After years of fighting, Facebook has lost its appeal against the class action lawsuit over the use of facial recognition technology. The company could face billion dollars of penalty if they fail to win the case.
A recent breach of biometrics giant Suprema has exposed 28 million records of facial recognition and fingerprint data including unencrypted username-password combinations stored in plain text.
Amazon announced its facial recognition suite Rekognition is able to read fear as an added emotion. This capability has raised new privacy concerns if implemented by law enforcement agencies.
Agencies of nearly two dozen small cities and towns in Texas were hit with a ransomware attack that crippled key city services like payment processing operations and printing of identity documents.
Israel may become a big export player for both offensive and defensive cyber weapons used for cyber espionage as it now takes as little as four months for approval of sale.
Google’s new “Privacy Sandbox” privacy standards proposal is a compromise solution for programmatic advertising while respecting users’ privacy when they browsing the web.
SIM swap attack is on the rise which includes the recent Twitter hack on their CEO’s account. Attackers used social engineering to convince telco to switch target’s number to their own SIM cards.
New Clear History Facebook privacy tool launched in Ireland, South Korea and Spain allows user to decide which apps and websites can track their personal information and browsing data.
iOS devices are widely considered to be stronger in mobile device security. However, the recent iOS watering hole attack discovered by Google should make consumers think twice on it.
EU is trialling facial recognition technology through ADDS, Automatic Deception Detection System, which will use AI to assess visitors’ facial expressions and behavior before granting entry permit.
