A UN committee has approved the first global treaty on cybercrime, despite opposition from human rights groups and a coalition of technology companies. The treaty was adopted by consensus after three years of negotiations, but will have to go through a General Assembly vote in the fall. It needs to be ratified by 40 states. … Read more
MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) has launched the Artificial Intelligence Risk Repository, a database of over 700 documented AI risks. According to the CSAIL announcement, the database is the first of its kind and will be continuously updated so that it can be used as an active resource. The project was initiated … Read more
Check Point Software Technologies, a leading cybersecurity platform provider of AI-powered cloud solutions, has released its Global Threat Index for August 2024. The list reveals that ransomware remains a dominant force, with RansomHub holding the position of com and the first team in the world. the division. This Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operation has grown rapidly since … Read more
Old devices are often an easy target for cybercriminals, especially if they have exploitable vulnerabilities and no fixes are available due to their end-of-life, experts at global digital security company ESET warn. Hacking old or vulnerable devices is a problem, but why would anyone try to hack devices that are no longer supported or running … Read more
According to a recent Kaspersky survey of 25 popular global companies, Google, Facebook and Amazon are the most frequent targets of phishing attacks. Cybercriminals are also heavily targeting the credentials and data of other companies, with the number of attacks increasing almost 1.5 times year on year. Kaspersky analyzed a sample of 25 names from … Read more