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MY TAKE: Why Satya Nadella is wise to align with privacy advocates on regulating facial recognition

The Last Watchdog

And their grander vision is to help establish a nationwide biometric database in which a hybrid facial ID/fingerprint can be used for things such as fraud-proofing retail transactions, or, say, taking a self-driving vehicle for a spin. SAFR is tuned to identify people walking past a video cam who aren’t looking squarely at the lens.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Surviving Stalkerware

ForAllSecure

They discuss how software and IoT companies can avoid becoming the next Black Mirror episode and share resources that can help survivors (and those who want to help them) deal with the technology issues that can be associated with technologically facilitated abuse. But what about IoT devices? What about social media?

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2024 State of Cybersecurity: Reports of More Threats & Prioritization Issues

eSecurity Planet

NetScout: Observed 13,142,840 DDoS attacks, including: 104,216 video gaming enterprise attacks. > 54% of all data breaches come from ransomware attacks in manufacturing, healthcare, government, financial, retail, and technology industries. 27% of all attacks mine crypto currencies, usually on unmonitored cloud systems.