The wording of Google’s latest privacy policy update essentially declares that the entire internet is its domain to scrape for training its AI models and creation of its AI products, a position that is all but assured to generate legal challenges.
Montenegro is dealing with a brutal ongoing campaign of ransomware attacks that appears to be coming from criminal groups in Russia. Government agencies in Chile have also been hit by a new form of ransomware that targets Linux servers.
Kronos, a payroll provider known to be used by several thousand companies ranging from Tesla to National Public Radio (NPR), had its Private Cloud service go offline due to a ransomware attack. There is speculation that the Log4Shell vulnerability was involved.
Fake crypto apps have grown to be a significant problem in the United States, with the FBI reporting a flurry of activity since October 2021. The agency has logged at least 244 victims during this period.
Apple's privacy policy changes have already cost other big tech firms nearly $10 billion in lost ad revenue. Research firm Lotame reports that Snap, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have lost a combined $9.85 billion thus far in the third and fourth quarters.
Off-airport parking operator Park ‘N Fly has experienced a data breach that impacted a million customers after a threat actor compromised the company’s virtual private network.
Washington State is now considering a comprehensive data privacy act that would protect the personal information of its citizens, making Washington only the second state in America to adopt a comprehensive data privacy law.
Facebook was served with a legal warrant and returned a set of messages in which mother and daughter discuss how to properly use abortion pills. The pair appear to have not enabled the optional message encryption.
A new report from ad evaluation firm Adalytics finds that some of YouTube’s targeted ads are still slipping through the cracks, and potentially violating federal child privacy law. The revelation has prompted two US Senators to write a letter to the FTC.
Researchers warn that financial institutions must innovate to prevent online payment fraud losses, which are expected to exceed $343 billion between 2023 and 2027.
