North Korean-sponsored crypto hacks on the rise, experts warn
Cyber experts are warning against the rapid growth of crypto theft led by North Korean state-sponsored hackers following a series of heists targeting blockchain firms. Nick Carlsen, a blockchain analyst at TRM Labs, said cyber-enabled financial crimes, especially those allegedly conducted by North Korea, have accelerated over the past few years as the East Asian country has become more sophisticated in stealing virtual currency. “The threat landscape right now is as bad as I think it has ever been when it comes to financial theft,” Carlsen said during a webinar host
Read MorePutin’s war is economic suicide
Historians will write that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s fatal miscalculation was his belief that Europe would cave if he invaded Ukraine because of its excessive dependence on Russian energy. But excessive dependence works both ways: Europe relied on Russian oil and gas, but Russia relied heavily on the European energy market. Given this co-dependency, Putin would have been well-advised to postpone his predation against Ukraine and his customers in the West until he had secured equivalent energy markets in the East. But he did not. Worse, his weaponization of energy has forc
Read MoreUS to provide $89 million for demining efforts in Ukraine
The State Department announced Tuesday it will provide $89 million to help demining efforts in Ukraine, comparing the scale of unexploded ordnances Russia left behind to tactics ISIS employed in Syria. The funding will help set up 100 teams that can defuse and dispose of unexploded ordnances that cover an area of 160,000 square kilometers (nearly 62,000 square miles), roughly the size of Virginia, Maryland, and Connecticut combined. “Russia’s unlawful and unprovoked further invasion of Ukraine has littered massive swaths of the country with landmines, unexploded ordnance
Read MoreGOP pressures DOJ for answers on Trump raid
Republicans are pressuring the Department of Justice to explain its rationale for executing a search warrant on former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence on Monday. House GOP leaders already skeptical of DOJ criticized the search as being politically motivated. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), House GOP Conference Chair, called the raid a “dark day in American history” and accused President Biden’s administration of “weaponizi
Read MoreUS moves to stretch limited monkeypox vaccine supply
The Biden administration on Tuesday announced a new strategy to stretch the limited available doses of the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine by changing how the vaccine is injected. The new method would split up the doses and use one-fifth as much vaccine per shot. The partial dose of the vaccine would be injected into the upper layer of skin, rather than the full dose into the underlying fat, which is how shots are typically administered. The strategy was first outlined last week by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf, who said the intradermal injectio
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