US government and critical infrastructure entities were sent 1754 ransomware vulnerability notifications under the Ransomware Vulnerability Warning Pilot (RVWP) program in 2023, resulting in 852 vulnerable devices being secured or taken offline. The highest number of alerts were sent to government facilities (641), which encompasses a range of federal, state and local government organizations, including schools and higher education facilities. Healthcare and public health received the second highest number of ransomware vulnerability notifications, at 440….

By Alex Serdiuk, CEO, Respeecher Newer and more impactful technological advancements are making the quest for foolproof cybersecurity measures more critical than ever. As organizations are doing everything they can to protect sensitive information, biometric security systems have emerged as a front-runner. Among these, voice ID systems are a critical component that organizations rely on as an additional layer of authentication. For all its advantages, these state-of-the-art systems must still undergo rigorous voice ID penetration…

At the core of its strategy is the mountain of data that TransUnion has acquired — along with more than 25 companies — over decades. That data is in the process of being unified on a multilayered platform that offers a variety of data services, including data ingestion, data management, data governance, and data security. Once completed within two years, the platform, OneTru, will give TransUnion and its customers access to TransUnion’s behemoth trove of…

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will send a total of $5.6m in refunds to customers of Ring, a home camera provider, as the result of a settlement with Ring over security and privacy failings. Ring, which was bought by tech giant Amazon in 2018, reached the settlement with the FTC in 2023 over charges the company allowed employees and contractors to access consumers’ private videos and failed to implement security protections, enabling hackers to…