While much of the rest of the world grapples with the level of access law enforcement should have to facial recognition technology, the Moscow Metro system has leapt ahead to using it as a form of fare payment.
Serious questions over facial recognition technology has motivated 40 groups headed by EPIC to draft a letter to the PCLOB recommending that federal agencies suspend the use of facial recognition surveillance systems.
23 million border crossers entering the United States were subject to facial recognition scans in 2020. Of these, it appears not one was determined to be an imposter at any of the country's airports.
California legislature decided to rein in the “surveillance state” by passing a three-year state-wide moratorium on the use of facial recognition technology in body cams used by law enforcement agencies.
Proposed amendment to Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act to limit FBI's access to search and web browsing history has failed to pass by one vote.
Law enforcement agencies have identified at least 150 investment fraud websites operated by fake broker-dealers who stole a minimum of $50 million from at least 70 victims.
A blast of thousands of fake emails from the FBI named security professional Vinny Troia as a criminal. Troia believes the perpetrator is affiliated with several different criminal groups and also running a “white hat” security firm in Canada.
Latest variant of Fakebank Android malware adds even more functional threats to banking clients – in the form of ‘vishing’ (voice phishing). It can now intercept outgoing and incoming calls which is then redirected to scammers which allows them to pose as legitimate employees of the bank.
SMB security teams are forced to work under pressure and with limited resources due to falling IT security budgets. The situation leaves their organizations vulnerable to cyberattacks.
Farmers Insurance Hit by Third-Party Data Breach Exposing Personal Information of 1.1 Million People
A third-party data breach at Farmers Insurance has exposed the sensitive personal information of over 1.1 million people after hackers breached a vendor-managed database.
