Ouch! Millions of Kaiser Permanente patients’ data was likely shared with Google, Microsoft Bing, X/Twitter, and other third-parties, according to the American healthcare giant.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article: Kaiser Permanente…
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Second time lucky for Thoma Bravo, which scoops up Darktrace for $5.3B
Analysts brand deal a ‘nail in the coffin’ for UK tech investment Private equity investor Thoma Bravo has successfully completed a second acquisition attempt of UK-based cybersecurity company Darktrace in a $5.3 billion deal.… This article has been indexed from…
UK’s Investigatory Powers Bill to become law despite tech world opposition
Only minor changes from original proposals that kicked up privacy storm The UK’s contentious Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill (IPB) 2024 has officially received the King’s nod of approval and will become law.… This article has been indexed from The Register…
Four trends to top the CISO’s packed agenda
Check out the SANS CISO Primer for tips on hardening your organisation’s security posture in 2024 Sponsored Post Ever get nostalgic for the good old days of cybersecurity protection? When attacks were for the most part amateurish and infrequent, and…
Flaws in Chinese keyboard apps leave 750 million users open to snooping, researchers claim
Huawei is OK, but Xiaomi, OPPO, and Samsung are in strife. And Honor isn’t living its name Many Chinese keyboard apps, some from major handset manufacturers, can leak keystrokes to determined snoopers, leaving perhaps three quarters of a billion people…
Cops cuff man for allegedly framing colleague with AI-generated hate speech clip
Athletics boss accused of deep-faking Baltimore school principal Baltimore police have arrested Dazhon Leslie Darien, the former athletic director of Pikesville High School (PHS), for allegedly impersonating the school’s principal using AI software to make it seem as if he…
Ring dinged for $5.6M after, among other claims, rogue insider spied on ‘pretty girls’
Cash to go out as refunds to punters The FTC today announced it would be sending refunds totaling $5.6 million to Ring customers, paid from the Amazon subsidiary’s coffers.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read…
Two cuffed in Samourai Wallet crypto dirty money sting
Suspects in Portugal and the US said to have laundered over $100M Two men alleged to be co-founders of cryptocurrency biz Samourai Wallet face serious charges and potentially decades in US prison over claims they owned a product that facilitated…
Russia, Iran pose most aggressive threat to 2024 elections, say infoseccers
Google security crew reveal ‘the four Ds’ to be on the watch for It may come as a surprise to absolutely nobody that experts say, in revealing the most prevalent and likely tactics to meddle with elections this year, that…
What to do in the age of the critical breach
Why the triple threat of ransomware, data breaches, and extortion is a cybersecurity crisis The UK government could be forgiven for wanting to forget March 2024 ever happened.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the…
Indian bank’s IT is so shabby it’s been banned from opening new accounts
After two years of warnings, and outages, regulators ran out of patience with Kotak Mahindra Bank India’s central bank has banned Kotak Mahindra Bank from signing up new customers for accounts or credit cards through its online presence and app.……
Australia’s spies and cops want ‘accountable encryption’ – aka access to backdoors
And warn that AI is already being used by extremists to plot attacks The director general of Australia’s lead intelligence agency and the commissioner of its Federal Police yesterday both called for social networks to offer more assistance to help…
Australia’s spies and cops want ‘accountable encryption’ – aka backdoors
And warn that AI is already being used by extremists to plot attacks The director general of Australia’s lead intelligence agency and the commissioner of its Federal Police yesterday both called for social networks to offer more assistance to help…
Governments issue alerts after ‘sophisticated’ state-backed actor found exploiting flaws in Cisco security boxes
Don’t get too comfortable: ‘Line Dancer’ malware may be targeting other vendors, too A previously unknown and “sophisticated” nation-state group compromised Cisco firewalls as early as November 2023 for espionage purposes — and possibly attacked network devices made by other…
Shouldn’t Teams, Zoom, Slack all interoperate securely for the Feds? Wyden is asking
Doctorow: ‘The most amazing part is that this isn’t already the way it’s done’ Collaboration software used by federal government agencies — this includes apps from Microsoft, Zoom, Slack, and Google — will be required to work together and be…
Microsoft cannot keep its own security in order, so what hope for its add-ons customers?
Secure-by-default… if your pockets are deep enough Microsoft has come under fire for charging for security add-ons despite the company’s own patchy record when it comes to vulnerabilities and breaches.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security…
Management company settles for $18.4M after nuclear weapons plant staff fudged their timesheets
The firm ‘fessed up to staff misconduct and avoided criminal liability A company contracted to manage an Amarillo, Texas nuclear weapons facility has to pay US government $18.4 million in a settlement over allegations that its atomic boffins fudged their…
Google cools on cookie phase-out while regulators chew on plans
Privacy Sandbox slips into 2025 after challenges from UK authorities Google’s plan to phase out third-party cookies in Chrome is being postponed to 2025 amid wrangling with the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).… This…
US charges Iranians with cyber snooping on government, companies
Their holiday options are now far more restricted The US has charged and sanctioned four Iranian nationals for their alleged roles in various attacks on US companies and government departments, all of whom are claimed to have worked for fake…
If Britain is so bothered by China, why do these .gov.uk sites use Chinese ad brokers?
One wonders why are there adverts on public-sector portals at all Exclusive At least 18 public-sector websites in the UK and US send visitor data in some form to various web advertising brokers – including an ad-tech biz in China…