Meta and Spotify blast EU decisions on AI – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-113480108,imgsize-71884,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/grc/meta-and-spotify-blast-eu-decisions-on-ai.jpg Paris: A group of companies including Meta and Spotify blasted the European Union Thursday for its “fragmented and inconsistent” decision-making on data privacy and artificial intelligence (AI). The firms along with several researchers and industry bodies signed an open letter claiming that Europe was already becoming less competitive ...
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UN advisory body makes seven recommendations for governing AI, ET CISO
UN advisory body makes seven recommendations for governing AI, ET CISO An artificial-intelligence advisory body at the United Nations on Thursday released its final report proposing seven recommendations to address AI-related risks and gaps in governance. The U.N. last year created a 39-member advisory body to address issues in the international governance of AI. The recommendations will be discussed during ...
Read More »Dozens of websites offering targeted marketing leads – ET CISO
Dozens of websites offering targeted marketing leads – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-113247284,imgsize-213250,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/data-breaches/dozens-of-websites-offering-targeted-marketing-leads.jpg The flight you took recently, the broadband connection you requested, the car insurance that is expiring soon, the apartment you sold, or even the mutual fund you invested in, are all turning into a fair game for data collectors. Such information can be exchanged for as little as Rs ...
Read More »GitLab Patches Critical SAML Authentication Bypass Flaw in CE and EE Editions
GitLab Patches Critical SAML Authentication Bypass Flaw in CE and EE Editions https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/git.png Sep 19, 2024Ravie LakshmananEnterprise Security / DevOps GitLab has released patches to address a critical flaw impacting Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) that could result in an authentication bypass. The vulnerability is rooted in the ruby-saml library (CVE-2024-45409, CVSS score: 10.0), which could allow an ...
Read More »No merger scrutiny of Microsoft’s hiring of Inflection staff, EU says – ET CISO
No merger scrutiny of Microsoft’s hiring of Inflection staff, EU says – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-113480139,imgsize-148464,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/corporate/no-merger-scrutiny-of-microsofts-hiring-of-inflection-staff-eu-says.jpg Microsoft’s hiring of artificial intelligence startup Inflection’s staff including its co-founders will not be scrutinised under European Union merger rules, EU antitrust regulators said on Wednesday. The European Commission said seven EU countries had dropped their requests asking it to examine the deal. The move ...
Read More »OpenAI CEO Sam Altman quits safety committee after mounting criticism, ET CISO
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman quits safety committee after mounting criticism, ET CISO OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has stepped down from the company’s internal Safety and Security Committee, following increased scrutiny from US lawmakers and criticism from former employees over the company’s approach to AI safety and regulation. The committee, established in May to oversee critical safety decisions, will now become ...
Read More »23andMe settles data breach lawsuit for $30 million – ET CISO
23andMe settles data breach lawsuit for $30 million – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-113347692,imgsize-84402,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/data-breaches/23andme-settles-data-breach-lawsuit-for-30-million.jpg 23andMe will pay $30 million and provide three years of security monitoring to settle a lawsuit accusing the genetics testing company of failing to protect the privacy of 6.9 million customers whose personal information was exposed in a data breach last year. The accord also resolves accusations that ...
Read More »Ivanti Warns of Active Exploitation of Newly Patched Cloud Appliance Vulnerability
Ivanti Warns of Active Exploitation of Newly Patched Cloud Appliance Vulnerability https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/it-admin.png Sep 14, 2024Ravie LakshmananEnterprise Security / Threat Intelligence Ivanti has revealed that a newly patched security flaw in its Cloud Service Appliance (CSA) has come under active exploitation in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-8190 (CVSS score: 7.2), which allows remote code execution under certain ...
Read More »Quantum computing will enable real-time action in cybersecurity: DSCI CEO Vinayak Godse – ET CISO
Quantum computing will enable real-time action in cybersecurity: DSCI CEO Vinayak Godse – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-113347828,imgsize-46866,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/news/quantum-computing-will-enable-real-time-action-in-cybersecurity-dsci-ceo-vinayak-godse.jpg Pune: The use of high-powered computing speed would help real-time detection and enforcement in the cybersecurity space, Vinayak Godse, CEO of Data Security Council of India (DSCI), an industry collective for cybersecurity, has said. He said the technology was a double-edged sword as it ...
Read More »Indians faced over 10 million internet-borne cyberthreats during April-June quarter: report, ET CISO
Indians faced over 10 million internet-borne cyberthreats during April-June quarter: report, ET CISO Indian computer users have faced over 10 million internet-borne cyberthreats and over 14 million local incidents on their computers during the April-June quarter this year, a new report shows. The report, by global cybersecurity and digital privacy company Kaspersky Security Network, also found that about 20% of ...
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