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8 Aug 2019 1 minute read 2 comments Matthew Rosenquist
A blackmailer attempted to extort $3.5 million from the Binance cryptocurrency exchange, stating they would release confidential KYC (Know Your Customer) data. Binance has refused to pay the demands and is working with law enforcement to track down...
7 Aug 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist
Two men are being charged with bribing AT&T employees to unlock phones, compromise the corporate networks, distribute malware, and access customer devices. This went on for several years, going back to 2012, according to the Department of Justice d...
29 Jul 2019 7 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist
Why does Home Depot need to capture my full date of birth, just to buy a product? I recently purchased a can of Plastic Wood and was stopped by the self-checkout assistant because the system wanted to verify I was over 18. Fine. I assume it has t...
22 Jul 2019 2 minute read 1 comment Matthew Rosenquist
Where will online criminal hackers look next? Cryptocurrency. There are already hacks going on, but this will ramp up significantly as some of the more highly competent criminals are targeting cryptocurrency exchanges. According to Coingecko’s qu...
15 Jul 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist
I get asked all the time for a quick answer to the question: “how can I protect myself from getting attacked online?” Although the thorough answer is lengthy, simply put everyone can make their digital lives and experiences more secure and private...
30 Jun 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist
Cybersecurity and Data Science are tightly intertwined. Kirill Eremenko, CEO of SuperDataScience, and I had a great time discussing the risks and opportunities in his latest podcast Predict, Prevent, Detect: Cyber Security (episode #273). Data i...
11 Jun 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist
I was recently interviewed by Raj Lala, the CEO at Evolve ETFs in his podcast The Innovators Behind Disruption. In the "Evolving Risks of Cybercrime with Matthew Rosenquist" episode, we covered a number of interesting topics, including the growing...
26 May 2019 1 minute read 2 comments Matthew Rosenquist
Dutch and Europol authorities seized one of the largest bitcoin transaction mixers for money laundering. Such mixers combine transactions to 'launder' the currency which impedes determination of where it came from or to whom it is going. Best...
26 May 2019 1 minute read 2 comments Matthew Rosenquist
http://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/data-breach/in-a-first-moodys-downgrades-equifaxs-rating-outlook-due-to-cyberattack/ The downgrade of Equifax due to losses from their data breach in 2017, affecting almost 150 million customers, is huge...
25 May 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist
I am honored to join the ranks of these cybersecurity thought leaders! Thanks to Thinkers360 for rating me in the top 10! We all have so much to contribute, share, and push our industry forward for the security of digital technology and its users....
