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FTC proposes 5-year ban on GM selling sensitive driver info to data brokers
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday announced a settlement agreement with General Motors and its OnStar subsidiary ...
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UN Security Council members meet on spyware for first time
Members of the U.N. Security Council for the first time gathered Tuesday to discuss the threat posed by commercial spyware at an informal meeting where a senior U.S. diplomat called for enhanced ...
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No new funding in EU plan to tackle ransomware attacks against hospitals
The European Commission announced on Wednesday an “action plan” to reduce the health sector’s vulnerability to cyberattacks, following what it said was four years in which the sector was hit by more ...
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US issues sanctions against companies in Laos, China tied to North Korean IT worker scheme
The U.S. Treasury Department said there are “thousands” of North Korean IT workers hired across the globe as part of the ...
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FTC updates closely watched children’s online privacy rule
The Federal Trade Commission announced updated online privacy protections for children that require opt-in consent from ...
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Japan's largest mobile carrier says cyberattack disrupted some services
Japan’s largest mobile carrier, NTT Docomo, reported that it is working to restore services after a cyberattack temporarily disrupted operations on Thursday. The Tokyo-based company said in a ...
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Hackers with likely Kremlin ties target Kazakhstan in espionage campaign
Hackers potentially linked to the Kremlin-backed threat actor APT28 have been spying on diplomatic entities in Central Asia to gather economic and political intelligence in the region, researchers ...
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Hackers target dozens of VPN and AI extensions for Google Chrome to compromise data
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered dozens of attacks that involve malicious updates for Chrome browser extensions, one week after a security firm was compromised in a similar incident. As of ...
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New amateurish ransomware group FunkSec using AI to develop malware
Researchers have uncovered a new ransomware group that has claimed over 80 victims in just one month — more than any other threat actor in December. The group, known as FunkSec, emerged late last year ...
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Consumer products to get 'Cyber Trust' marks in 2025, White House says
New cybersecurity labels will appear on consumer smart devices at some point this year, a White House official told reporters on Tuesday. The White House officially unveiled the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark ...
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US sanctions Russian and Iranian entities for interfering in presidential election
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned several entities on Tuesday for allegedly spreading disinformation in the lead-up to the 2024 presidential elections on behalf of Russia’s and Iran’s ...
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On the sixth day of Christmas, an X account gave to me: a fake 7-Zip ACE
A social media user with what we assume is the inauthentic handle of @NSA_Employee39 claimed on Monday to have dropped a zero-day vulnerability for the popular, free and open-source file archive ...