization. 

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    AI Will Make Scam Emails Look Genuine, UK Cybersecurity Agency Warns

    2024-01-24

    The Guardian: Artificial intelligence will make it difficult to spot whether emails are genuine or sent by scammers and malicious actors, including messages that ask computer users to reset their passwords, the UK’s cybersecurity agency has warned.

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    AI Program Poised to Advance Cybersecurity in Abu Dhabi

    2024-01-23

    Dark Reading: Experts have welcomed the creation of a new artificial intelligence (AI) council in Abu Dhabi as a key move toward strengthening national cybersecurity.

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    Cybersecurity Automation Firm Torq Lands $42 Million In Expanded Series B

    2024-01-23

    TechCrunch: Torq, a self-described “hyperautomation” cybersecurity startup, today announced that it raised $42 million in an extension to its Series B funding round from investors, including Bessemer Venture Partners, GGV Capital, Insight Partners, Greenfield Partners and Evolution Equity Partners.

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