Author: HackWatchit
In 2025, the cryptocurrency and blockchain landscape is being transformed by visionary women leaders who are not only breaking barriers but also redefining the industry’s future. From managing global crypto exchanges to spearheading AI-blockchain integrations, these women are driving innovation, fostering inclusivity, and expanding access to digital economies. Let’s explore their roles and contributions. 1. Alicia Kao: Steering KuCoin’s Global Vision Role: Managing Director at KuCoin Company: KuCoin, a leading global cryptocurrency exchange with over 39 million users Alicia Kao is a key figure in the crypto industry, leveraging her decade-long expertise in digital marketing and a sociology background to…
Corey Ham // Tl;dr Use a password manager instead of browser storage for passwords, credit card numbers, and other autofill items. Personal security: Do not save anything sensitive in your browser, especially credentials. This data will probably be spread further than you realize, and it can be accessed by malware. Consider deleting all credentials and autofills from your browser of choice. Enterprise security: Prevent users from both saving credentials in browser credential stores and consider preventing users from logging into their browsers on enterprise-managed hosts. Enforce access controls that prevent users from signing into browsers on non-managed hosts, if…
Introduction In my previous article, I discussed one of the earliest Deep Learning approaches for image captioning. If you’re interested in reading it, you can find the link to that article at the end of this one. Today, I would like to talk about Image Captioning again, but this time with the more advanced neural network architecture. The deep learning I am going to talk about is the one proposed in the paper titled “CPTR: Full Transformer Network for Image Captioning,” written by Liu et al. back in 2021 [1]. Specifically, here I will reproduce the model proposed in the…
The Cyber Readiness Institute (CRI) has appointed Sasha Pailet Koff as its new managing director. With over 25 years of experience in senior leadership roles at Dell Technologies and Johnson & Johnson, Koff has been at the forefront of advancing digital supply chain and enterprise transformation initiatives. In this role, Koff will lead CRI’s mission to provide free cyber-readiness resources to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) worldwide while also strengthening the cybersecurity of global supply chains. CRI was founded to address the growing cybersecurity challenges faced by SMBs, which often serve as critical links in larger global supply chains. The…
Business executives never think they’ll be victims of a cyberattack until it happens to them—and by that point, it’s already too late. Over the course of a few weeks, I had seen three companies fall victim to cybercrimes executed through social engineering—and I was forced to face the gravity of an impending crisis facing CEOs. One thought consumed me: if a large-scale company could be breached, what did it mean for my own private equity firm, which transfers millions of dollars to investors and tenants every month? After days of deliberation, I developed a potential solution. With over 25 years…
16 Mar 2023 Informational, InfoSec 101, News, Podcasts 00:00 – PreShow Banter™ — Tossing Money at Problems00:58 – BHIS – Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2023-03-1301:41 – Story # 1: Silicon Valley Bank collapse: Treasury, Fed, and FDIC announce steps to ensure deposits will be paid in fullhttps://abcnews.go.com/Business/silicon-valley-bank-collapse-treasury-fed-fdic-announce/story?id=9780726817:23 – Story # 1b: Silicon Valley Bank exec was Lehman Brothers CFO prior to the 2008 collapsehttps://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/silicon-valley-bank-exec-was-lehman-brothers-cfo-prior-to-2008-collapse21:21 – Story # 2: FBI investigates data breach impacting U.S. House members and staffhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-investigates-data-breach-impacting-us-house-members-and-staff/30:33 – Story # 3: Acronis downplays intrusion after 12GB trove leaks onlinehttps://www.theregister.com/2023/03/10/acronis_data_breach_details/34:40 – Story # 4: Acer confirms breach after 160GB of…
In a security operations center, an analyst spots unusual traffic patterns that others missed. In a penetration test, a practitioner finds a critical vulnerability by thinking differently about system interactions. In a digital forensics investigation, an examiner uncovers evidence through unique analytical approaches. These scenarios highlight why diverse perspectives in cybersecurity aren’t just about demographics. They’re about finding and stopping threats that others might miss. Yet women make up only 24% of the cybersecurity workforce according to the 2023 (ISC)² Cybersecurity Workforce Study. More concerning still, this number has barely moved in the past decade despite countless initiatives and programs. …
Socure launched Identity Manipulation Risk Score, a cross-industry predictive risk score designed to stop repeat first-party fraud abusers from exploiting the digital economy at scale. This AI-powered capability is embedded within Sigma First-Party Fraud, Socure’s innovative solution that leverages the largest cross-industry first-party fraud consortium to perform real-time analysis of dispute histories, payment denials, and account closures across millions of identities and billions of transactions. Socure’s first-party fraud consortium spans major financial institutions, fintechs, payment platforms, sports betting companies and merchants providing an unmatched network of fraud intelligence from diverse sectors. Sigma First-Party Fraud provides organizations with critical risk signals,…
The AI world is hitting our wallets with prices that might make even Wall Street veterans do a double take. While banks have long charged hefty fees for premium services, artificial intelligence (AI) companies are now joining the high-price club with some truly jaw-dropping figures. What happened to all that talk about AI making things cheaper and more efficient? $20,000 Per Month for an AI Assistant? You Read That Right OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is planning to launch AI “agents” with price tags that might make you spill your coffee. According to recent reports, it’s eyeing a tiered pricing…