Apple to Pay Siri Users $20 Per Device in Settlement Over Accidental Siri Privacy Violations

Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a proposed class action lawsuit that accused the iPhone maker of invading users’ privacy using its voice-activated Siri assistant. The development was first reported by Reuters. The settlement applies to U.S.-based individuals current or former owners or purchasers of a Siri-enabled device who had their confidential…

EC2 Grouper Attack

What is the Attack?FortiGuard Labs Threat Team has observed recent attacks by a Threat Actor dubbed “EC2 Grouper” that leverages AWS tools for PowerShell to carry out cloud-based attacks. It leverages APIs to inventory EC2 types and available regions before executing further API calls iteratively. The Threat Actor is seen using techniques that enable remote…