GitHub has just announced the exciting release of public beta for passwordless authentication support. This new feature allows users, who choose to participate, to upgrade from security keys to passkeys. It’s a breakthrough in secure access management that is definitely worth exploring! Passkeys play a crucial role in safeguarding devices …
Read More »CVSS 4.0 released: The New Standard for Vulnerability Scoring
FIRST has unveiled the latest version of its Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS 4.0). CVSS is important for the connection between suppliers and consumers. It helps identify the main characteristics of security vulnerabilities and gives them a score that shows how serious they are. This helps businesses; service providers, government, …
Read More »Only 45% of cloud data is currently encrypted
According to Thales, the number of businesses that suffered a data breach in their cloud environment last year increased to 39%, up from the 35% reported in 2022. Cloud environments security 55% of respondents stated that human error is the main cause of cloud data breaches. This comes as businesses …
Read More »Daily Cybersecurity update, July-3, 2023
The ever-increasing influence of Chinese threat actors in the cyber landscape is causing significant concern. As per the latest revelations, a Chinese state-linked group successfully stole data from a U.S. federal agency and targeted several European nations too. Today, we also have a Delaware county facing temporary outages due to …
Read More »Elon Musk bring ‘xAI’ to compete with Chat GPT
Elon Musk launched his own artificial intelligence company xAI to compete with ChatGPT. The new startup is made up of prominent AI researchers. xAI’s artificial intelligence research team is made up of companies like OpenAI, Google, Microsoft. xAI will be independently operated by X Corp, Twitter’s parent company. According to …
Read More »Digital Security Act to be amended by September : Law Minister
Law Minister Anisul Haque said that the Digital Security Act will be amended by September. He said this after a meeting with Uzra Zeya, Undersecretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights of the US Department of State at the Secretariat on Thursday (July 12). After the meeting, the Law …
Read More »Ransomware tracker: The latest figures-July 2023
Ransomware attacks on schools spiked in June, reaching a new record high. On average, ransomware groups claimed more than one attack per day on educational institutions. In June, there were 37 attacks on schools, which is more than the 24 attacks that occurred the month before. This information is from …
Read More »Bangladesh Gov.t sent thanking mail to Viktor Markopoulos
Bangladesh Gov.t acknowledged the researcher Viktor Markopoulos’s mail. Executive Director of Bangladesh computer council (BCC) Ranajit Kumar said, we mail him today thanking to let us know the data leak issue to us. He said, the mail sent by Viktor Markopoulos helps us to find the very important data leak …
Read More »The GPT-4 API Available To Everyone
OpenAI’s API is now providing access to GPT-4, their latest text-generation model. It is available to the public, allowing users to experience its benefits. As part of its upgrade, the company also made GPT 3.5, DALL-E, and Whisper available. “Whisper” is the designation for OpenAI’s speech-to-text model, whereas “DALL-E 2” …
Read More »Daily Cybersecurity update, July 12, 2023
Once again proving that the educational sector is a favorite target among threat actors, a Michigan community college fell victim to a data breach. The incident possibly exposed the personal information of over 750,000 people. Another day, another government attacked. The Ministry of Digital Transformation in Trinidad and Tobago suffered …
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