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America’s consumer watchdog drops leash on proposed data broker crackdown
Crooks must be licking their lips at the possibilities Uncle Sam's consumer watchdog has scrapped plans to implement Biden-era rules that would've treated certain data brokers as credit bureaus, forcing them to follow stricter laws when flogging Americans' sensitive data.…
Defamation case against DEF CON terminated with prejudice
'We hope it makes attendees feel safe reporting violations' A Seattle court this week dismissed with prejudice the defamation case brought against DEF CON and its organizer Jeff Moss by former conference stalwart Christopher Hadnagy.…
Broadcom employee data stolen by ransomware crooks following hit on payroll provider
The tech biz was in the process of dropping the payroll company as it learned of the breach EXCLUSIVE A ransomware attack at a Middle Eastern business partner of payroll company ADP has led to customer data theft at Broadcom, The Register has learned.…
Good luck to Atos’ 7th CEO and its latest biz transformation
We suspect Philippe Salle will need it, not to mention staff and customers If at first you don't succeed, transform, transform, and transform again is the corporate motto at Atos these days. The lumbering French-based megacorp has created another blueprint to return to its glory days, and it…
From hype to harm: 78% of CISOs see AI attacks already
AI attacks are keeping most practitioners up at night, says Darktrace, and with good reason Sponsored feature From the written word through to gunpowder and email, whenever an enabling technology comes along, you can be sure someone will be ready to use it for evil. Most tech is…
Scammers are deepfaking voices of senior US government officials, warns FBI
They're smishing, they're vishing The FBI has warned that fraudsters are impersonating "senior US officials" using deepfakes as part of a major fraud campaign.…
Cyber fiends battering UK retailers now turn to US stores
DragonForce-riding ransomware ring also has 'shiny object syndrome' so will likely move on to another sector soon Interview The same miscreants behind recent cyberattacks on British retailers are now trying to dig their claws into major American retailers' IT environments – and in some cases possibly even deploying…
Coinbase extorted for $20M. Support staff bribed. Customers scammed. One hell of a breach disclosure…
One expert tells us: 'It is the most unique breach disclosure I've ever seen' Coinbase says some of its overseas support staff were paid off to steal information on behalf of cybercriminals, and the company is now being extorted for $20 million.…
Socket buys Coana to tell you which security alerts you can ignore
Sometimes, less information is more In its latest gambit to reduce the noise of unnecessary security alerts, Socket has acquired Coana, a startup founded in 2022 by researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark that tells users which vulnerabilities they can safely ignore.…
Snowflake CISO on the power of ‘shared destiny’ and ‘yes and’
Lessons learned from last year's security snafu interview Being the chief information security officer at Snowflake is never an easy job, but last spring it was especially challenging.…