Security teams face growing demands with more tools, more data, and higher expectations than ever. Boards approve large security budgets, yet still ask the same question: what is the business getting in return? CISOs respond with reports on controls and vulnerability counts – but executives want to understand risk in terms of financial exposure, operational impact, and avoiding loss. The

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An Iran-aligned hacking group has been attributed to a new set of cyber attacks targeting Kurdish and Iraqi government officials in early 2024. The activity is tied to a threat group ESET tracks as BladedFeline, which is assessed with medium confidence to be a sub-cluster within OilRig, a known Iranian nation-state cyber actor. It's said to be active since September 2017, when it targeted

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1. Trump travel ban sparks World Cup questions — and raises more soccer issues - The Athletic  The New York Times
2. Trump bans citizens of 12 countries from entering the U.S.  CNBC
3. What we know about the countries on Trump’s travel ban list, and how many people will be impacted  CNN
4. Restricting The Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats  The White House (.gov)
5. Trump announces travel ban on 12 countries and partial restrictions for 7 others  NBC News

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced the seizure of cryptocurrency funds and about 145 clearnet and dark web domains associated with an illicit carding marketplace called BidenCash. "The operators of the BidenCash marketplace use the platform to simplify the process of buying and selling stolen credit cards and associated personal information," the DoJ said. "BidenCash

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1. Stock Market Today: Dow Opens Lower; Trump-Xi Talk, U.S. Trade Deficit in Focus — Live Updates  WSJ
2. Trump and Xi hold long-awaited trade call  CNN
3. Xi and Trump Hold Talks, China Says  The New York Times
4. Trump holds call with Xi, Chinese media says  CNBC
5. Trump and Xi hold call, Chinese state media says  Axios

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