Israeli daily Calcalist has reported that Israeli spyware company QuaDream is closing its operations and has let go of all its employees. The board is believed to be trying to sell the company's intellectual property. However, the...
Microsoft has discovered that a subgroup of the Iran-linked hacking group Mint Sandstorm, previously known as PHOSPHORUS, has been conducting cyberattacks on critical infrastructure in the USA, likely as a retaliation for the cybe...
The European Parliament and the EU member states have reached a political agreement on the European Chips Act proposed by the European Commission on 8 February 2022. The Act aims to support European competitiveness and resilience ...
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) in the UK, shared its opinion on the new UK initiative to establish a single AI watchdog institution for future AI development oversight. The TUC is arguing that the new UK law will dilute the rights...
The 'Unit 42 Cloud Threat Report, Volume 7', released on 18 April 2023, found that threat actors have become adept at exploiting common, everyday issues in the cloud. These issues include misconfiguration, weak credentials, lackin...
The European Commission launched the Cybersecurity Skills Academy to address the ongoing skills shortage in the cybersecurity sector and develop the EU's cyber resilience. The academy will be hosted online, enabling citizens inter...
Vietnam enacted its first comprehensive Data Protection Decree on 17 April 2023, taking effect on 1 July 2023. The decree focuses on eight principles for processing personal data, including lawfulness, transparency, purp...
Apple and Alphabet have raised concerns about Amazon's content moderation policies after learning that sexually explicit photographs could be accessed by children on a popular Kindle app. The explicit content at issue is primarily...
WhatsApp, Signal and other messaging services have written to the UK government asking it to reconsider its draft Online Safety Bill (OSB). The bill is presented as a way to regulate harmful content online, including child s...
Kenya's High Court ordered Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to cut ties with its main content moderators in the country -Sama and Majorel. The order comes after a group of 43 content moderators, previously emplo...
The Swedish presidency of the EU Council has circulated a new compromise text on the Product Liability Directive (PLD) to clarify the liability rules for software providers in the EU. Essentially, the PLD provides a legal framewor...
The 262-page Online Safety Bill, which is being evaluated in the House of Lords, has been the subject of a campaign by the British telecommunications company EE, urging the UK government to include references to women and gir...