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Texas’s New App Store Age Verification Law Has Serious Privacy Issues
Age verification is coming to app stores in Texas, meaning that users could soon be required to provide some form of identification in order to download anything from the Google Play and Apple App stores, regardless of the app’s content. Earlier this week, Gov. Greg Abbott signed the Texas App Store Accountability Act, which is set to take effect at…
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FBI warns of Luna Moth extortion attacks targeting law firms
The FBI warned that an extortion gang known as the Silent Ransom Group has been targeting U.S. law firms over the last two years in callback phishing and social engineering attacks. Also known as Luna Moth, Chatty Spider, and UNC3753, this threat group has been active since 2022 and was also behind BazarCall campaigns that provided initial access to corporate…
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Trump signs the Take It Down Act into law
President Donald Trump signed the Take It Down Act into law, enacting a bill that will criminalize the distribution of nonconsensual intimate images (NCII) — including AI deepfakes — and require social media platforms to promptly remove them when notified. The bill sailed through both chambers of Congress with several tech companies, parent and youth advocates, and first lady Melania…
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‘There is no law of computer science that says that AI must remain expensive and must remain large’: IBM CEO Arvind Krishna bangs the drum for smaller AI models
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna believes smaller, domain-specific AI models represent a prime opportunity for enterprises to truly capitalize on the technology. Speaking at IBM’s 2025 Think conference in Boston, Krishna reflected on the course of the generative AI boom so far, noting that the industry has matured significantly compared to last year – as have enterprises and their expectations of…
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Hacked law firm ‘didn’t think it was a data breach’ – the ICO disagreed
A UK law firm has been fined after failing to report a cyber attack, claiming it didn’t think it constituted a data breach. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has hit Merseyside-based DPP Law with a £60,000 penalty for the 2022 hack, which saw sensitive personal data leaked on the dark web. A lack of multi-factor authentication (MFA) on a rarely-used…
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Law enforcement needs to fight fire with fire on AI threats
UK law enforcement agencies have been urged to employ a more proactive approach to AI-related cyber crime as threats posed by the technology accelerate. The Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s national institute for data science and artificial intelligence, is calling for the creation of a dedicated AI Crime Taskforce within the National Crime Agency. Research from the institute shows there’s…
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The Zservers takedown is another big win for law enforcement
Dutch authorities have announced they seized 127 servers run by a Russian-based hosting service used by some of the world’s most notorious cyber gangs. Zservers/XHost is a bulletproof hosting (BPH) service based in the small Russian town of Barnaul in Western Siberia, but the company is reported to play a critical role in the infrastructure of major cyber criminal groups…
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North Carolina law firm notifies 13K people of data breach that compromised SSNs
Yesterday, Mewborn & DeSelms, Attorneys at Law began notifying 12,941 people of a data breach following a cyber attack in April 2024. Ransomware gang BlackSuit claimed an attack on the North Carolina law firm in May 2024. In its notification, Mewborn & DeSelms states: “On April 2, 2024, Mewborn & DeSelms identified a network disruption and promptly initiated an investigation…
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Kansas law firm notifies 152K people of data breach that compromised SSNs, finances
Kansas law firm Berman & Rabin yesterday confirmed it notified 151,944 people about a July 2024 data breach that compromised Social Security numbers and financial account info. Attackers first breached the firm on July 5, 2024, but the firm didn’t discover the breach until October 8, 2024, according to a disclosure submitted to the Maine attorney general. “It was determined…
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Google, Apple Under Investigation to Determine Compliance with New UK Competition Law
Google and Apple are the first companies investigated for potential Strategic Market Status under the new U.K. Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act. If Google or Apple receives the designation, bespoke conduct requirements will be drafted for the company to follow, preventing anti-competitive practices. On Jan. 23, the Competition and Markets Authority announced it would be assessing the mobile ecosystems…
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