Earlier this week, Progress Software announced that Bridget Collins, a veteran technology leader with more than 30 years of enterprise IT, AI and cybersecurity experience, has been appointed Chief Information Officer reporting directly to CEO Yogesh Gupta to head its global IT and security organization. By giving Collins responsibility for advancing AI across internal operations,...Read More
OAKLAND, Calif. — Meta is once again on trial over dangers its platforms may pose to children. It is once again arguing that it works tirelessly to keep them safe. A pivotal trial for the parent company of Instagram and Facebook kicked off in a California federal court Tuesday, with four states seeking billions of...Read More
Oakland, California | Meta Platforms has deceived the public for years by targeting children on Facebook and Instagram with technology designed to turn them into compulsive users and drive up advertising revenue, a lawyer at the California attorney-general’s office has told a jury. In her opening statement at a historic trial in federal court in...Read More
A JavaServer Pages (JSP) web shell deployed following the exploitation of a critical security flaw in PTC Windchill and FlexPLM servers is specifically designed for the enterprise Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software, according to new findings from ReliaQuest. The cybersecurity company characterized the web shell as a fully equipped extortion platform capable of mapping sensitive...Read More
Share Save Cyber threats are getting faster, more sophisticated and increasingly difficult to contain. Microsoft’s latest Digital Defense Report warns that AI is changing the scale and speed of cyberattacks, giving criminals new ways to target organisations of all sizes. For South African businesses, that comes against the backdrop of limited resources and a shortage...Read More
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Cyber student working on cyber logs at UH Maui College To tackle a critical nationwide shortage of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI) professionals, the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College has secured a three-year, $441,645 National Science Foundation (NSF) award to launch a groundbreaking project: “CyberAI Innovation: AI-Enhanced Cyber Data Analytics Education.” Led by Principal Investigator Debasis Bhattacharya and Co-Investigator Thomas Blamey,...Read More
Lawyers began opening arguments in the trial brought by four state attorneys general against social media giant Meta, arguing that it designed its platforms to hook kids. Transcript MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: A federal judge heard opening arguments today in the lawsuit brought by four state attorneys general against Meta. This is the latest in...Read More
Oakland, California – Meta knowingly hooked and exploited children, a U.S. federal court heard Tuesday in a trial against the social media giant on charges that it deliberately made Instagram and Facebook addictive to young users. In what many experts have called social media’s “big tobacco moment,” a coalition of states is asking that Meta...Read More
