Wow... A $34MM fine over AI violations is very significant. "The American facial recognition company has not fought the decision resulting from the data privacy watchdog’s investigation and therefore cannot appeal the fine, the Dutch DPA said..." buff.ly/3B2lbMX

How is it that a company can be taking "all necessary steps to safeguard [your] information" AFTER they lose 1 million records to cybercriminals? Thanks #ParkNFly. #cybersecuritynews #cybersecurity #databreach buff.ly/3X4ouKT

This has gigantic free speech implications. Are we going to arrest paper and pen manufacturers too? What about people that raise carrier pigeons? How about people that make campfires because they might use them as smoke signals? buff.ly/47hOMOP

I mentioned this issue on Aug 28th, and I'm glad it's getting more exposure. Prisoners should not be considered "profit centers" in my opinion. buff.ly/4eaA3az

Wow... Is this a good thing to recover a Google account, or another attack vector to steal a Google account? Time will tell. #cybersecurity #cyberaware #cybersecuritynews buff.ly/3zkcjBR

Only $4.5MM? That's less than $2 per patient... buff.ly/4ehwpM8

This is an in-depth look at the #CrowdStrike / #Delta / #Microsoft debacle from mid-July. It will be interesting to see where this lands (pun fully intended). Warning: WSJ paywall. #crowdstrikeoutage buff.ly/47ilWxA?

This honestly surprises me. Thoughts on the validity of the report? "The watchdog discovered that FBI staffers do not typically account for extracted internal hard drives, thumb drives and other media devices – a practice that it deemed inconsistent..." buff.ly/47o6z70

Very glad to hear it! "FEMA has deployed cyber advisers to every federally declared disaster zone in 2024, according to Armstrong, and they have served in either a physical or remote capacity to assess cyber risks, assist in the..." buff.ly/3XDep9u

"The two vulnerabilities, which are not dependent on one another, could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to collect sensitive information or administer Cisco Smart Licensing Utility services on a system while the software is running." buff.ly/4emqSDN

Another huge #PatchTuesday from #Microsoft. Four actively exploited zero-days fixed. Patch early, patch often. #cybersecurity #cybersecuritynews buff.ly/3MEoLzy

Patch Chrome. Again. Thankfully it's easy: Open Chrome. Go to lunch. Come back and reboot your computer (or close and open Chrome). Done deal. #GoogleChrome #securitypatch #patchnow buff.ly/4d1qk5u

#iPhone16 goes on pre-sale today. Be careful. "Following the launch of the iPhone 16, there’s been a surge of scams targeting users with fake pre-orders, early-adopter deals and fraudulent technical support." #scamalert #cyberaware #cybersecurity buff.ly/47xkzLB

I'm genuinely surprised there aren't customer lawsuits over the CrowdStrike meltdown. Seems odd. "Despite so far not seeing any customer lawsuits, CrowdStrike is facing a putative class action lawsuit from investors arguing they were misled..." buff.ly/4d7NFSN

I get where they're coming from, but does anyone know how well warning labels on nicotine or alcohol products work to dissuade people from using them? I'm not sure if there will be a benefit to society by putting warning labels on social media platforms. buff.ly/47ro9Hg

Do you have an inactive Gmail account that you would like to keep around? Important reading here. #Gmail #Google #cyberaware buff.ly/3Xt5FRX

Another intersection between cybercrime and kinetic crime (in this case, illegal conversion kits to turn guns from semi-auto to fully-auto). #cybersecurity #cybercrime #cybersecuritynews buff.ly/4e4QYf6

"Some things TVs already track would have sounded extreme before 2011, when ACR started taking off. For example, using ACR, TVs can reveal to OS providers—and therefore advertisers—the shows watched on the set and whether that content was streamed..." buff.ly/46U9aFx

This is an interesting attack vector - this malware forces Chrome into "kiosk mode" to get users to type in their Google credentials, which are then relayed back to the hacker. #cybersecurity #cyberaware #malware #GoogleChrome buff.ly/3B2xzg5

I'm not sure how this is going to help. Laws don't change behavior. Laws + enforcement of laws + sufficient penalties for violating laws change behavior. If someone overseas makes a deepfake video, what does the government of CA expect to do about it? buff.ly/4etn3Ns