AI, loss of borders dominate the compliance landscape in 2024

With the landscape for compliance evolving at a rapid pace, companies will need to adapt to new challenges and circumstances in the coming year. . . SC Media spoke with top vendors in the field who agreed that the compliance landscape scarcely resembles what it was just a few years ago, and with new technologies […]

Free takes 5G standalone lead in France

News The operator says it is the first in the country to launch 5G standalone (SA) on a “national scale” This week, French mobile network operator Free, owned by telecoms giant Iliad Group, has announced the launch of 5G SA services. “Today, Free is announcing that it has deployed 5G SA (Standalone Access) on the […]

Nokia launches sustainability calculator for private networks

Press Release Nokia today announced the launch of a new sustainability calculator for private wireless networks for enterprises. This tool helps companies estimate the environmental and social benefits of using private wireless networks and the new Industry 4.0 applications they enable. Notable benefits include improved operations, reduced costs and carbon emissions, and fewer workplace accidents. […]

Middle East backdoored by Iranian state-backed hackers

With its comprehensive passive/listener-based utilities for initial access and lateral movement, UNC1860 may have supported Iranian hacking attacks with the BABYWIPER malware against Israel last October and intrusions with the ROADSWEEP malware against Albania in 2022. Source link

Several orgs purportedly attacked by novel Valencia Ransomware gang

Newly emergent Valencia Ransomware hacking operation has taken responsibility for compromising California’s City of Pleasanton, Malaysian pharmaceutical firm Duopharma Biotech Berhad, Bangladeshi medicine manufacturer Globe Pharmaceuticals, Indian paper company Satia Industries, and major Spanish fashion retailer Tendam, according to The Register. Some of the 340 GB of sensitive data purportedly stolen from the City of Pleasanton, including names, […]

Lumma Stealer deployed via fraudulent CAPTCHA pages

Attacks involved the utilization of Amazon S3 bucket and Content Delivery Network-hosted sites spoofing Google CAPTCHA pages and other verification sites, which include instructions that trigger a malicious PowerShell command downloading Lumma Stealer and proceeding with the exfiltration of sensitive device data. Source link

Dell claimed to be breached, over 10K employee records exposed

Information leaked by grep on BreachForums included Dell employees’ full names, IDs, active status, department numbers, and internal identifiers, as well as two email addresses with the “dell.com” domain but no plain text credentials or personally identifiable information. Source link

Disney reportedly ditching Slack after breach

Utilization of Slack will be halted across most of Disney’s businesses by the end of the year, said Disney Chief Financial Officer Hugh Johnston in a report in the Status media newsletter. Source link

FTC: Mass surveillance conducted by social media, video streaming services

Amazon, Meta, YouTube, ByteDance, and five other major social media and video streaming service providers have collected and tracked users’ and non-users’ personal information, demographic details, behaviors, and interests, which helped generate comprehensive consumer profiles that were later sold to data brokers, reports CyberScoop. Aside from failing to remove data from former users, most of the […]