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itemProp="url" rel="author" href="/contributor/sc-staff"><span itemProp="name"><span itemProp="givenName">SC </span><span itemProp="familyName">Staff</span></span></a></span><time class="non-interactive" dateTime="2025-02-14T10:15:00.000-05:00">February 14, 2025</time></p><div itemProp="abstract" class="text-break text-muted font-body-regular"><div><p>The advisory group's actions have resulted in its scrutiny over security clearances, cybersecurity practices, and the legality of its activities.</p> </div></div></div></div></article><article itemScope="" itemProp="hasPart" itemType="https://schema.org/Article" class="LandingTeaser_spacing__TVfzN teaser teaser-list-item mx-auto typography-v2"><div class="LandingTeaser_container__5Wl3H d-flex flex-nowrap"><a itemScope="" itemProp="image" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject" class="image-link TeaserImage_hideEmpty__cfQuH TeaserImage_wrap__yhpMz" href="/brief/trump-admin-sought-to-counter-uk-ordered-icloud-encryption-backdoor"><div 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Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., to oppose the UK's reported order for Apple to develop a backdoor that would enable government access to encrypted iCloud data, which they argued to be detrimental to U.S. government and citizen data security.</p> </div></div></div></div></article><div class="Placeholder_base__bMucx slot_wrapper__JFKwH slot_native__8EO55 LandingTeaser_spacing__TVfzN w-100 dfp-slot ad align-items-center"><div class=""><div class="mx-auto" id=":R4nrd8m:"></div></div></div><article itemScope="" itemProp="hasPart" itemType="https://schema.org/Article" class="LandingTeaser_spacing__TVfzN teaser teaser-list-item mx-auto typography-v2"><div class="LandingTeaser_container__5Wl3H d-flex flex-nowrap"><a itemScope="" itemProp="image" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject" class="image-link TeaserImage_hideEmpty__cfQuH TeaserImage_wrap__yhpMz" href="/brief/almost-12m-zacks-investment-research-accounts-exposed"><div class="Overlay_overlayWrap__fxtmP"><img itemProp="url" alt="(Adobe Stock)" 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https://image-optimizer.cyberriskalliance.com/unsafe/1400x0/https://files.cyberriskalliance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/093024_data_breach.jpg 1400w, https://image-optimizer.cyberriskalliance.com/unsafe/1920x0/https://files.cyberriskalliance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/093024_data_breach.jpg 1920w" src="https://image-optimizer.cyberriskalliance.com/unsafe/1920x0/https://files.cyberriskalliance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/093024_data_breach.jpg"/></div></a><div><div itemProp="articleSection" class="Tag_tag__uMu2r tmb-3 text-uppercase layout-title-small font-weight-bold text-muted Tag_muted__5TYb2"><a rel="tag" href="/topic/data-security">Data Security</a></div><a href="/brief/almost-12m-zacks-investment-research-accounts-exposed"><h5 itemProp="headline" class="font-heading">Almost 12M Zacks Investment Research accounts exposed</h5></a><p class="text-muted-50 tmb-3 text-small"><span itemScope="" itemType="https://schema.org/Person" itemProp="author" class="me-2"><a itemProp="url" rel="author" href="/contributor/sc-staff"><span itemProp="name"><span itemProp="givenName">SC </span><span itemProp="familyName">Staff</span></span></a></span><time class="non-interactive" dateTime="2025-02-14T09:21:00.000-05:00">February 14, 2025</time></p><div itemProp="abstract" class="text-break text-muted font-body-regular"><div><p>Infiltration of Zacks' active directory as domain admin enabled the theft of source code belonging to the company's primary website and 16 others, according to the threat actor, who has been peddling the exfiltrated account information, including full names, usernames, physical and email addresses, and phone numbers, for a small amount of cryptocurrency.</p> </div></div></div></div></article><article itemScope="" itemProp="hasPart" itemType="https://schema.org/Article" class="LandingTeaser_spacing__TVfzN teaser teaser-list-item mx-auto typography-v2"><div class="LandingTeaser_container__5Wl3H d-flex flex-nowrap"><a itemScope="" 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uncovered</h5></a><p class="text-muted-50 tmb-3 text-small"><span itemScope="" itemType="https://schema.org/Person" itemProp="author" class="me-2"><a itemProp="url" rel="author" href="/contributor/sc-staff"><span itemProp="name"><span itemProp="givenName">SC </span><span itemProp="familyName">Staff</span></span></a></span><time class="non-interactive" dateTime="2025-02-13T09:56:00.000-05:00">February 13, 2025</time></p><div itemProp="abstract" class="text-break text-muted font-body-regular"><div><p>Attacks involved the delivery of malicious emails warning travelers of potential denied entry due to incomplete immigration requirements that include a link redirecting to a fake government portal-spoofing website facilitating login credential and payment data theft, a report from Cofense revealed.</p> </div></div></div></div></article><article itemScope="" itemProp="hasPart" itemType="https://schema.org/Article" class="LandingTeaser_spacing__TVfzN teaser teaser-list-item mx-auto 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