The 2024 Olympics are Preparing for the Coming Cyberthreats
The Paris 2024 Olympics is preparing to face an unprecedented challenge in terms of cybersecurity, the main threats being organized crime, activists, and states.
Paris...
Experts Weigh in On the Israel-Hamas Cyberwar – Who is Paying...
Cybersecurity experts reveal the online battle happening alongside the physical one in the Israel-Hamas war, cataloging and analyzing the various cyber operations performed by...
Israel’s New ‘Cyber Dome’ Against Iranian Cyberattacks
Israel's Iron Dome defense system famously defends it from incoming aerial attacks, and now it is getting a “cyber counterpart” to defend against online...
Authorities Call for Action Against Pro-Russian Hacktivist Attacks
Authorities including the CISA, the FBI, the NSA, the EPA, the Department of Energy, and others, are calling operators of critical infrastructure to take...
Careful Where You Upload – New Ransomware Threat
While cybersecurity-savvy internet users know they should avoid clicking on links that may download unknown files onto their devices, a new emerging threat can...
UK Passes Laws to Protect Consumers Against Cyberattacks
The UK enacts new laws to protect consumers against hacking and cyberattacks. The laws will enforce consumer protections and mandate that internet-connected smart devices...
Stop Encryption on Social Media, Says European Police
Europe’s Police Chiefs and Europol are calling for politicians and industry leaders to take urgent action to ensure public safety across social media platforms,...
Scammers Bypass Google Ad Checks, Impersonate Real Brands
Some users found that when they try to reach a popular website through Google, they click on the ad at the top of the...
Scientists Use AI to Identify AI Deepfake Videos
While content generated by artificial intelligence has been prevalent online for some time now, AI video generation has recently advanced to a whole new...
The New Chip That Can Protect You from Data Theft
Researchers from the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab developed new machine-learning accelerator chips that aim to enhance data security for health trackers, fitness apps, and...
Can GPT-4 Hack Your Computer?
Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign investigated Large language models like GPT-4 and their effectiveness in exploiting cybersecurity vulnerabilities, and found they can...
New Tool Protects Voice Recordings from Being Abused by Cybercriminals
It is widely known by now that technologies based on artificial intelligence have brought with them synthesized media cloning the appearance and sound of...
Have An Android Phone? You Might Be at A Higher Risk...
Android phones were exposed by experts as extremely vulnerable to cyberattacks, with almost 200,000 data tracking attempts made in just 30 days on a...
AI is Making Smart Devices Easier to Hack – What Can...
Our everyday routines are becoming increasingly flooded with AI-powered smart and ultra-connected devices (Internet of Things), and manufacturers are gathering incredible amounts of user...
Russia’s Cyber Sabotage Group Poses a Global Threat
A Russian-linked cyber group is becoming a significant global threat by playing an increasingly major role in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
Leading cybersecurity firm...
The Cyberattacks Accompanying Iran’s Missiles
Iran-sponsored cyberattacks have significantly increased in recent weeks, with multiple hacker groups shifting their focus to Israeli targets. Indeed, before Iran’s missile attack on...
Microsoft’s New AI Watchdog Meant to Detect Malicious Prompts
Microsoft announces new techniques to fight against two types of attacks used by malicious actors to jailbreak AI systems – AI Spotlighting (which separates...
Cybergangs Are Using AI-Generated Code – What Are the Implications?
Cybercriminals impersonating legitimate German companies are attacking organizations across various industries in the country using AI, as was reported by cybersecurity company Proofpoint.
The hackers,...
The ‘Cybercrime Index’ Ranks Countries by Cybercrime Threat Level
An international team of researchers worked for three years to compile the first ever "World Cybercrime Index” (which was developed as a joint partnership...
Cybersecurity Report Shows Record Number of Cyberattacks in 2024
New report by cybersecurity company Check Point reveals that the first quarter of 2024 showed a significant increase in cyberattacks, with the most heavily...
Crypto Scammers Upload Fake Apps to Google Play, Sued by Google
Google has filed a lawsuit against a group of crypto scammers for defrauding over 100,000 people worldwide by uploading fraudulent investment and crypto exchange...
A Look into the Cyberthreats Leading to the Elections
2024 is an election year for many countries worldwide, and cybersecurity experts are worried about the destructive influence cyber threats and AI can cause.
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Data Breaches Are Connected to Mass Layoffs, Research
A research team from Binghamton University and the State University of New York explains the connection between mass layoffs and data breaches, theorizing that...
