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Vietnam to collect biometrics - even DNA - for new ID cards

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Iris scan, voice samples and blood type to be included in database The Vietnamese government will begin collecting biometric information from its citizens for identification purposes beginning in July this year.…

Cybercriminals are stealing iOS users' face scans to break into mobile banking accounts

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Gold Pickaxe malware steals faces

Deepfake-enabled attacks against Android and iPhone users are netting criminals serious cash Cybercriminals are targeting iOS users with malware that steals face scans from the users of Apple devices to break into and pilfer money from bank accounts – thought to be a world first.…

How to weaponize LLMs to auto-hijack websites

46by Thomas Claburn / 4d

We speak to professor who with colleagues tooled up OpenAI's GPT-4 and other neural nets AI models, the subject of ongoing safety concerns about harmful and biased output, pose a risk beyond content emission. When wedded with tools that enable automated interaction with other systems, they can act on their own as malicious agents.…

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A common goal for European cyber security

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Complying with the EU’s NIS2 Directive Webinar It was growing threat levels and an increase in reported cybersecurity attacks since digitalization which pushed the European Union to introduce the original Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive in 2016.…

Orgs are having a major identity crisis while crims reap the rewards

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by Jessica Lyons / 5h

Hacking your way in is so 2022 – logging in is much easier Identity-related threats pose an increasing risk to those protecting networks because attackers – ranging from financially motivated crime gangs and nation-state backed crews – increasingly prefer to log in using stolen credentials instead of exploiting vulnerabilities or social engineering.…

Europe's data protection laws cut data storage by making information-wrangling pricier

by Thomas Claburn / 6h

GDPR also slashed processing costs by over a quarter Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has led European firms to store and process less data, recent economic research suggests, because the privacy rules are making data more costly to manage.…

China could be doing better at censorship, think tank finds

US urged counter China censorship

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by Laura Dobberstein / 9h

Complex overlapping bureaucracy sometimes lacks the funds and skills to do it right China's censorship regime remains pervasive and far reaching, but the bureaucratic apparatus implementing it is unevenly developed and is not always well funded, according to a report released on Tuesday.…

Singapore's monetary authority advises banks to get busy protecting against quantum decryption

Singapore's financial sector embraces quantum

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by Laura Dobberstein / 12h

No time like the present, says central bank The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) advised on Monday that financial institutions need to stay agile enough to adopt post-quantum cryptography (PQC) and quantum key distribution (QKD) technology, without significantly impacting systems as part of cyber security measures.…

Cops turn LockBit ransomware gang's countdown timers against them

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by Connor Jones / 21h

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CVE-2023-3824

Authorities dismantle cybercrime royalty by making mockery of their leak site In seizing and dismantling LockBit's infrastructure, Western cops are now making a mockery of the ransomware criminals by promising a long, drawn-out disclosure of the gang's secrets.…

Wyze admits 13,000 users could have viewed strangers' camera feeds

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by Connor Jones / 22h

Customers report feeling violated following the security snafu Smart home security camera slinger Wyze is telling customers that a cybersecurity "incident" allowed thousands of users to see other people's camera feeds.…

Insider steals 79,000 email addresses at work to promote own business

Council data breach exposes email addresses

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by Connor Jones / 1d

After saying they're very sorry, they escape with a slap on the wrist A former council staff member in the district where William Shakespeare was born ransacked databases filled with residents' information to help drum up new