18 Mar

Filipino police free hundreds of slaves toiling in romance scam operation

Filipino police rescued 875 “workers” – including 504 foreigners – in a raid late last week on a firm that posed as an online gaming

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18 Mar

Protecting distributed branch office environments from ransomware

Sponsored Feature Ransomware gangs that steal and encrypt vital business data before extorting payment for its decryption and restoration are ramping up global attacks at

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18 Mar

ChatGPT side-channel attack has easy fix: token obfuscation

in brief Almost as quickly as a paper came out last week revealing an AI side-channel vulnerability, Cloudflare researchers have figured out how to solve

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17 Mar

In the rush to build AI apps, please, please don’t leave security behind

Feature While in a rush to understand, build, and ship AI products, developers and data scientists are being urged to be mindful of security and

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15 Mar

As if working at Helldesk weren’t bad enough, IT helpers now targeted by cybercrims

IT helpdesk workers are increasingly the target of cybercriminals – a trend researchers have described as “the most noteworthy” of the past year. It’s not

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15 Mar

Cop shop rapped for ‘completely avoidable’ web form blunder

The London Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime is being rapped by regulators for untidy tech practices that made public the personal data of hundreds

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15 Mar

Healthcare still a prime target for cybercrime gangs – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Video Healthcare organizations remain firmly in attackers’ crosshairs, representing 20 percent of all victims of ransomware attacks among critical infrastructure entities in the US in

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14 Mar

Forget TikTok – Chinese spies want to steal IP by backdooring digital locks

There’s another Chinese-manufactured product – joining the likes of TikTok, cars and semiconductors – that poses a national security risk to Americans: electronic locks, such

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14 Mar

FTC goes undercover to probe suspected antivirus scam, scores $26M settlement

A pair of tech support businesses accused of swindling marks out of their hard-earned cash have agreed to cough up a $26 million settlement following

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14 Mar

LockBit ransomware kingpin gets 4 years behind bars

A LockBit ransomware kingpin has been sentenced to almost four years behind bars and ordered to pay more than CA$860,000 ($635,000, £500,000) in restitution to

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14 Mar

Google gooses Safe Browsing with real-time protection that doesn’t leak to ad giant

Google has enhanced its Safe Browsing service to enable real-time protection in Chrome for desktop, iOS, and soon Android against risky websites, without sending browsing

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14 Mar

Android Phishing Scam Using Malware-as-a-Service on the Rise in India

Authored by ZePeng Chen and Wenfeng Yu  McAfee Mobile Research Team has observed an active scam malware campaign targeting Android users in India. This malware

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14 Mar

Record breach of French government exposes up to 43 million people’s data

A French government department – responsible for registering and assisting unemployed people – is the latest victim of a mega data breach that compromised the

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14 Mar

International effort to disrupt cybercrime moves into operational phase

The Cybercrime Atlas, a massive undertaking that aims to disrupt cybercriminals across the globe, enters its operational phase in 2024, two years after organizers laid

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14 Mar

US to probe Change Healthcare’s data protection standards as lawsuits mount

Change Healthcare is being investigated over the alleged 6 TB data theft by the ALPHV ransomware group as it continues recovery efforts. The US Department

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14 Mar

Threat intelligence explained | Unlocked 403: A cybersecurity podcast

Video We break down the fundamentals of threat intelligence and its role in anticipating and countering emerging threats Alžbeta Kovaľová 14 Mar 2024 The threat

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14 Mar

US Congress goes bang, bang, on TikTok sale-or-ban plan

The United States House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act – a law aimed at forcing TikTok’s

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14 Mar

Nissan to let 100,000 Aussies and Kiwis know their data was stolen in cyberattack

Over the next few weeks, Nissan Oceania will make contact with around 100,000 people in Australia and New Zealand whose data was pilfered in a

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