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Cybsersecurity: New DHS directive will require pipelines to comply with federal measures CNN 2 days ago By Geneva Sands, CNN © Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images Fuel tanks are seen at Colonial Pipeline Baltimore Delivery in Baltimore on May 10, 2021. The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday will mandate that critical pipeline operators comply with several cybersecurity measures, including reporting cybersecurity incidents to the department within 12 hours, according to DHS officials. In the wake of the debilitating ransomware attack earlier this month on Colonial Pipeli...

Threat hunters weigh in on the complex relationships between cybercriminals, and how they work together and hawk their wares on the Dark Web.

Share Legislation to force cryptocurrency providers to share information about customers and transactions to counter money-laundering could be on the horizon in Australia. AUSTRAC chief executive Nicole Rose revealed in Senate estimates on Tuesday that the anti-money laundering regulator was looking at a so-called “travel rule” among a number of potential legislative changes to keep up with technology changes in digital currencies. A travel rule requires financial institutions to pass on certain information to the next financial institution. It helps create a more transparent audit trail....

Is it an alternative currency? A technology? A venture capital investment? A specious bubble?. Cryptocurrency is decentralised digital money, which works based on blockchain technology. In the past six months, cryptocurrencies have seen their prices skyrocket on the back of tweets, comments on social media, and advice from random people some of who barely know anything about how cryptocurrencies work. There are now over 4,000 in Crypto currencies in circulation in 2021 vs 180 sovereign currencies recognized as legal tender in United Nations (UN) member states. As the price kept moving up, ...

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