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France's privacy watchdog has imposed a €60 million ($63.88 million) fine against Microsoft's Ireland subsidiary for dropping advertising cookies in users' computers without their explicit consent in violation of data protection laws in the European Union. The Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL) noted that users visiting the home page of its Bing search engine did not

Tech Insight report co-produced by Black Hat, Dark Reading, and Omdia examines how cloud security is evolving in a rapid race to beat threat actors to the (cloud) breach.

An iframe that was not permitted to run scripts could do so if the user clicked on a <code>javascript:</code> link. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 102, Firefox ESR < 91.11, Thunderbird < 102, and Thunderbird < 91.11.

Less is often more when it comes to both infosec and eco-friendly computing practices

With a recession potentially coming, some companies are cutting security teams. But moving more infrastructure to the cloud and reducing the number of vendors through consolidation may be the best ways to prepare.

Our growing interconnectedness poses almost as many challenges as it does benefits.

New technical chatbot capabilities raise the promise that their help in threat modeling could free humans for more interesting work.

Threat actors continue to evolve the malicious botnet, which has also added a list of new vulnerabilities it can use to target devices.

An exhaustive analysis of FIN7 has unmasked the cybercrime syndicate's organizational hierarchy, alongside unraveling its role as an affiliate for mounting ransomware attacks. It has also exposed deeper associations between the group and the larger threat ecosystem comprising the now-defunct ransomware DarkSide, REvil, and LockBit families. The highly active threat group, also known as Carbanak,