Author: Olivia William

As technology evolves, artificial intelligence is becoming more prevalent in various industries. While AI technology is designed to make our lives easier, it’s also transforming job industries and taking over human responsibilities. Here we look at automation processes that AI jobs is taking over. Many people are concerned about Elon Musk’s prediction that computers, intelligent machines, and robots are the future workforce. As these technologies become more commonplace, they will begin to take over certain jobs and reduce the need for human labor. This could have a drastic economic impact as people will have fewer opportunities to find employment. Approximately…

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Top US officials are investigating a military intel leak. This extraordinary level of detail in the files revealed how the United States spies on both allies and enemies. This has left U.S. officials and their foreign allies stunned and occasionally enraged as they tried to figure out how dozens of classified intelligence documents ended up on the internet on Saturday. The highly classified documents, which appear to have originated at least partly from the Pentagon, provide tactical details regarding the conflict in Ukraine, including the nation’s military prowess. According to a defense official, many of the documents appear to have…

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Here is the rundown of news and events that happened this week in the world of cybersecurity. TMX Financial Reveals 4.8 Million Persons Affected By Data Breach TMX Finance, an American consumer loan company, announced a major data breach three months ago. The Savannah, Georgia-based corporation informed the Maine Attorney General that the breach likely began in early December 2022. On February 13, 2023, the corporation discovered it. We promptly checked all potentially affected files for implicated data. On March 1, 2023, the inquiry found that the data may have been collected between February 3 and 14. The statement said…

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To combat the widespread exploitation of Cobalt Strike abuse, a legitimate testing tool that attackers have used to devastate the healthcare sector, Microsoft and two partner organizations have been given a court order. In a project unveiled on Thursday, the business’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) is collaborating with software developer Fortra, the non-profit Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Health-ISAC), misused Microsoft software, which cybercriminals have exploited to spread malware, including ransomware, to “disrupt cracked, older copies of Cobalt Strike.” Red teams use Fortra’s Cobalt Strike, an adversary simulator and penetration testing application, to find vulnerabilities and formulate solutions. Nevertheless,…

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Google strives to increase the security of Play Store apps and make users more aware of how Android apps use their data. Google is adopting a new policy for Android apps developer to give users and developers more control and clarity over the data that users share with apps. This guideline requires developers to allow users to cancel their accounts and data online and within the Android apps. Google enhances user experience by making it more straightforward for consumers to request data deletion. Users’ understanding of their data controls and confidence in Google Play and its apps will rise. Developers…

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In the modern world, technology has enabled people to connect and communicate virtually anywhere. With the internet being a critical part of our lives, we transmit and receive a vast amount of sensitive data daily, from banking information to personal emails. However, this has made us vulnerable to cyberattacks like data breaches and identity thefts. To combat these threats, security protocols have been developed to secure communication between users and the internet, and one such protocol is HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure). In this article, we will explore how HTTPS works, the different stages involved in its implementation, and the…

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More than 600,000 records from a well-known online store have leaked due to a database bug. Concerns have been made about the security and privacy of users’ personal information in the wake of the incident brought on by a system misconfiguration. The marketplace’s IT department was conducting routine maintenance on the system when the misconfiguration that caused the data leak happened.  A mistake was made during the maintenance procedure, leaving the information exposed and open to exploitation. Before a security researcher spotted the problem, it went unnoticed for several hours. During this period, anyone who came across the database could…

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One of the most important online criminal sites, Genesis Market, was taken down on Tuesday in an FBI-led investigation involving more than a dozen international partners. Genesis has been connected to millions of financially driven cyber incidents worldwide, from fraud to ransomware attacks. Genesis served as a one-stop shop for thieves, selling stolen credentials and the tools to weaponize that data. The login pages of Genesis Market’s websites have been changed to a splash page announcing the takedown, titled Operation Cookie Monster. The organization maintained websites on both the conventional and the dark web. The Record is aware that numerous…

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TikTok was fined £12.7 million (~$15.7M) for violating UK’s children data protection law, particularly child protection requirements. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today that the video-sharing site “did not do what is expected” to examine who was using their platform and remove underage youngsters. The ICO found 1.4 million underage UK TikTok users between May 2018 and July 2020, despite its terms of service requiring users to be 13 or older. TikTok would have needed parental consent to legitimately process these minors’ data because the UK’s children data protection statute caps children’s consent at 13 years old (which the…

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Capita has acknowledged that a cyberattack occurred last Friday. Many clients across the UK, including government organizations, experienced disruption due to the incident, which disrupted access to internal Microsoft Office 365 apps at the IT services and consultancy firm. In a statement sent to shareholders this morning, Capita stated that the hack did not compromise data. The company is among the biggest providers to the UK government, with public sector contracts worth £6.5 billion in outsourced IT services and other areas. It employs 50,000 people and operates in the UK, South Africa, India, and Europe. Several consumers experienced disruption due…

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