FINCast Ep. 19 - The DPRK Sanctions Program
Modern warfare is no longer restricted to physical battlefields and professional military. Countries like North Korea and Russia have few qualms about using cyberspace to reach well beyond their physical borders to target...more
Reported in the November 3rd, 2023, FLASH Update - In what appears to be a continuation of the North Korean strategy to finance the nation using international organized crime rings, cybersecurity researchers established a...more
DeFi, Stablecoin Products Launch; Bitcoin Network Spikes Due to NFTs - According to reports, a new decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol recently launched that allows users to deposit the stablecoins USDC or DAI in a...more
While there have been major developments in areas such as data security, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence over the past year, threat actors are becoming increasingly aggressive, sophisticated, and in some cases,...more
On July 7, 2022, three federal agencies – the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Department of the Treasury – issued a joint alert regarding Maui Ransomware, which...more
ACI’s Annual Flagship Conference on Economic Sanctions Enforcement and Compliance is widely regarded as the premier conference designed for those working in global sanctions compliance, internal audits and investigations,...more
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an advisory on October 1, 2020, warning companies that engage with the victims of ransomware attacks that they run the risk of violating U.S. sanctions...more
Dataresolution.net, a cloud hosting provider that reportedly supports over 30,000 businesses worldwide appears to be another recent victim of the Ryuk ransomware and is reportedly responding to the attack which occurred on...more
Think Tank Says Nuclear Missiles Can be Inadvertently Launched Through Cyber-Attacks - Just before the false alarm in Hawaii last weekend when residents were erroneously warned of an impending missile attack, think tank...more