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Meta Settles for $1.4 Billion with Texas Over Illegal Biometric Data Collection
/in General NewsMeta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, agreed to a record $1.4 billion settlement with the U.S. state of Texas over allegations that it illegally collected biometric data of millions of users without their permission, marking one of the largest penalties levied by regulators against the tech giant.
“This historic settlement demonstrates our commitment to standing up to
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Criminal Hackers Add GenAI Credentials to Underground Markets
/in General NewsAccording to the study, around 400 stolen GenAI credentials are being sold by threat actors per day.
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Ransomware Gangs Exploit ESXi Bug for Instant, Mass Encryption of VMs
/in General NewsWith sufficient privileges in Active Directory, attackers only have to create an “ESX Admins” group in the targeted domain and add a user to it.
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Google Workspace Authentication Vulnerability Allowed Thousands of Emails to be Compromised
/in General NewsHackers managed to compromise “a few thousand” Google Workspace accounts by circumventing the verification process.
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Ransomware Attacks Are Attracting Record Payouts in Australia. Should You Pay the Ransom?
/in General NewsRansomware attacks are attracting record payouts in Australia. Learn whether paying the ransom is viable, about legal implications and about alternative strategies.
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$75 Million Ransom Paid to Dark Angels Ransomware Group
/in General NewsDark Angels Ransomware Group’s $75M Jackpot: Zscaler’s ThreatLabz 2024 Ransomware Report reveals how this elite gang targets select…
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Meta’s AI Safety System Manipulated by Space Bar Characters to Enable Prompt Injection
/in General NewsA bug hunter discovered a bypass in Meta’s Prompt-Guard-86M model by inserting character-wise spaces between English alphabet characters, rendering the classifier ineffective in detecting harmful content.
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IT leaders worry the rush to adopt Gen AI may have tech infrastructure repercussions
/in General NewsAs pressure to harness generative AI to its full potential mounts, IT decision-makers are questioning whether their current network infrastructure is equipped to handle the growing demand.
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US State Department Says UN Cybercrime Treaty Must Include Human Rights Protections
/in General NewsThe U.S. State Department emphasized the importance of including human rights protections in the upcoming United Nations cybercrime treaty. The final round of negotiations for the treaty, which began on Monday and will conclude on August 9, 2024.
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SideWinder Utilizes New Infrastructure to Target Ports and Maritime Facilities in the Mediterranean Sea
/in General NewsThe recent attacks by the SideWinder APT group use phishing lures related to emotional topics like sexual harassment and salary cuts to trick victims into opening booby-trapped Microsoft Word documents.
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