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Gavin Blackburn / Euronews: President Emmanuel Macron says France will ban social media access for children under 15 within “a few months” if it is not done at the European level  —  Macron's pledge comes after a 14-year-old pupil fatally stabbed a staff member during a routine bag check at a school in eastern France.

In cybersecurity, there’s an urge to collect as much data as possible. Logs, alerts, metrics, everything. But more data doesn’t necessarily translate to better security. SOCs deal with tens of thousands of alerts every day. It’s more than any person can realistically keep up with. When too much data comes in at once, things get missed. Responses slow down and, over time, the constant pressure can lead to burnout. According to a Vectra AI survey, … More → The post The path to better cybersecurity isn’t more data, it’s less noise appeared first on Help Net Security.

Alan Wong / Bloomberg: Hong Kong invokes its national security law to ban Taiwanese-made mobile game Reversed Front: Bonfire, marking the first known use of the law to block a game  —  Hong Kong invoked national security laws to ban a video game for the first time, broadening the use of the set of legislation …

The botnet’s still alive and evolving Badbox 2.0, the botnet that infected millions of smart TV boxes and connected devices before private security researchers and law enforcement partially disrupted its infrastructure, is readying for a third round of fraud and digital attacks, according to one of the threat hunters who uncovered the original scheme.…

That's certainly one way to get the crypto thieves off your back, maybe...

The publicly available exploits provide a near-universal way to bypass key protections.

Ivanti has released security updates to fix three high-severity hardcoded key vulnerabilities in the company's Workspace Control (IWC) solution. [...]

In a twist on typical hiring-related social engineering attacks, the FIN6 hacking group impersonates job seekers to target recruiters, using convincing resumes and phishing sites to deliver malware. [...]

A contract obtained by 404 Media shows that an airline-owned data broker forbids the feds from revealing it sold them detailed passenger data.

A milestone in cyberattack recovery – but deliveries will take a while and normal service not yet back UK retailer Marks & Spencer has reinstated online orders for some customers, marking a major milestone in its recovery from a cyberattack in April.…

The financial sector was the industry most targeted by distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in 2024, with a peak in October

The company has unveiled new innovations in quantum hardware and software that researchers hope will make quantum computing both error-proof and useful before the end of the decade

A new analysis by Frances data protection authority, CNIL, estimates that the GDPR has delivered significant cybersecurity benefits across the EU, preventing cyber-related losses of up to 1.4 billion since its 2018 implementation, Cybernews reports.

Big tech can't be bothered to fight crime. It can barely be bothered even to say so Opinion  A lot of our tech world is nightmarish, but sometimes this is literally true.…

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A company spokesperson said it is working with law enforcement to determine when it can move the cars that have been.

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An organised crime gang has stolen £47 million ($64 million) from the UK’s tax office by hacking into over 100,000 customer accounts and fraudulently claiming government payments. His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) confirmed the breach but assured taxpayers that no individuals lost money.  According to HMRC, criminals used stolen personal data, likely obtained through […] The post Organised Crime Gang Steals £47 Million from UK Tax Office in Phishing Scam appeared first on eSecurity Planet.

UNFI, a grocery distributor for Whole Foods and others, warned of disruptions to customer orders after a cyberattack.

A parliamentary investigation answered some — but not all — the questions related to a spyware scandal involving the use of the Israeli company’s spyware, Graphite.

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China’s most popular AI chatbots like Alibaba’s Qwen have temporarily disabled functions including picture recognition, to prevent students from cheating during the country’s annual “gaokao” college entrance examinations.

CardinalOps' report shows that organizations are struggling to keep up with the evolution of the latest threats while a significant number of detection rules remain non-functional.

Over 4 billion user records were found exposed online in a massive breach, possibly linked to the surveillance of Chinese citizens. Cybersecurity researcher Bob Dyachenko and the Cybernews team discovered a massive data leak in China that exposed billions of documents, including financial, WeChat, and Alipay data, likely affecting hundreds of millions. Researchers speculate data […]

AI adoption is increasing, with 84% of organizations now using AI in the cloud, according to Orca Security. But this innovation comes with new risks: 62% of organizations have at least one vulnerable AI package, and some of the most prevalent AI-related CVEs enable remote code execution. AI adoption comes with new risks “While multi-cloud architectures offer outstanding flexibility and growth, it also makes it harder to maintain consistent visibility and coverage across environments. Add … More → The post Cloud and AI drive efficiency, but open doors for attackers appeared first on Help Net Security.