FBI Cracks Down on Dark Web Marketplace Managed by Russian and Kazakh Nationals https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/lock.jpg Sep 07, 2024Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Dark Web Two men have been indicted in the U.S. for their alleged involvement in managing a dark web marketplace called WWH Club that specializes in the sale of sensitive personal and financial information. Alex Khodyrev, a 35-year-old Kazakhstan national, and ...
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Google’s ‘US troubles’ may have come to haunt it in the UK too – ET CISO
Google’s ‘US troubles’ may have come to haunt it in the UK too – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-113144085,imgsize-84646,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/corporate/googles-us-troubles-may-have-come-to-haunt-it-in-the-uk-too.jpg Google is facing mounting pressure from regulators on both sides of the Atlantic over its dominance in digital advertising. On Friday, September 6, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) accused the tech giant of anti-competitive practices in Britain’s 1.8 billion pound (USD ...
Read More »Infosec leader Sumeet Khokhani joins WNS Global Services as Senior VP & Global CISO, ET CISO
Infosec leader Sumeet Khokhani joins WNS Global Services as Senior VP & Global CISO, ET CISO Sumeet Khokhani, Senior Vice President & Global CISO, WNS Global Services Cybersecurity expert Sumeet Khokhani has joined WNS Global Services as Senior Vice President & Global CISO. Earlier, he was with Reliance Industries as Vice President – IRM & Cybersecurity. Khokhani comes with more ...
Read More »North Korean Threat Actors Deploy COVERTCATCH Malware via LinkedIn Job Scams
North Korean Threat Actors Deploy COVERTCATCH Malware via LinkedIn Job Scams https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/korea.jpg Sep 07, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Security / Malware Threat actors affiliated with North Korea have been observed leveraging LinkedIn as a way to target developers as part of a fake job recruiting operation. These attacks employ coding tests as a common initial infection vector, Google-owned Mandiant said in a ...
Read More »Salesforce to buy data protection provider Own Company for $1.9 billion – ET CISO
Salesforce to buy data protection provider Own Company for $1.9 billion – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-113115272,imgsize-62204,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/corporate/salesforce-to-buy-data-protection-provider-own-company-for-1-9-billion.jpg Salesforce said on Thursday it would buy Own Company, a provider of data protection and management solutions, for $1.9 billion in cash to accelerate growth of its data security and privacy products. The acquisition comes at a time when customers are increasingly focused on mitigating ...
Read More »Cyber security is more than protecting personal data: ISRO chief, ET CISO
Cyber security is more than protecting personal data: ISRO chief, ET CISO In this era, when infrastructure built over the years is vulnerable to cyber attacks, it is very important to build an ecosystem to develop cyber security tools and solutions, Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman S Somanath said on Thursday. He laid the foundation stone for ‘Cyber Nalanda’, a ...
Read More »Clearview AI fined by Dutch agency for facial recognition database – ET CISO
Clearview AI fined by Dutch agency for facial recognition database – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-113051010,imgsize-8792,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/data-breaches/clearview-ai-fined-by-dutch-agency-for-facial-recognition-database.jpg U.S. facial recognition company Clearview AI has been fined 30.5 million euros ($33.7 million) for building what Dutch data protection watchdog DPA said on Tuesday was an illegal database. DPA also issued an additional order, imposing a penalty of up to 5 million euros on Clearview ...
Read More »New Cross-Platform Malware KTLVdoor Discovered in Attack on Chinese Trading Firm
New Cross-Platform Malware KTLVdoor Discovered in Attack on Chinese Trading Firm https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/chinesehackerz.jpg Sep 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Malware The Chinese-speaking threat actor known as Earth Lusca has been observed using a new backdoor dubbed KTLVdoor as part of a cyber attack targeting an unnamed trading company based in China. The previously unreported malware is written in Golang, and thus ...
Read More »X vows to end harvesting of EU users’ personal data to train its AI – ET CISO
X vows to end harvesting of EU users’ personal data to train its AI – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-113082680,imgsize-58696,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/ot-security/x-vows-to-end-harvesting-of-eu-users-personal-data-to-train-its-ai.jpg Social network X has committed to stop its much-criticised harvesting of European users’ personal data to train its artificial intelligence program, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) said Wednesday. Last month the social media giant — previously known as Twitter — suspended its ...
Read More »New Rust-Based Ransomware Cicada3301 Targets Windows and Linux Systems
New Rust-Based Ransomware Cicada3301 Targets Windows and Linux Systems https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/linux.png Sep 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have unpacked the inner workings of a new ransomware variant called Cicada3301 that shares similarities with the now-defunct BlackCat (aka ALPHV) operation. “It appears that Cicada3301 ransomware primarily targets small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), likely through opportunistic attacks that exploit vulnerabilities ...
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