DOJ and FTC Sue TikTok for Violating Children’s Privacy Laws https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/tiktok.jpg Aug 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Data Protection The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), filed a lawsuit against popular video-sharing platform TikTok for “flagrantly violating” children’s privacy laws in the country. The agencies claimed the company knowingly permitted children to create TikTok accounts ...
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OpenAI assigns new project to AI safety leader Madry in revamp, ET CISO
OpenAI assigns new project to AI safety leader Madry in revamp, ET CISO OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman said on Tuesday the ChatGPT maker’s AI safety leader Aleksander Madry was working on a new research project, as the startup rejigs the preparedness team. “Aleksander is working on a new and v(very) important research project,” Altman said in a post on ...
Read More »Hackers Exploit Misconfigured Jupyter Notebooks with Repurposed Minecraft DDoS Tool
Hackers Exploit Misconfigured Jupyter Notebooks with Repurposed Minecraft DDoS Tool https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ddos.png Aug 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananDDoS Attack / Server Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack campaign targeting misconfigured Jupyter Notebooks. The activity, codenamed Panamorfi by cloud security firm Aqua, utilizes a Java-based tool called mineping to launch a TCP flood DDoS attack. Mineping is ...
Read More »Budget, budget everywhere, but no cyber funds in sight!, IT Security News, ET CISO
Budget, budget everywhere, but no cyber funds in sight!, IT Security News, ET CISO By Krishna MukherjeeHollywood flicks such as The Revenant, Gravity, Mad Max: Fury Road, and The Martian have one thing in common: the protagonist is fighting a battle for survival with no resources in-hand. This scenario mirrors the situation faced by today’s cybersecurity heroes. CISOs are tasked ...
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Webinar: Discover the All-in-One Cybersecurity Solution for SMBs https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cynet.png Aug 02, 2024The Hacker News In today’s digital battlefield, small and medium businesses (SMBs) face the same cyber threats as large corporations, but with fewer resources. Managed service providers (MSPs) are struggling to keep up with the demand for protection. If your current cybersecurity strategy feels like a house of cards ...
Read More »In world first, EU’s sweeping AI law enters into force, ET CISO
In world first, EU’s sweeping AI law enters into force, ET CISO (Representative Image) The European Union’s landmark law on artificial intelligence came into force on Thursday, which Brussels vows will drive innovation while protecting citizens’ rights. The EU earlier this year adopted the world’s first sweeping rules to govern AI, especially powerful systems like OpenAI’s ChatGPT after difficult and ...
Read More »APT28 Targets Diplomats with HeadLace Malware via Car Sale Phishing Lure
APT28 Targets Diplomats with HeadLace Malware via Car Sale Phishing Lure https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/malware (2).jpg Aug 02, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Malware A Russia-linked threat actor has been linked to a new campaign that employed a car for sale as a phishing lure to deliver a modular Windows backdoor called HeadLace. “The campaign likely targeted diplomats and began as early as March ...
Read More »Ransomware attack forces hundreds of small Indian banks offline, ET CISO
Ransomware attack forces hundreds of small Indian banks offline, ET CISO Representative image A ransomware attack on a technology service provider has forced payment systems across nearly 300 small Indian local banks to shut down temporarily, two sources directly aware of the matter said. The attack affected C-Edge Technologies, a provider of banking technology systems to small banks across the ...
Read More »APT41 Hackers Use ShadowPad, Cobalt Strike in Taiwanese Institute Cyber Attack
APT41 Hackers Use ShadowPad, Cobalt Strike in Taiwanese Institute Cyber Attack https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/china.jpg Aug 02, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Malware A Taiwanese government-affiliated research institute that specializes in computing and associated technologies was breached by nation-state threat actors with ties to China, according to new findings from Cisco Talos. The unnamed organization was targeted as early as mid-July 2023 to deliver ...
Read More »India sees 11% rise in malware attacks, 22% jump in ransomware: Report, ET CISO
India sees 11% rise in malware attacks, 22% jump in ransomware: Report, ET CISO Malware attacks in India rose by 11 per cent while ransomware cyber attacks jumped by 22 per cent in 2024, reflecting the escalating nature of cyber threats for businesses, a report by SonicWall said. Malware attacks rose by 11 per cent to 13,44,566 in 2024 from ...
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