New UN report warns that digital welfare technologies used by many governments could be used to “surveil, target, harass and punish” the poor and vulnerable instead.
Europol’s IOCTA report shows crypto ransomware as one of the most prominent new tactics of organized cybercrime with steady increase in the size of ransom demands.
Since U.S. and Europe’s first experience of ATM malware and jackpotting attacks in 2017 and 2018, evidence is mounting that the attacks are making a comeback with new twists and approaches.
Fearing the potential of an outright ban on facial recognition technology, U.S. Chamber of Commerce has written an open letter to urge political leaders to consider all its positive uses.
Top 30 travel apps were found not to meet basic security and privacy standards in a recent study. Should users take the risks for great travel deals and savings in money?
AIG is disputing a breach of contract lawsuit for not covering nearly $6 million in losses at SS&C Technologies. The insurer claims its cyber insurance policy do not cover brazen criminal attacks.
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.
Turns out that the APT group Cozy Bear that became internationally infamous in 2016 for high profile hacks never really went away. The Russian hackers have hit at least three European nations since it supposedly went underground in 2016.
There is growing concern that big tech companies might be looking for ways to weaken COPPA which provides privacy protection for children which the FTC is looking to update.
New AttackIQ report shows a clear lack of accountability and responsibility for cybersecurity risk from security leaders with 40% of them not reporting to the board of directors at all.
