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10 fintech companies to watch in 2024
2024-07-23 04:00

Here's our list of 10 companies with big plans. AI helps companies transform their end-to-end compliance process management through artificial intelligence by making legal information from various issuers digitally accessible and automating the evaluation of regulatory impacts on companies in highly regulated sectors.

Despite economic uncertainty, organizations are prioritizing SaaS security investments
2024-07-23 03:30

In this Help Net Security video, Maor Bin, CEO and Co-Founder of Adaptive Shield, discusses the key findings of their recent annual SaaS Security Survey Report, conducted in partnership with the Cloud Security Alliance. Seventy percent of organizations have prioritized investment in SaaS security, establishing dedicated SaaS security teams, despite economic uncertainty and workforce reductions.

Confidential AI: Enabling secure processing of sensitive data
2024-07-23 03:00

Intel builds platforms and technologies that drive the convergence of AI and confidential computing, enabling customers to secure diverse AI workloads across the entire stack. Confidential computing helps secure data while it is actively in-use inside the processor and memory; enabling encrypted data to be processed in memory while lowering the risk of exposing it to the rest of the system through use of a trusted execution environment.

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Google's plan to drop third-party cookies in Chrome crumbles
2024-07-23 00:03

Google no longer intends to drop support for third-party cookies - the online identifiers used by the ad industry to track people and target them with ads based on their online activities. The Privacy Sandbox - a suite of APIs for notionally privacy-protecting online ad delivery and analytics - will co-exist with third-party cookies in Chrome for the foreseeable future.

Greece’s Land Registry agency breached in wave of 400 cyberattacks
2024-07-22 22:46

The Land Registry agency in Greece has announced that it suffered a limited-scope data breach following a wave of 400 cyberattacks targeting its IT infrastructure over the last week. The agency said hackers managed to compromise employee terminals and steal 1.2 GB of data, corresponding to roughly 0.0006% of the total data held by the government organization.

Google rolls back decision to kill third-party cookies in Chrome
2024-07-22 22:23

Google has scrapped its plan to kill third-party cookies in Chrome and will instead introduce a new browser experience to allows users to limit how these cookies are used. [...]

Global cops power down world's 'most prolific' DDoS dealership
2024-07-22 20:15

A DDoS-for-hire site described by the UK's National Crime Agency as the world's most prolific operator in the field is out-of-action following a law enforcement sting dubbed Operation Power Off. Su - a platform responsible for tens of thousands of DDoS attacks every week - and the arrest of its suspected admin.

US sanctions Russian hacktivists who breached water facilities
2024-07-22 18:16

The US government has imposed sanctions on two Russian cybercriminals for cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure. [...]

LA County Superior Court closes doors to reboot justice after ransomware attack
2024-07-22 17:15

Some rest for the wicked? Los Angeles County Superior Court, the largest trial court in America, closed all 36 of its courthouses today following an "unprecedented" ransomware attack on Friday.…

New Play ransomware Linux version targets VMware ESXi VMs
2024-07-22 17:01

Play ransomware is the latest ransomware gang to start deploying a dedicated locker for encrypting Linux devices and specifically targeting VMware ESXi virtual machines. [...]