TikTok Is Hit With $368 Million Fine Under Europe’s Strict Data Privacy Rules
European regulators slapped TikTok with a $368 million fine on Friday for failing to protect children’s privacy, the first time that the popular short video-sharing…
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CISA Releases New Identity and Access Management Guidance
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released new guidance on how federal agencies can integrate identity and access management (IDAM) capabilities into…
ICS Security Firm Dragos Raises $74 Million in Series D Extension
Dragos, a company that specializes in protecting industrial control systems (ICS) and other operational technology (OT) against cyber threats, on Monday announced raising $74 million…
Imagine Making Shadowy Data Brokers Erase Your Personal Info. Californians May Soon Live the Dream
You may not know it, but thousands of often shadowy companies routinely traffic in personal data you probably never agreed to share — everything from…
Extradited Russian Hacker Behind ‘NLBrute’ Malware Pleads Guilty
Russian hacker Dariy Pankov has pleaded guilty to computer fraud and now faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison, according to an…
California Settles With Google Over Location Privacy Practices for $93 Million
Search giant Google agreed to a $93 million settlement with the state of California on Thursday over its location-privacy practices. The settlement follows a $391.5…
Pentagon’s 2023 Cyber Strategy Focuses on Helping Allies
The US Department of Defense (DoD) this week published an unclassified summary of its 2023 Cyber Strategy, outlining plans for both offensive and defensive efforts.…
In Other News: China Blames NSA for Hack, AI Jailbreaks, Netography Spin-Off
SecurityWeek is publishing a weekly cybersecurity roundup that provides a concise compilation of noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar. We provide a…
MGM Hackers Broadening Targets, Monetization Strategies
Google-owned Mandiant says the financially motivated threat actor responsible for the recent MGM Resorts hack has been expanding its targets, as well as its monetization…
Deduce Raises $9 Million to Fight AI-Generated Identity Fraud
Identity fraud prevention provider Deduce this week announced that it has raised $9 million in a new funding round that brings the total raised by…
Google Feature Blamed for Retool Breach That Led to Cryptocurrency Firm Hacks
A recently introduced Google account sync feature has been blamed by software development firm Retool after sophisticated hackers gained access to its systems and targeted…
A Second Major British Police Force Suffers a Cyberattack in Less Than a Month
Personal details of thousands of police officers and staff from Greater Manchester Police have been hacked from a company that makes identity cards, the second…