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Dark Reading Confidential: Meet the Ransomware Negotiators

Episode 2: Incident response experts-turned-ransomware negotiators Ed Dubrovsky, COO and managing partner of CYPFER, and Joe Tarraf, chief delivery officer of Surefire Cyber, explain how they interact with cyber threat actors who hold victim organizations' systems and data for ransom. Among their fascinating stories: how they negotiated with cybercriminals to restore operations in a hospital NICU where lives were at stake, and how they helped a church, where the attackers themselves "got a little religion."

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FreeBSD Gets €686,400 to Boost Security Features

The funds from Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund will be used to integrate zero-trust capabilities, tools for software bill of materials, and other security features.

Open Source Tool Allows Voters to Verify Election Results

The ElectionGuard project allows anyone — voters, campaign staffers, and election officials — to cryptographically verify ballots, a promise that may bolster faith in election integrity.

California Approves Privacy Bill Requiring Opt-Out Tools

This bill requires Web browsers to have an easy-to-find (and use) setting for consumers to send an opt-out preference signal by default to every site and app they interact with.

'TIDrone' Cyberattackers Target Taiwan's Drone Manufacturers

The Chinese-speaking group is launching sophisticated malware towards military and satellite targets globally.

Chinese 'Tropic Trooper' APT Targets Mideast Governments

In the past, the group has targeted different sectors in East and Southeast Asia, but recently has pivoted its focus to the Middle East, specifically to entities that publish human rights studies.

Indian Army Propaganda Spread by 1.4K AI-Powered Social Media Accounts

For three years now, more than a thousand social media accounts have been reposting the same pro-India, anti-Pakistan content on Facebook and X.

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