The US has announced charges, sanctions and a $10 million reward for Iranian hackers accused of targeting elections.
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Worldcoin: Fighting Deepfakes and Bots With Global Permissionless Blockchain Identity
That dream of a decentralized privacy-retaining identity system able to combat AI-driven bots and deepfakes may not be as elusive as feared – courtesy of Tools for Humanity (TfH) and Worldcoin.
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A Hacker’s Era: Why Microsoft 365 Protection Reigns Supreme
Imagine a sophisticated cyberattack cripples your organization’s most critical productivity and collaboration tool — the platform you rely on for daily operations. In the blink of an eye, hackers encrypt your emails, files, and crucial business data stored in Microsoft 365, holding it hostage using ransomware. Productivity grinds to a halt and your IT team races to assess the damage as the clock
Microsoft: Cloud Environments of US Organizations Targeted in Ransomware Attacks
A threat actor has been compromising the hybrid cloud environments of US organizations in multiple sectors.
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British National Arrested, Charged for Hacking US Companies
UK national Robert Westbrook was charged in the US for executing a hack-to-trade scheme against five public companies.
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Meta Fined €91 Million for Storing Millions of Facebook and Instagram Passwords in Plaintext
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Meta €91 million ($101.56 million) as part of a probe into a security lapse in March 2019, when the company disclosed that it had mistakenly stored users’ passwords in plaintext in its systems.
The investigation, launched by the DPC the next month, found that the social media giant violated four different articles under the European Union’s
The investigation, launched by the DPC the next month, found that the social media giant violated four different articles under the European Union’s
California Governor Vetoes Bill to Create First-in-Nation AI Safety Measures
Gavin Newsom vetoed a landmark bill SB 1047 aimed at establishing first-in-the-nation safety measures for large artificial intelligence models.
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Critical flaw in NVIDIA Container Toolkit allows full host takeover
A critical vulnerability in NVIDIA Container Toolkit impacts all AI applications in a cloud or on-premise environment that rely on it to access GPU resources. […]
Ireland fines Meta €91 million for storing passwords in plaintext
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) in Ireland has fined Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (MPIL) €91 million ($100 million) for storing in plaintext passwords of hundreds of millions of users. […]
Crypto Scam App Disguised as WalletConnect Steals $70K in Five-Month Campaign
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious Android app on the Google Play Store that enabled the threat actors behind it to steal approximately $70,000 in cryptocurrency from victims over a period of nearly five months.
The dodgy app, identified by Check Point, masqueraded as the legitimate WalletConnect open-source protocol to trick unsuspecting users into downloading it.
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The dodgy app, identified by Check Point, masqueraded as the legitimate WalletConnect open-source protocol to trick unsuspecting users into downloading it.
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