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January 30, 2022

French court upholds 100 million euro fine against Google for breaches linked to cookie policy

 Reuters

France's Conseil d'Etat, the country's supreme administrative court, on Friday said it upheld a decision by a watchdog imposing a 100 million euro ($111.46 million) fine on the U.S. tech giant for breaches linked to its cookies policy.

The fine imposed by France's CNIL data protection authority was proportionate, the court said in a statement.

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Microsoft repelled the most powerful cyberattack in the history of the Internet

 Courtesy : https://thetimeshub.in/

Microsoft has repelled the most powerful DDoS attack to date on users of the Azure cloud platform.

Source: delo.ua

According to the corporation's report, the power of the DDoS attack was 3.47 terabits per second (Tbps).

The DDoS attack was carried out in November 2021, and Microsoft Azure called it the most powerful in the history of the Internet.

Attack vectors are UDP bandwidth saturation -packets to port 80 using Service Discovery Protocol (SSDP), Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (CLDAP), Domain Name System (DNS), and Network Time Protocol (NTP).

In total, in 2021, the company repelled 611,657 unique cyber attacks: 251,944 in the first half of the year and 40% more – 359,713 – in the second.

Most of these incidents occurred on May 10 and August 10 — 2,043 and 4,296, respectively.

The Ministry of Digital Transformation has officially stated that «all evidence points to the fact that Russia is behind the largest cyberattack in 4 years on the websites of Ukrainian government agencies»

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Hackers are Increasingly Targeting Zero-Day Vulnerabilities and Supply Chain Networks for Maximum Impact, says report

 

Courtesy : https://www.expresscomputer.in

The report identified 32 new ransomware families in 2021, bringing the total to 157 and representing a 26% increase over the previous year

Ivanti announced the results of the Ransomware Spotlight Year End Report that it conducted with Cyber Security Works and Cyware. The report identified 32 new ransomware families in 2021, bringing the total to 157 and representing a 26% increase over the previous year.

The report also found that these ransomware groups are continuing to target unpatched vulnerabilities and weaponize zero-day vulnerabilities in record time to instigate crippling attacks. At the same time, they are broadening their attack spheres and finding newer ways to compromise organizational networks and fearlessly trigger high-impact assaults.

Below are a few top observations and trends from the Ransomware Spotlight Year End Report:

  • Unpatched vulnerabilities remain the most prominent attack vectors exploited by ransomware groups. The analysis uncovered 65 new vulnerabilities tied to ransomware last year, representing a 29% growth compared to the previous year and bringing the total number of vulnerabilities associated with ransomware to 288. Alarmingly, over one-third (37%) of these newly added vulnerabilities were actively trending on the dark web and repeatedly exploited. Parallelly, 56% of the 223 older vulnerabilities identified prior to 2021 continued to be actively exploited by ransomware groups. This proves that organizations need to prioritize and patch the weaponized vulnerabilities that ransomware groups are targeting – whether they are newly identified vulnerabilities or older vulnerabilities.
  • Ransomware groups continue to find and leverage zero-day vulnerabilities, even before the CVEs are added to the National Vulnerability Database and patches are released. The QNAP (CVE-2021-28799), Sonic Wall (CVE-2021-20016), Kaseya (CVE-2021-30116), and most recently Apache Log4j (CVE-2021-44228) vulnerabilities were exploited even before they made it to the National Vulnerability Database (NVD). 

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Millions of US Bank, Payment Cards have Been Compromised, NordVPN Reveals

 

More than 1.5 million US banking/payment cards may reportedly be found via the dark web, according to a study carried out by cybersecurity firm NordVPN.

The study by NordVPN reveals that a total of 1,561,739 American payment card details had been discovered by researchers. This sensitive information was for sale via the dark web. Notably, the average price for a US bank card offered via the dark web was around $5.80.

In statements shared with Yahoo Finance, Adrianus Warmenhoven, Defensive Strategist at NordVPN, said:

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Courtesy : https://www.crowdfundinsider.com

 

January 17, 2020

Artificial Intelligence real applications for Broadcast & Media Industries

Courtesy : VSN Media Innovations 

The development of new Artificial Intelligence-based tools has opened the door to new media cataloging, utilization, and monetization possibilities. AI systems such as those of Microsoft Azure, Google or IBM allow the automation of repetitive tasks and processes that would normally require the allocation of greater time and resources, especially in the areas of production, cataloging and media management. How can this technology help us make the most of our resources? We give you the keys to it.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has found its way in the audiovisual industry in the last few years, gaining special importance in the Broadcast & Media industries. The number of solutions including AI systems for the development of editing and media management tasks has increased exponentially, especially the solutions focused on the most repetitive tasks and, therefore, those most likely to be automated.

Broadcasters unite against TRAI's revised tariff order

Broadcasters unite against TRAI's revised tariff order


Mumbai: Top Indian broadcasters shared a stage on Friday to express solidarity against the latest amendments to broadcast sector tariffs by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). Under the aegis of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), top executives of Star & Disney India, Zee Entertainment EnterprisesNSE 0.14 % (ZEE), Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN), Viacom 18, Discovery Communications, Turner International, ETV and TV Today Network pointed out how the new regulations wer ..

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