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Recent activity that Facebook associated with the group focused on military personnel, defense organizations, and aerospace entities primarily in the United States and, to a lesser extent, the U.K. and Europe, showing an escalation of the group's cyberespionage activities. Today, Facebook revealed that it took action against similar attacks from the Iranian hacking group, which leveraged its online platform to lure victims into downloading malware.
The role of facial-recognition technology was put under the microscope earlier this week after the US House Committee on the Judiciary heard evidence about how it's used by law enforcement agencies. Dr Cedric Alexander, a former member of President Barack Obama's Task Force on 21st Century Policing, underlined the minefield facing lawmakers by laying out how, on the one hand, FRT can promote justice and "Even save lives" but not if it means sacrificing constitutional rights.
The United States will seek global rules on how to prevent misuse of artificial intelligence, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday, as he renewed warnings against Russia over hacking. Speaking at a conference on emerging technologies, the top US diplomat voiced alarm that a growing number of authoritarian states led by China are using the internet as well as new technologies to curb dissent and exert greater control.
China-based hackers actively target US defense and software companies using a vulnerability in the SolarWinds Serv-U FTP server. Today, SolarWinds released a security update for a zero-day vulnerability in Serv-U FTP servers that allow remote code execution when SSH is enabled.
China-based hackers actively target US defense and software companies using a vulnerability in the SolarWinds Serv-U FTP server. Today, SolarWinds released a security update for a zero-day vulnerability in Serv-U FTP servers that allow remote code execution when SSH is enabled.
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged an individual for engaging in insider trading on the darknet. Greece-based Apostolos Trovias, known as the "The Bull" frequently used encrypted messaging services and the dark web for soliciting, exchanging and selling inside information.
Fashion brands Guess and Spread Group have confirmed data breaches in which crooks walked off with US Social Security Numbers, contracts, passwords, payment details, and more. Guess warned that SSNs, driving licence numbers, passport numbers, and financial account numbers of "Certain individuals" had been obtained by the attackers; Spread Group saw a somewhat wider breach leaking hashed passwords, payment details, and contract information for both customers and suppliers.
Julian Assange will remain in a British prison for now after the US government won permission to appeal against a January court ruling that freed him from extradition to America. News of the appeal came as the US Department of Justice offered Assange a deal that would keep him out of the notoriously cruel US supermax prisons, according to The Times.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki says that the US will take action against cybercriminal groups from Russia if the Russian government refuses to do so. She also said that high-level US and Russian officials will meet again next week to address the recent attacks that have targeted US organizations this year.
World-leading chemical distribution company Brenntag has shared additional info on what data was stolen from its network by DarkSide ransomware operators during an attack from late April 2021 that targeted its North America division. As revealed in data breach notification letters sent to affected individuals during late June, the chemical distribution firm became aware of the attack on April 28, two days after the DarkSide operators breached its network.