Computer fix-it companies settle US FTC charges they lied about hacking threats – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-108512797,imgsize-44644,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/ot-security/computer-fix-it-companies-settle-us-ftc-charges-they-lied-about-hacking-threats.jpg Two companies that claimed they could help rid computers of viruses and malware agreed to pay $26 million to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission charges they duped consumers, particularly older adults, into buying repair services they did not need. The FTC said on Thursday ...
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Nvidia sued over AI use of copyrighted works, IT Security News, ET CISO
Nvidia sued over AI use of copyrighted works, IT Security News, ET CISO This photograph taken in Paris on February 23, 2024 shows a US multinational Nvidia’s graphic processing unit (GPU). Nvidia, whose chips power artificial intelligence, has been sued by three authors who said it used their copyrighted books without permission to train its NeMo AI platform. Brian Keene, ...
Read More »How DevOps-centric security helps offset data privacy risks? – ET CISO
How DevOps-centric security helps offset data privacy risks? – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-97399872,imgsize-12048,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/news/how-devops-centric-security-helps-offset-data-privacy-risks.jpg By Kavita Viswanath,Every time we go online, we leave a digital footprint of our personal information, interests, choices, health and financial transactions, and more. Same is true for businesses – as the rapid shift of operations to the digital environment enhances their business and operational efficiencies, improves productivity ...
Read More »What is Exposure Management and How Does it Differ from ASM?
What is Exposure Management and How Does it Differ from ASM? https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/in.jpg Mar 05, 2024NewsroomAttack Surface / Exposure Management Startups and scales-ups are often cloud-first organizations and rarely have sprawling legacy on-prem environments. Likewise, knowing the agility and flexibility that cloud environments provide, the mid-market is predominantly running in a hybrid state, partly in the cloud but with some on-prem ...
Read More »Canadian federal police says they were targeted by cyberattack – ET CISO
Canadian federal police says they were targeted by cyberattack – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-107961089,imgsize-1283610,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/cybercrime-fraud/canadian-federal-police-says-they-were-targeted-by-cyberattack.jpg Canadian federal police said on Friday their systems were targeted by an “alarming” cyberattack but there was no impact on operations and no known threat to the safety of Canadians. “The situation is evolving quickly but at this time, there is no impact on RCMP operations and ...
Read More »Your smart garden mower can become entry point for cyberattack: Researchers, ET CISO
Your smart garden mower can become entry point for cyberattack: Researchers, ET CISO A team of researchers has found an unexpected correlation between a smart garden mower and cybercrime, revealing that this innocent device can be a weak spot for your home’s security network. According to VPN service provider ZenShield, a threat actor can hack into the device by using ...
Read More »Government funding key to unlocking digitalization in future: Survey – ET CISO
Government funding key to unlocking digitalization in future: Survey – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-102928477,imgsize-825399,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/next-gen-tech/government-funding-key-to-unlocking-digitalization-in-future-survey.jpg New Delhi, A majority (80 per cent) of small and medium enterprises in the country believe the government funding is key to unlocking digitalization in the future, according to a study by Gartner-acquired software selection platform Capterra. The ‘State of Digitalization in India survey: Major barriers and ...
Read More »WordPress Bricks Theme Under Active Attack: Critical Flaw Impacts 25,000+ Sites
WordPress Bricks Theme Under Active Attack: Critical Flaw Impacts 25,000+ Sites https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/wordpress.jpg Feb 20, 2024NewsroomWebsite Security / PHP Code A critical security flaw in the Bricks theme for WordPress is being actively exploited by threat actors to run arbitrary PHP code on susceptible installations. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-25600 (CVSS score: 9.8), enables unauthenticated attackers to achieve remote code execution. ...
Read More »Lockbit cybercrime gang disrupted by Britain, US and EU – ET CISO
Lockbit cybercrime gang disrupted by Britain, US and EU – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-107840606,imgsize-18920,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/cybercrime-fraud/lockbit-cybercrime-gang-disrupted-by-britain-us-and-eu.jpg Lockbit, a notorious cybercrime gang that holds its victims’ data to ransom, has been disrupted in a rare international law enforcement operation, the gang and U.S. and UK authorities said on Monday. The operation was run by Britain’s National Crime Agency, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, ...
Read More »India’s Motilal Oswal says operations unaffected by cyber incident, ET CISO
India’s Motilal Oswal says operations unaffected by cyber incident, ET CISO India’s Motilal Oswal Financial Services said on Monday its operations were unaffected following a cyber incident last week. The company said it had detected malicious activity on the computers of some employees and remedied the issue within an hour. The financial services company did not provide details of the ...
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