1+ hour, 16+ min ago   (619+ words) Disney has agreed to a $2.75 million fine with the state of California and implementation of a comprehensive privacy program in response to allegations that it broke the state's landmark privacy law by making it exceedingly difficult for consumers to opt…...

8+ hour ago   (735+ words) Sophisticated hacking groups in China, North Korea and Iran are using Google's Gemini AI tool to supercharge their attacks on rivals, refine malware and provide research on targets. While Google said it disabled the assets used by the group, the…...

21+ hour, 37+ min ago   (212+ words) A cyberattack last year on a prominent Georgia-based healthcare company leaked the sensitive information of 626,540 people, according to a new filing with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ApolloMD notified customers of a data breach in September but provided…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (660+ words) North Korean hackers targeted an official at a cryptocurrency company with several unique pieces of malware deployed alongside multiple scams, including a fake Zoom meeting, according to a new report from incident responders." Google-owned Mandiant published a detailed examination of…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (559+ words) A Chinese scammer responsible for laundering $73 million in stolen funds was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a U.S. federal court " but the sentence was delivered in absentia after the defendant cut off his ankle monitor and fled the country in…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (430+ words) German authorities are warning that a suspected state-controlled threat actor is using messaging apps such as Signal to target senior political, military and diplomatic figures, as well as investigative journalists, across Europe. In a joint advisory issued late last week,…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (445+ words) Singapore authorities said Monday that a sophisticated China-linked cyber espionage group carried out a targeted campaign against all four of the country's major telecommunications operators. In a statement, the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) said the threat actor known…...

6+ day, 32+ min ago   (495+ words) The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is testing subway gates that use cameras powered by artificial intelligence to collect data on people suspected of not paying fares, sparking concern among privacy advocates that pedestrians will be constantly monitored. Officials…...

6+ day, 59+ min ago   (350+ words) A 27-year-old Illinois man pleaded guilty to several charges related to a campaign of hacks involving the Snapchat accounts of about 600 women. Kyle Svara of Oswego, Illinois is facing decades in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated identity theft, wire…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (417+ words) The European Commission on Thursday notified TikTok that it believes it has violated the Digital Services Act's provisions barring addictive design. The preliminary findings follow an investigation that began in February 2024 probing features such as "infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications,…...