Threat actors breached the network of cybersecurity company Avast in a sophisticated cyber operation, referred to as “Abiss,” that likely attempted to poison the supply chain and target its anti-virus software, CCleaner.
In a recent Security webinar, How You Can Turn Security Training and Awareness into Action, Pieter Danhieux, Co-Founder and CEO of Secure Code Warrior, says there are 111 billion lines of code written by an estimated 22 million developers every year. “Building code is like building a house. If you do everything well, you end up with a beautiful, modern and secure house,” says Danhieux.
Hackers have shut down the cyber network of Johannesburg City Council, targeting computers of local government employees in South Africa’s economic hub.
A research team at TU Delft and Radboud University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands and the University of Liverpool piloted a swarm of tiny drones autonomously and found two ‘disaster victims’ despite each machine having extremely limited sensing and computing.
A mobile-aware phishing campaign targeting non-governmental organizations around the world, including a variety of United Nations humanitarian organizations has been detected.
Vimeo, a video platform, has been accused of violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) for illegally storing, collecting and using individuals' biometric indentifiers and biometric information without written consent.
The French government’s plan to launch facial recognition technology in November with the aim of giving citizens secure digital identities “seems premature,” Digital Minister Cedric O told Le Monde newspaper.
Penn State World Campus students have developed a multi-pronged data analysis approach that can improve Internet of Things (IoT) devices to protect against cybersecurity threats, according to a Penn State news report.
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