To help members optimize opportunities and reduce risk, OODA hosts a monthly video call to discuss items of common interest to our membership. These highly collaborative sessions are always a great …
US Academic Credentials Displayed in Public and Dark Web Forums
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned the public of a new threat via a Private Industry Notification. The warning targets universities, colleges, and higher education institutions that …
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Making the Metaverse Safe For Everyone
Unlike any other time in history, the past decade has shown us the power of technology to transform our working and personal lives. Technology-enabled shopping, banking and working from any location …
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IBM Develops AI-Powered z16 to Help Thwart Quantum Cyber Attacks
On April 5, IBM unveiled IBM z16, the company’s next-generation system with an integrated on-chip artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator to deliver latency-optimized inferencing. With this …
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DoJ Says White Hat Hackers Will No Longer Face Prosecution
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) recently announced that it will not prosecute "good faith" hackers in a historic policy shift. Up until this point, even white hat hackers could be prosecuted under …
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British Man Charged With Hacking US Bank Computers, Stealing Millions
UK citizen Idris Dayo Mustapha, 32, faces criminal charges including unauthorized computer intrusion, securities fraud, wire fraud, and other crimes for hacking into US banks, resulting in $5 million …
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NFTs: Functional Innovation or Cyber Weapons of Mass Destruction?
While the culture and buzz surrounding Web3 can be overwrought, it’s more than hype: after all, the concept has won enthusiastic support from Silicon Valley giants and venture firms alike. …
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Cryptocurrency hype spawns email attacks, FBI says
Business email compromise scams continue to grow and evolve, according to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center. Between July 2019 and December 2021, IC3 reported a 65% increase in global exposed …
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Government hackers made hundreds of thousands of stolen credit cards ‘worthless’ to crooks
The UK's Ministry of Defence and the intelligence agency GCHQ recently launched a joint operation aimed at taking action against computer networks utilized by cybercriminals. The operation seeks to …
Open Source “Protestware”: Sabotaging Open-Source Code as a Form of Hacktivism
OODA Loop readers will know more than most the two biggest uses of the term "Open Source." We frequently write about both. In the context of intelligence, Open Source means information that does not …