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 ...
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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 ...
Read More »Blind Eagle Targets Colombian Insurance Sector with Customized Quasar RAT
Blind Eagle Targets Colombian Insurance Sector with Customized Quasar RAT https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/zscaler.png Sep 09, 2024Ravie LakshmananFinancial Security / Malware The Colombian insurance sector is the target of a threat actor tracked as Blind Eagle with the end goal of delivering a customized version of a known commodity remote access trojan (RAT) referred to as Quasar RAT since June 2024. “Attacks have ...
Read More »US proposes requiring reporting for advanced AI, cloud providers – ET CISO
US proposes requiring reporting for advanced AI, cloud providers – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-113214784,imgsize-8240,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/grc/us-proposes-requiring-reporting-for-advanced-ai-cloud-providers.jpg The U.S. Commerce Department said Monday it is proposing to require detailed reporting requirements for advanced artificial intelligence developers and cloud computing providers to ensure the technologies are safe and can withstand cyberattacks. The proposal from the department’s Bureau of Industry and Security would set mandatory reporting ...
Read More »One More Tool Will Do It? Reflecting on the CrowdStrike Fallout
One More Tool Will Do It? Reflecting on the CrowdStrike Fallout https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/one.png Sep 09, 2024The Hacker NewsData Protection / Threat Detection The proliferation of cybersecurity tools has created an illusion of security. Organizations often believe that by deploying a firewall, antivirus software, intrusion detection systems, identity threat detection and response, and other tools, they are adequately protected. However, this approach ...
Read More »Video game performers reach agreement with 80 video games on AI terms – ET CISO
Video game performers reach agreement with 80 video games on AI terms – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-113181905,imgsize-156646,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/corporate/video-game-performers-reach-agreement-with-80-video-games-on-ai-terms.jpg After striking for over a month, video game performers have reached agreements with 80 games that have signed interim or tiered budget agreements with the performers’ union and accepted the artificial intelligence provisions they have been seeking. Members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation ...
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