Security
School facial recognition software misidentifies black women 16 times more often than white men, report
Racial bias in AI in the spotlight as vendor allegedly lied about accuracy to school district, and leading researcher Timnit Gebru exits Google
VMware rolls out security updates to address zero-day bug
The bug could enable an attacker to take control of a vulnerable machine running VMware Workspace One Access and other software
Hackers are targeting Covid-19 vaccine distribution chain, IBM warns
Threat actors sending phishing emails in the name of a senior executive from a legitimate Chinese cold chain provider Haier Biomedical
Interview: Jane Rendall, Sectra
The leadership team must be trained out of passive and active bias
Your personal details could be on sale for less than a dollar
New types of data have gone on sale in the past decade, including personal medical records, PayPal accounts and selfies with personal ID documents
UKIT Industry Awards 2020: Darktrace wins security innovation of the year
Dave Palmer, co-founder of Darktrace, discusses security risks to organisations, and describes how he felt when he heard that his organisation had won one of the coveted gongs at the UK IT Industry Awards 2020
State-backed threat group using crypto mining malware to evade detection and monetise compromised networks
There's a growing trend for state-backed APT groups to carry out financially-motivated crimes, alongside their usual espionage operations
Pennsylvania county pays $500,000 to recover data stolen by ransomware gang
After receiving the ransom the hackers helpfully advised officials to change passwords and update their Windows domain configuration
Canon confirms ransomware attack in August exposed employees' personal data
Hackers accessed names, Social Security numbers, and bank account details of current and former employees
Calls grow for UK competition watchdog to block Google's Privacy Sandbox
A group of companies has warned that Google's Privacy Sandbox would cut publishers' revenues by as much as two-thirds
UK considers Huawei ban by September 2021
A draft bill proposes tough penalties on firms that breach the ban on Huawei gear
US Congress passes bipartisan act to improve IoT security
And it only took them three years
NCSC advises online shoppers to be careful over Black Friday
The festive period is a potentially rewarding period for cyber criminals
Amazon patents a novel technique to identify content pirates on Prime
New method will identify subscribers who make duplicates of Amazon's copyrighted content
Understanding Business Email Compromise: An organisation's most expensive enemy
Online fraud in the business world is growing more sophisticated - and expensive.
Manchester United suffers 'sophisticated' cyber attack by organised crime group
No personal data belonging to fans or employees was compromised in the incident, the club believes
DDoS attacks increased 300 per cent in the third quarter of 2020 compared to Q1
Q3 DDoS attacks accounted for 56 per cent of all attacks seen so far this year
Moving to a passwordless experience: Identity in the age of Covid
Emma Maslen, Vice President and General Manager for EMEA and APAC, Ping Identity, discuss how the pandemic is changing security needs and authentication strategies, and her experiences changing companies during the global health crisis
Millions of Bumblers' personal information exposed in dating app security flaw
Attackers could steal names, pictures and even information on the kind of partner a Bumble user was seeking
UK firms are paying some of the highest ransoms globally
British companies see Russia as a bigger threat than China
The risks and rewards of evergreen IT
Evergreen IT will become the default model for new technologies, predicts RSA CIO David Germain, but securing evergreen systems requires an holistic approach
GCSC proposes rules to guide states towards responsible cyber behaviour
The proposed norms are similar to a cyber version of the Geneva Convention
Fraudsters are targeting Christmas shoppers
More people are at risk of being cheated this year, according to UK Finance
USA: CISA confirms no evidence of election compromise
Chris Krebs, director of CISA, said, "America, we have confidence in the security of your vote, you should, too"
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