Meta Agrees to $1.4B Settlement With Texas Over Biometric Privacy
The process took two years, but this is the first successful settlement obtained under Texas' Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act, which forbids the capture of biometric data without users' explicit consent.
DBatLoader leveraged in widespread phishing campaign
Intrusions involved the delivery of phishing emails with malicious RAR or ISO attachments, with the former triggering direct DBatLoader execution and the latter obscuring a Windows batch script with a PEM-encoded certificate revocation list...
Misinformation, disinformation threats against US elections examined
CyberScoop reports that artificial intelligence, low influence operation costs, and legal challenges were noted by Senate Intelligence Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., to worsen misinformation and disinformation campaigns targeted at the upcoming...
Novel influence operation tactics expected to be leveraged in US elections
Influence operations are expected to exploit recent developments in the presidential campaign, including President Joe Biden's dropping of a reelection bid in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris and the attempted assassination of former President...