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"New Yorkers should not be forced to accept biometric surveillance as part of simple activities like buying groceries or taking their kids to a baseball game," more than 30 civil and digital rights organizations said yesterday in a letter backing new privacy laws in the city. The New York Civil Liberties Union, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, Amnesty International and others wrote a memo of support for two pending state bills that aim to ban facial recognition and other biometric tech both in public spaces, such as shops and arenas, and in residential buildings.
A married couple from New York City has pleaded guilty to money laundering charges in connection with the 2016 hack of cryptocurrency stock exchange Bitfinex, resulting in the theft of about...
The NYC Department of Education has banned the use of ChatGPT by students and teachers in New York City schools as there are serious concerns about its use hampering learning and leading to misinformation. Microsoft is reportedly planning to integrate ChatGPT into Bing to give its search engine an edge over competitors like Google Search.
5 Kali Linux tools you should learn how to useKali Linux is a specialized Linux distribution developed by Offensive Security, designed for experienced Linux users who need a customized platform for penetration testing. Stop audience hijacking and defend against redirection to malicious websitesIn this Help Net Security video, Patrick Sullivan, CTO of Security Strategy at Akamai, talks about the threat of audience hijacking and offers protection tips.
Cybertech NYC 2022 is talking place at the Javits Center in New York. Here's a closer look at this event, which focuses on innovation and the future of cyber.
This event, which focuses on innovation and the future of cyber, brings together prominent cyber leaders, both from the New York City cyber ecosystem and around the globe. This video provides a closer look at this year's event.
Help Net Security is in New York City at the Javits Center this week for Cybertech NYC 2022. Here’s a closer look at this event, which focuses on innovation and the future of cyber. The featured...
New York City's law department was been hit with a cyberattack that forced officials to take the 1,000-lawyer agency offline, but Mayor Bill de Blasio said he believes no data was compromised in the hack. City officials said they disconnected the law department's computers from the city's network on Sunday, after discovering the cyberattack.
Chinese-backed threat actors breached New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority network in April using a Pulse Secure zero-day. MTA mitigated the vulnerability on April 21, one day after Pulse Secure issued an advisory, and CISA published an alert on the Pulse Secure zero-day exploited in the attack.
"Most of them are companies with between $5 million and $20 million in annual revenue, and are scaling up to the next level." The purpose of this new cybersecurity hub is to provide the ecosystem and help necessary for growth to $100 million or $200 million companies - and eventually perhaps to the next $1 billion cybersecurity business. "We already have the biggest cybersecurity hub in Israel," he said, "Where we continue to invest in and help create many of the new 'ex-8200' cybersecurity startups, and we help these companies grow in the U.S. or Europe. So, we have experience in this."