Data classification tools: What they do and who makes them
Data classification is an essential pre-requisite to data protection, security and compliance. Firms need to know where their data is and the types of data…
Month: May 2023
Researcher hijacks popular Packagist PHP packages to get a job
A researcher hijacked over a dozen Packagist packages—with some having been installed hundreds of millions of times over the course of their lifetime. The researcher…
Vanta Vendor Risk Management automates security reviews and remediates issues
Vanta launched Vendor Risk Management (VRM) solution, enabling organizations to accelerate, automate and simplify third-party vendor security reviews and due diligence. Featuring vendor auto-discovery and…
Google Introduces Passwordless Secure Sign-In with Passkeys for Google Accounts
May 03, 2023Ravie LakshmananPassword Security / Authentication Almost five months after Google added support for passkeys to its Chrome browser, the tech giant has begun…
Government anti-fraud strategy targets the tech behind the scams
A national anti-fraud strategy, launched today, will target digitally enabled fraud and scams, taking the fight to the criminal underground and stopping fraudsters from ever…
Brightline data breach impacts 783K pediatric mental health patients
Pediatric mental health provider Brightline is warning patients that it suffered a data breach impacting 783,606 people after a ransomware gang stole data using a…
You can now use passkeys to login into your Google account
Users can now create passkeys for their Google account, the company has announced on Wednesday. Passkeys will enable users to sign in to their Google…
US competition watchdog issues generative AI warning
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a warning to companies over the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to manipulate people’s behaviour for commercial…
Iran Threat Actors Improve Arsenal: Microsoft Intelligence
The Iranian regime is supplementing the cyber attack efforts of Iran threat actors with a new playbook: cyber-enabled influence operations (IO), according to a new…
Organizations Paid Hackers $23.5 Million for These 10 Vulnerabilities in One Year
In times of uncertainty, security becomes an ever more pressing priority. The stakes are high: organizations are more reliant on technology than ever and anyone…
Google adds passkeys support for passwordless sign-in on all accounts
Google is rolling out support for passkeys for Google Accounts across all services and platforms, allowing users to sign into their Google accounts without entering…
Card Skimmers and ATMs Used to Drain EBT Accounts in SoCal
Thirteen people have been arrested for allegedly stealing millions of dollars from low-income Southern California residents, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The suspects…