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South Korea has suspended new downloads of the Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek as it undergoes scrutiny for non-compliance with the country’s data protection laws. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) announced the suspension on February 15, citing deficiencies in the app’s communication features and data processing practices. The app, which surged in popularity with over 1 million weekly users in South Korea shortly after its launch, remains available via its web version for existing users….

MacOS malware XCSSET is reportedly re-emerging under a new variant, according to Microsoft. In a new social media post published on February 17, Microsoft Threat Intelligence said it had detected a new variant of XCSSET. This sophisticated modular malware targets users by infecting Xcode projects, Apple’s integrated development environment (IDE) for macOS. This is the first publicly observed new variant of XCSSET since 2022. “While we’re only seeing this new XCSSET variant in limited attacks…

Fifteen years ago, I wrote an article entitled “The CSO’s Myopia.” At the time, I aimed to highlight a critical limitation in information security management. I demonstrated how many information security professionals struggled to manage all the aspects needed to create effective policies and processes. The conclusion I sought to highlight was that this problem is mainly due to an excessively narrow approach to the organization and its usual resources. Reflecting on what it would…

Para que el sector gubernamental sea verdaderamente productivo, es fundamental priorizar tanto la cultura como la tecnología. Así lo destaca un nuevo informe de The Economist Impact respaldado por SAS. El estudio ahonda en las oportunidades y los desafíos que presenta la reforma de la productividad en el sector público. Este informe se publica en un momento crucial, ya que la inteligencia artificial (IA) ya está transformando tanto la forma de trabajar como la productividad…

Threat actors are using Telegram as command and control (C2) channel for a new Golang malware variant, according to a Netskope report. The malware, believed to be of Russian origin, acts like a backdoor once executed. Although it is still under development, it is completely functional. The researchers noted that the use of cloud apps as C2 channels represents a highly effective approach for attackers. Firstly, it is easy to set up because there’s no…

El retraso en la llegada de las Normas Técnicas de Regulación (RTS) no ayuda. “El legislador no ha completado el proceso reglamentario”, afirma Giancarlo Butti, auditor y experto en privacidad y seguridad. “Hasta la fecha, solo se han publicado oficialmente algunas de las normativas delegadas, por lo que las entidades financieras que, por ejemplo, están redefiniendo los contratos con los proveedores tendrán que añadir posteriormente —una vez que lleguen las demás normativas delegadas— la parte…

LaLiga busca transformar la industria deportiva mediante la aplicación de la inteligencia artificial (IA). Con una alianza estratégica de más de ocho años, la entidad continúa apoyándose en Microsoft para modernizar y optimizar diversos aspectos de la competición, beneficiando así a empleados, a los 42 clubes españoles que forman parte del campeonato nacional y a millones de aficionados globales. Así, en el marco de esta colaboración, LaLiga ha desplegado soluciones impulsadas por IA para mejorar la…

Two Estonian nationals are facing up to 20 years behind bars after pleading guilty to running a huge cryptocurrency fraud scheme that netted hundreds of millions of dollars. Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, both 40, made $577m in sales from crypto mining venture HashFlare between 2015 and 2019. However, the company they founded simply was not capable of mining for crypto on the scale that the duo claimed to investors. Instead, they falsified mining data…

Jackson recounts the time he gave a talk on inclusivity, equality, belonging, parity, and justice at a manufacturer, where he sought to break down assumptions. “I said, ‘At the end of the day it doesn’t mean if you’re white, you’re wealthy, or if you’re Black, you’re a Democrat, or that if you have friends who are part of the LGBTQ community that you’re exploring. It’s just people are people,’” Jackson explains. He spoke to the…