Meta has been fined 21.62 billion won ($15.67 million) by South Korea’s data privacy watchdog for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users, including data about their political views and sexual orientation, and sharing it with advertisers without their consent.
The country’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) said Meta gathered information such as
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Google’s cloud division has announced that it will enforce mandatory multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all users by the end of 2025 as part of its efforts to improve account security.
“We will be implementing mandatory MFA for Google Cloud in a phased approach that will roll out to all users worldwide during 2025,” Mayank Upadhyay, vice president of engineering and distinguished engineer at
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Chinese-speaking adversaries are using a fresh Android banking Trojan to take over devices and initiate fraudulent money transfers from financial institutions across Latin America, Italy, Portugal, and Spain.
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South Korea Fines Meta $15.67M for Illegally Sharing Sensitive User Data with Advertisers
/in General NewsMeta has been fined 21.62 billion won ($15.67 million) by South Korea’s data privacy watchdog for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users, including data about their political views and sexual orientation, and sharing it with advertisers without their consent.
The country’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) said Meta gathered information such as
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Google Cloud to Enforce Multi-Factor Authentication by 2025 for All Users
/in General NewsGoogle’s cloud division has announced that it will enforce mandatory multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all users by the end of 2025 as part of its efforts to improve account security.
“We will be implementing mandatory MFA for Google Cloud in a phased approach that will roll out to all users worldwide during 2025,” Mayank Upadhyay, vice president of engineering and distinguished engineer at
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Interpol operation nets 41 arrests, takedown of 22,000 malicious IPs
/in General NewsThe global operation was intended to root out malicious IP addresses used for phishing, ransomware and infostealer malware.
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Attacker Hides Malicious Activity in Emulated Linux Environment
/in General NewsThe CRON#TRAP campaign involves a novel technique for executing malicious commands on a compromised system.
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Canadian Authorities Arrest Attacker Who Stole Snowflake Data
/in General NewsThe suspect, tracked as UNC5537, allegedly bragged about hacking several Snowflake victims on Telegram, drawing attention to himself.
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Android Botnet ‘ToxicPanda’ Bashes Banks Across Europe, Latin America
/in General NewsChinese-speaking adversaries are using a fresh Android banking Trojan to take over devices and initiate fraudulent money transfers from financial institutions across Latin America, Italy, Portugal, and Spain.
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Russia Is Going All Out on Election Day Interference
/in General NewsAlong with other foreign influence operations—including from Iran—Kremlin-backed campaigns to stoke division and fear have gone into overdrive.
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Schneider Electric Clawed by ‘Hellcat’ Ransomware Gang
/in General NewsThe cybercriminal group holding the stolen information is demanding the vendor admit to the breach and pay up.
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Georgia hospital unable to access record system after ransomware attack
/in General NewsThe attack was claimed by the Embargo ransomware gang, which threatened to leak 1.15 terabytes of purportedly stolen data by November 8.
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Your Android device is vulnerable to attack and Google’s fix is imminent
/in General NewsThe November 2024 Android Security Update fixes these actively exploited flaws. Here’s how to check for the patches.
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