Privacy professionals

Privacy professionals

The official Amazon Q extension for Visual Studio Code was compromised to include a prompt to wipe the user's home directory and delete all their AWS resources.

AI services like Perplexity and OpenAI's SearchGPT could potentially become future search options in Apple's Safari browser, as mentioned by Apple SVP Eddy Cue.

A new variant of Coyote banking trojan leverages Microsoft's UI Automation (UIA), making it the first malware to use this tool for credential theft.

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently determined that, between October 2018 and August 2020, the challenger bank lacked sufficient "anti-financial crime systems and controls" for signing up new customers, assessing any risks they posed and identifying fraudulent transactions.

The survey found 83% of IT and engineering professionals admitted to actively bypassing security controls in order to get their work done. This highlights a significant disconnect between security protocols and operational needs.

The OWASP Top 10 is a foundational resource that outlines prevalent web application risks and raises awareness about vulnerabilities in software development.

The Russian government has passed a law criminalizing the searching of "extremist materials" online, restricting the use of popular VPN services and imposing fines.

Anna Downes felt ignored by her local police and treated as a nuisance after being cyberflashed by Ben Gunnery. After reporting the incidents, she received explicit images and felt horrified and violated.

As temperatures soar again with another heatwave, NJ Transit commuters are anxious about air conditioning reliability on trains, recalling issues from a severe June climate event.

The incident's fallout has generated conversations about business ethics, corporate accountability, and the repercussions that conflicts of interest among leadership can cause. But there are also broader implications at play in our increasingly online world.

The risks are practically endless. Enterprises are investing billions in generative AI initiatives while ignoring doubts about future legal exposures. Major model makers provide no visibility into their training data.

Delta's current and planned individualized pricing practices not only present data privacy concerns, but will also likely mean fare price increases up to each individual consumer's personal 'pain point' at a time when American families are already struggling with rising costs.

Chenguang Gong, a former engineer, pleaded guilty to stealing over 3,600 trade secrets to assist China, involving sensitive defense technology files. His actions occurred during his brief employment.

DuckDuckGo announced a new feature that allows users to hide AI-generated images by default, enhancing the image search experience for reference and copyright-free material.

Pew reports that searches without an AI answer resulted in a click rate of 15 percent. On SERPs with AI Overviews, the rate of clicks to other sites drops by almost half, to 8 percent.

Unexpected contact over messaging apps often indicates potential scams. Fraudsters can present convincing personas, using familiar connections and multimedia to earn credibility.

The rise of privacy and data regulations, particularly with the GDPR and CCPA, mandates marketers to ensure compliance to avoid fines and damage to reputation.

A tech industry group, NetChoice, plans to continue legal challenges against a Mississippi law requiring age verification for social media users, arguing it infringes on user privacy rights.