International

Amazon has agreed to pay nearly $31 million to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in order to resolve allegations related to its Alexa and Ring home security businesses. The larger portion of the settlement, amounting to $25 million, will address accusations that Amazon violated the US Children’s Online Privacy Protection …

According to IT Governance, a global provider of cyber risk and privacy management solutions, 4.3 million records were compromised by cyberattacks across the world in April 2023. This represents an 89% decrease from April 2022. However, organizations must not let this lull them into a false sense of security. Cybercriminals …

Android Smartphone users in front of the big warning signal? A new malware has been discovered, which may pose a major threat to Android users. India’s Central Computer Emergency Response Team or CERT-In has already issued an alert in this regard. The malware, called ‘DAAM’, is infecting Android smart phones, …

Sophos, the world’s leading cyber security firm, has recently released its annual report. The State of Ransomware 2023 report found a slight decrease in the rate of ransomware attacks in Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) last year. According to the latest survey, 68 percent of organizations have fallen victim to …

Another threat actor has unleashed a cyber attack on the UAE banking sector, hot on the heels of the DDoS attacks on First Abu Dhabi Bank and UAE Pass by Anonymous Sudan. Hacker group Mysterious Team Bangladesh has claimed responsibility for taking down the websites of the Abu Dhabi Commercial …

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) has become the first bank in the UAE to offer a convenient remote account opening service for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) using facial recognition technology. This new service allows businesses to open an account without having to visit a branch or submit physical documents. …

Samsung smartphone users have been warned by the vendor and the US Cyber security and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) about a vulnerability that is being actively exploited in attacks. The vulnerability, which is tracked as CVE-2023-21492, is a kernel pointer exposure issue related to log files. It can allow a …

In response to the increasing prevalence of ChatGPT and the associated risks of data leaks, ExtraHop has launched Reveal(x), a cutting-edge solution that offers organizations visibility into their network devices and users connecting to OpenAI domains. The popularity of ChatGPT has skyrocketed, with 1 billion customers reached in a mere …

Cloudflare on Thursday announced Secrets Store, a new solution designed to help developers and organizations securely store and manage secrets across the Cloudflare platform. Any variable that needs to be stored securely and accessed by authorized users only is considered a secret, including credentials, cryptographic keys, tokens, and more. Failure …

Apple on Thursday released security updates for its operating systems to patch dozens of vulnerabilities that could expose iPhones and Macs to hacker attacks, including three zero-days affecting the WebKit browser engine. Two of the actively exploited vulnerabilities, CVE-2023-28204 and CVE-2023-32373, have been reported to the tech giant by an …