Meta has agreed to a $1.4 billion settlement with Texas in a privacy lawsuit over a facial recognition feature. The post Meta Agrees to $1.4B Settlement With Texas in Privacy Lawsuit Over Facial Recognition appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article…
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Can Negotiations Yield Success in Ransomware Attacks
In the escalating world of cybercrime, ransomware attacks have become a pervasive threat, affecting businesses of all sizes and industries. When faced with a ransomware attack, organizations are often confronted with a critical decision: to pay the ransom or not.…
Devo Technology launches data orchestration and SOC enhancements
Devo Technology is launching data orchestration, a data analytics cloud, and security operations center (SOC) workflow enhancements, offering security teams data control, cost optimizations, and efficient automation. Security teams are grappling with the vast amounts of data they need to…
DDoS Attack on Microsoft Azure Cloud leads to another global IT Outage
Microsoft has issued a statement apologizing for a recent IT outage, which they attribute to a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) cyber attack on the infrastructure managed by Microsoft Azure Cloud. Under the leadership of Satya Nadella, and amid a…
Cohesity unveils enhanced GenAI capabilities for faster threat detection and recovery
Cohesity extended its first-mover advantage in GenAI detection and recovery capabilities with the addition of significant new enhancements to the Cohesity Data Cloud. These improvements allow customers to use Cohesity’s built-in AI capabilities to rapidly detect, investigate, and address potential…
Microsoft world wide outage: Cybersecurity Today for Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Microsoft Cloud Outage, WhatsApp Vulnerability, and AI-Powered Screen Reading In today’s episode of Cyber Security Today, host Jim Love covers a significant global outage affecting Microsoft’s cloud services, a vulnerability in WhatsApp that allows malicious scripts to run without warning,…
How AI is Shaping Fraud: Vipre Reveals 40% of BEC Emails Are Now AI-Generated
Nearly half (49%) of spam emails can be attributed to BEC scams, with the CEO, HR, and IT being the most common targets. Alarmingly, some 40% of BEC emails are AI-generated, and in some instances, AI more than likely created…
IBM: Cost of Data Breach on Average Reaches $4.9 Million
An IBM analysis of 604 organizations published today finds the average cost of each breach, including lost revenue, has now reached $4.9 million. The post IBM: Cost of Data Breach on Average Reaches $4.9 Million appeared first on Security Boulevard.…
If You are Reachable, You Are Breachable, and Firewalls & VPNs are the Front Door
Firewalls and VPN appliances are critical gateways. Like all on-prem systems, a vulnerability can lead to a compromise that is used to open the door for attackers. The post If You are Reachable, You Are Breachable, and Firewalls & VPNs…
NSFOCUS RSAS New Features Unleashed
NSFOCUS Remote Security Assessment Security (RSAS) is a specialized, all-encompassing vulnerability scanner tailored for clients performing security assessments. It is adept at swiftly identifying a full spectrum of weaknesses within network systems. NSFOCUS RSAS is not just a scanning tool;…
Proficio launches ProBAS service to help organizations better prepare and respond to cyber attacks
Proficio has announced the roll out of its ProBAS Breach and Attack Simulation service. By rigorously testing an organization’s security defenses, ProBAS ensures they can prevent compromise events and detect attacks throughout the entire threat detection and response process. From…
Meta Settles for $1.4 Billion with Texas Over Illegal Biometric Data Collection
Meta, 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…
Dark Angels gang scores a record-breaking $75 million ransom
Staff Reporter Over the past year, ransomware attacks have reached unprecedented levels of ambition and boldness, highlighted by a significant increase in extortion attacks. In fact, research from Zscaler ThreatLabz revealed an unparalleled ransom payout of $75 million – the…
What CISOs need to keep CEOs (and themselves) out of jail
Former Uber CISO Joe Sullivan, who was convicted for attempting to cover up a data breach Uber suffered in 2016, recently posited that in the very near future, CEOs might find themselves held directly responsible for cybersecurity breaches. Considering the…
Leveraging dynamic configuration for seamless and compliant software changes
In this Help Net Security interview, Konrad Niemiec, CEO and Founder of Lekko, discusses the benefits of dynamic configuration in preventing system outages and enabling faster response times during incidents. Niemiec explains how dynamic configuration evolves feature flagging, supports operational…
Cybersecurity jobs available right now: July 31, 2024
Cloud Security Architect Precisely | United Kingdom | Remote – View job details As a Cloud Security Architect, you will be responsible for the design and architecture of Precisely’s cloud security posture. Determine security requirements by evaluating business and product…
Secretive: Open-source app for storing and managing SSH keys in the Secure Enclave
Secretive is an open-source, user-friendly app designed to store and manage SSH keys within the Secure Enclave. Typically, SSH keys are stored on disk with appropriate permissions, which is usually sufficient. However, it’s not overly difficult for malicious users or…
ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, July 31st, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9076, (Wed, Jul 31st)
This post doesn’t have text content, please click on the link below to view the original article. This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, July 31st, 2024…
DigiCert gives unlucky folks 24 hours to replace doomed certificates after code blunder
For the want of an underscore DigiCert has given some unlucky customers 24 hours to replace their SSL/TLS security certificates it previously issued them – due to a five-year-old blunder in its backend software.… This article has been indexed from…
Ubook – 699,908 breached accounts
In July 2024, 700k unique email addresses from the audiobook platform Ubook were posted to a popular hacking forum. Allegedly scraped from the service, the data appears to be sourced from the Ubook Exchange (UBX) and also includes names, genders,…