Users of the Windows version of WhatsApp are being warned by Meta to update to the latest version to patch a flaw that attackers could exploit. The WhatsApp vulnerability involves use of a malicious attachment to execute arbitrary code.
Meta has suspended its generative AI tools in Brazil indefinitely as it seeks talks with ANPD about the issue. ANPD has said that Meta must change its privacy policy to exclude a section related to the processing of personal data for generative AI training.
Spain's statement on privacy concerns notes that the election tools gather the name, IP address, age and gender of Facebook and Instagram users, without an indication that this much personal data could be tied to what political content voters view and interact with.
A new report from Tenable explores the concerns implicit in the emerging virtual reality market, which is expected by some analysts to be worth as much as $800 billion by 2024, and highlights what are likely to be the biggest metaverse security threats.
New report shows a massive spike in human farms used to launch online fraud attacks after analyzing more than 1.3 billion individual transactions between October and December 2019.
Privacy advocates were upset with the bank data decision, but were also handed a win by the Supreme Court with its ruling that the national government could not go ahead with a plan to collect the biometric data of cell phone users.
Aside from having prefabricated phishing attack pages set up for them, subscribers to the MFA bypass service get the benefit of interception of the user's 2FA token as they complete their login.
MGM Resorts will pay $45 million to settle a consolidated data breach lawsuit stemming from a 2019 data leak and a 2023 ransomware attack that exposed the PII of 37 million people.
The Chinese hackers are able to run a massive but stealthy campaign of password-spraying attacks while evading logs, targeting Microsoft 365 accounts that require only basic authentication and do not have MFA enabled.
The new Microsoft security initiative update promises more sweeping changes. This move is also likely tied directly to the company's security woes and issues with cyber threats in 2023 and early 2024.
