Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press Amazon-owned Ring will stop allowing police to request doorbell camera footage from users following criticism from privacy advocates. The post...
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Top Official Says Kansas Courts Need at Least $2.6 Million to Recover From Cyberattack – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press Kansas Courts needs funding to cover the costs of bringing computer systems back online, pay vendors, improve cybersecurity and hire...
Here’s How ChatGPT Maker OpenAI Plans to Deter Election Misinformation in 2024 – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press ChatGPT maker OpenAI outlines a plan to prevent its tools from being used to spread election misinformation in 2024. The...
Microsoft Lets Cloud Users Keep Personal Data Within Europe to Ease Privacy Fears – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press Microsoft said that it is upgrading its cloud computing service to let customers store all personal data within the European...
AI-Powered Misinformation is the World’s Biggest Short-Term Threat, Davos Report Says – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press False and misleading information supercharged with cutting-edge AI that threatens to erode democracy and polarize society, the World Economic Forum...
Lebanon Airport Screens Display Anti-Hezbollah Message After Being Hacked – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press The information display screens at Beirut’s international airport were hacked by domestic anti-Hezbollah groups. The post Lebanon Airport Screens Display...
States and Congress Wrestle With Cybersecurity After Iran Attacks Small Town Water Utilities – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press The hacking of a municipal water plant is prompting new warnings from U.S. security officials at a time when governments...
Google Settles $5 Billion Privacy Lawsuit Over Tracking People Using ‘Incognito Mode’ – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press Google agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit claiming that it continued spying on people who used the “incognito”...
Cyberattack Targets Albanian Parliament’s Data System, Halting Its Work – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press Albania’s Parliament said it had suffered a cyberattack with hackers trying to get into its data system, resulting in a...
FTC Proposes Strengthening Children’s Online Privacy Rules to Address Tracking, Push Notifications – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press The FTC has proposed strengthening children’s online privacy rules to address tracking and push notifications. The post FTC Proposes Strengthening...
A Suspected Cyberattack Paralyzes the Majority of Gas Stations Across Iran – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press Nearly 70% of Iran’s nearly 33,000 gas stations went out of service on Monday following possible cyberattacks, Iranian state TV...
A Cyber Breach Delays Poll Worker Training in Mississippi’s Largest County Before the Statewide Vote – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press Election officials in Mississippi’s most populous county had to scramble to complete required poll worker training after an early September...
National Security Agency is Starting an Artificial Intelligence Security Center – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press The National Security Agency is starting an artificial intelligence security center — a crucial mission as AI capabilities are increasingly...
A Key US Government Surveillance Tool Should Face New Limits, a Divided Privacy Oversight Board Says – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press Federal spy agencies should be required to get court approval before reviewing the communications of U.S. citizens collected through a...
Researchers Discover Attempt to Infect Leading Egyptian Opposition Politician With Predator Spyware – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press A leading Egyptian opposition politician was targeted with spyware after announcing a presidential bid, security researchers reported Friday. They said...
UK’s New Online Safety Law Adds to Crackdown on Big Tech Companies – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press British lawmakers have approved an ambitious but controversial new internet safety law with wide-ranging powers to crack down on digital...
California Law Restricting Companies’ Use of Information From Kids Online Is Halted by Federal Judge – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press A federal judge has halted implementation of a California law intended to restrict companies’ use of information gathered from young...
Two Vegas Casinos Fell Victim to Cyberattacks, Shattering the Image of Impenetrable Casino Security – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press A persistent error message greeted Dulce Martinez on Monday as she tried to access her casino rewards account to book...
TikTok Is Hit With $368 Million Fine Under Europe’s Strict Data Privacy Rules – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press European regulators slapped TikTok with a $368 million fine on Friday for failing to protect children’s privacy, the first time...
Imagine Making Shadowy Data Brokers Erase Your Personal Info. Californians May Soon Live the Dream – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press You may not know it, but thousands of often shadowy companies routinely traffic in personal data you probably never agreed...
California Settles With Google Over Location Privacy Practices for $93 Million – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press Search giant Google agreed to a $93 million settlement with the state of California on Thursday over its location-privacy practices....
A Second Major British Police Force Suffers a Cyberattack in Less Than a Month – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press Personal details of thousands of police officers and staff from Greater Manchester Police have been hacked from a company that...
Tech Industry Leaders Endorse Regulating Artificial Intelligence at Rare Summit in Washington – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press The nation’s biggest technology executives on Wednesday loosely endorsed the idea of government regulations for artificial intelligence at an unusual...
Powerful Ethnic Militia in Myanmar Repatriates 1,200 Chinese Suspected of Involvement in Cybercrime – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press One of Myanmar’s biggest and most powerful ethnic minority militias has arrested and repatriated more than 1,200 Chinese nationals allegedly...
Wealthy Russian With Kremlin Ties Gets 9 Years in Prison for Hacking and Insider Trading Scheme – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press A wealthy Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin was sentenced Thursday to nine years in prison for his role...
United Airlines Says the Outage That Held Up Departing Flights Was Not a Cybersecurity Issue – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press United Airlines said Tuesday that a software update triggered a glitch that forced it to halt departures nationwide, briefly crippling...
Norfolk Southern Says a Software Defect — Not a Hacker — Forced It to Park Its Trains This Week – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press Norfolk Southern believes a software defect — not a hacker — was the cause of the widespread computer outage that...
Elon Musk Says X, Formerly Twitter, Will Have Voice and Video Calls, Updates Privacy Policy – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press Elon Musk said Thursday that his social network X, formerly known as Twitter, will give users the ability to make...
Lawsuit Accuses University of Minnesota of Not Doing Enough to Prevent Data Breach – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press A lawsuit filed on behalf of a former student and former employee at the University of Minnesota accuses the university...
UN Warns Hundreds of Thousands in Southeast Asia Roped Into Online Scams – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Associated Press The U.N. human rights office says criminal gangs have forced hundreds of thousands of people in Southeast Asia into participating...