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Threat actors linked to North Korea have accounted for one-third of all the phishing activity targeting Brazil since 2020, as the country's emergence as an influential power has drawn the...

Trends in online fraud detection often act as the canary in the coal mine when it comes to understanding and combating the next generation of online scams, fraud and cybersecurity threats. As deepfakes and other AI-powered scams trick users into sharing their private information, a privacy-centric approach to fraud prevention - one that doesn't rely on sensitive user data to authenticate a user or transactions - makes good business and technological sense.

Microsoft on Thursday revealed that it's delaying the rollout of the controversial artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Recall feature for Copilot+ PCs. To that end, the company said it intends to...

One of the obstacles on the road to broad adoption of the Digital ID concept is the lack of a general legislative framework for this form of identity proofing. In particular, 74% of respondents underscore the necessity for global digital ID standards and legislation to ensure interoperability of such IDs across borders.

In this Help Net Security video, Dr. Pedram Hayati, CEO at SecDim, and Fil Filiposki, founder of AttackForge, discuss how the two companies have formed a strategic collaboration to tackle the major challenge of resurfacing vulnerabilities. By integrating SecDim's AppSec Learning wargame into AttackForge, a PenTest management platform, engineers gain a sandbox to explore real-world vulnerabilities safely.

Microsoft is delaying the release of its AI-powered Windows Recall feature to test and secure it further before releasing it in a public preview on Copilot+ PCs. Initially slated for release in a public preview on June 18 with the arrival of the new Copilot+ AI PCs, the company now says they are delaying its release by making it first available for preview with Windows Insiders. "Recall will now shift from a preview experience broadly available for Copilot+ PCs on June 18, 2024, to a preview available first in the Windows Insider Program in the coming weeks," reads an update to a recent Windows Recall blog post.

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Leading U.S. commercial bank Truist confirmed its systems were breached in an October 2023 cyberattack after a threat actor posted some of the company's data for sale on a hacking forum. While BleepingComputer could not independently verify these claims, the data also allegedly contains bank transactions with names, account numbers, balances, and IVR funds transfer source code.

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Ascension, one of the largest U.S. healthcare systems, revealed that a May 2024 ransomware attack was caused by an employee who downloaded a malicious file onto a company device. Ascension says this was likely an "Honest mistake" as the employee thought they were downloading a legitimate file.