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Joe Warminsky

Joe Warminsky is the news editor for CyberScoop and FedScoop.

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website e-commerce checkout, credit card, payment card, magecart, skimmers — (Getty Images)

For Magecart groups and other credit-card skimmers, old and new opportunities abound

Threats

Johannesburg, South Africa, Sandton financial district — The Sandton financial district of Johannesburg, South Africa. (Getty Images)

South Africa credit bureau breached, data reportedly held for $15M ransom

Financial

router, hardware, botnet, cyclopsblink — Ethernet cables are seen running from the back of a wireless router in Washington, D.C., on March 21, 2019. (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Sandworm-linked botnet has another piece of hardware in its sights

Technology

W-9, IRS scam, phishing email, emotet — (Getty Images / Scoop News Group)

Emotet’s tax-season phishing is back with new tricks

Financial

SentinelOne — The SentinelOne sign outside the New York Stock Exchange in 2021. (SentinelOne)

SentinelOne to acquire identity security firm Attivo Networks for $616.5M

Financial

Germany cybersecurity agency BSI, Kaskpersky alert — The building that houses the Federal Office for Information Technology Security (BSI, Bundesamt fuer Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik) on Jan. 7, 2019 in Bonn, Germany. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

German government issues warning about Kaspersky products

Geopolitics

phishing email with text-color trick — (Screenshot / Avanan)

A basic text-color trick can fool phishing filters

Technology

Biden digital assets executive order — President Joe Biden speaks during an event at the University of Wisconsin-Superior on March 02, 2022 in Superior, Wisconsin (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Biden signs executive order on digital assets, including security measures

Financial

bitcoin trading, cryptocurrency, crypto mixing, FinCEN, Treasury, ransomware proceeds — (Getty Images)

FinCEN warns ransomware proceeds could be part of Russia sanctions evasion

Financial