July 2023

Watchdog mulls online facial age-verification tech – for kids’ parents 21/07/2023 at 14:47 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle COPPA load of this Technology that estimates how old someone is based on their face geometry may soon be used to verify internet users’ ages, if an approach submitted to the US government gets the green light.… This […]

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Lawyer sees almost 1,000 complainants sign up to Capita breach class action 21/07/2023 at 13:47 By Paul Kunert 95% pertain to pension schemes administered by outsourcing giant, says Barings Law The law firm that last month sent a Letter of Claim to Capita over the breach in late March says it has signed up nearly

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Workday wants racially biased recruitment algorithm claims thrown out 21/07/2023 at 12:47 By Lindsay Clark Case is without merit, finance and HR SaaS vendor insists HR and financial management software vendor Workday has moved to dismiss a class action case which alleges it produced a screening system resulting in racial bias.… This article is an

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DDoS Botnets Hijacking Zyxel Devices to Launch Devastating Attacks 21/07/2023 at 12:18 By Several distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnets have been observed exploiting a critical flaw in Zyxel devices that came to light in April 2023 to gain remote control of vulnerable systems. “Through the capture of exploit traffic, the attacker’s IP address was identified, and

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Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway Devices Under Attack: CISA Urges Immediate Action 21/07/2023 at 09:06 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an advisory on Thursday warning that the newly disclosed critical security flaw in Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Gateway devices is being abused to drop web shells on

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Mallox Ransomware Exploits Weak MS-SQL Servers to Breach Networks 21/07/2023 at 07:16 By Mallox ransomware activities in 2023 have witnessed a 174% increase when compared to the previous year, new findings from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 reveal. “Mallox ransomware, like many other ransomware threat actors, follows the double extortion trend: stealing data before encrypting

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Judge lets art trio take another crack at suing AI devs over copyright 21/07/2023 at 05:48 By Katyanna Quach Just the facts, ma’am. More facts, in fact A US federal judge almost threw out a lawsuit brought by artists accusing text-to-image AI developers of copyright infringement, but decided to give the creatives a chance to

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Proposed ban on data brokers selling warrantless personal info to Feds revived 21/07/2023 at 04:34 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Plus: Senator teases larger surveillance reform bill coming soon A draft law that would prevent data brokers from selling US citizens’ personal information to law enforcement and federal agencies without a warrant has been advanced by

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