Slack rolled out a new cross-organizational direct messaging feature, and hours later disabled the option to send a message alongside an invite due to concerns that the feature could be used to send abusive messages or enable harassment.
Wrigley Field, home of the MLB's Chicago Cubs, has implemented new touchless security screening to greet fans and ticketholders ahead of its opening day for the 2021 season.
The Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center (CyRC) analyzed more than 3,000 popular Android applications to assess the state of mobile app security during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study targeted the most downloaded and highest grossing apps across 18 categories, many of which have seen explosive growth during the pandemic.
A new study by psychologists at Nottingham Trent University (NTU), University of Birmingham, University of Greenwich and University of New South Wales has found that the use of interactive rotating images could help to reduce errors in facial recognition scenarios such as border control, police investigations and passport processing and CCTV or video surveillance recognition and investigations.
Clop ransomware group has allegedly hacked the grades and social security numbers for students at the University of Colorado and patient data of the University of Miami.
Cyberinsurance firm CNA Financial was reportedly hit by a possible cyberattack. The company is one of the largest insurance providers in the U.S.
The company's website is experiencing widespread network disruptions and employee services have been down for more than three days. CNA says it was hit by a sophisticated cyberattack and has engaged a team of third-party forensic experts to investigate and determine the full scope of this incident, which is ongoing.
WhiteHat Security released AppSec Stats Flash Volume 3, the latest installment of the company’s monthly report and podcast reflecting on the current state of application security and the wider cyber threat landscape.