What Security Experts Say On Amazon Facial Recognition Falsely Matches?
Amazon’s controversial facial recognition technology has incorrectly matched more than 100 photos of politicians in the UK and US to police mugshots, a new study by Comparitech.com has revealed. This isn’t the first time the software’s accuracy has been called into question. In July 2018, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) found 28 false matches between US Congress members […]
Valak Loader Revamped To Rob Microsoft Exchange Servers – Expert Comments
In response to reports that Valak malware has now changed to an information stealer that target Microsoft Exchange servers to steal enterprise mailing information, passwords and enterprise certificates, a cybersecurity expert offers comments.
Michigan State University hit By Ransomware Gang – Cybersecurity Experts Insight
Michigan State University is being targeted with ransomware, and the attackers in this case made the announcement. The operators of the NetWalker (Mailto) ransomware said that they’ve infected the university’s network and have given MSU administrators a week to pay an undisclosed ransom demand to decrypt their files. If MSU officials refuse to pay or choose to restore from […]
Stupid Facebook Mistake Finally Catches Malicious Hacker With 1 Million Stolen Identities
Another twisted tale from the research team at Check Point has been published on May 28, detailing its investigation to expose the real identity of an infamous super-hacker responsible for attacks on 5,000 websites, the theft of the private data for a least a million people, and the sale of stolen credit cards. Despite the thefts, the UGNazi-affiliated hacker pushed […]
FIN7 Hacking Group Member Arrested By The U.S.
It was reported yesterday that U.S. officials have arrested another alleged member of the FIN7 hacking group (also known as the Carbanak Group).
Expert Insight: ZLoader Malware Returns As A Coronavirus Phishing Scam
It appears that banking malware ZLoader has returned to the scene. As reported by Cyware, hackers have distributed the malware as part of a coronavirus-related phishing scam and has reportedly been spotted in over 100 email campaigns since the start of this year. According to Cyware, the malware is still under active development with new variants of the code continuing […]
Microsoft Warns Of PonyFinal Ransomware With Infections Detected Across Iran, India And US
Microsoft’s security team has issued an advisory today warning organizations around the globe to deploy protections against a new strain of ransomware that has been in the wild over the past two months. Infections have been reported in India, Iran and the United States. The intrusion point is usually an account on a company’s systems management […]
Expert Reaction On NHS ‘Test And Trace’ Data Being Kept For 20 Years
Following the release of the Public Health England privacy notice stating that PII collected by the new NHS Test and Trace initiative will be kept for 20 years.
Security Expert Re: Fortune 500 Company NTT Discloses Hack On Internal Network
The Japanese telecommunications leader NTT disclosed today a security breach in which hackers gained access to their internal network and stole customer data.
Expert Reactions On iOS Mail Has ‘Critical’ Security Flaws
As reported by TechRadar, Germany’s federal cybersecurity agency has issued a warning urging all iOS users to install Apple’s latest security updates which patch two zero-click security vulnerabilities that impact the company’s default email app. The vulnerabilities were first discovered by the US-based security firm ZecOps which found that they were being actively exploited in attacks […]
