iNews Vol 203

AI adoption can boost revenue by 10%, cut costs by 15% for media industry: EY

An EY report highlights that AI adoption can significantly aid media and entertainment companies. AI is projected to increase revenues by 10% and reduce costs by 15%.

FBI shares massive list of 42,000 LabHost phishing domains

The FBI has shared 42,000 phishing domains tied to the LabHost cybercrime platform, one of the largest global phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platforms that was dismantled in April 2024.

House passes legislation to criminalize nonconsensual deepfakes

The Take It Down Act received rare levels of bipartisan support in the House and Senate, but critics fear enforcement could threaten First Amendment protections and unduly burden smaller companies and encrypted applications.

Trump administration proposes cutting $491M from CISA budget

A budget summary doesn’t give specific details on which programs it would cut, instead providing a broad outline.

A 36-year-old Yemeni man behind Black Kingdom ransomware is indicted in the U.S. for 1,500 attacks on Microsoft Exchange servers.

U.S. authorities have indicted Rami Khaled Ahmed (aka “Black Kingdom,” of Sana’a, Yemen), a 36-year-old Yemeni national, suspected of being the administrator of the Black Kingdom ransomware operation

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined TikTok €530M for violating data rules by sending European user data to China.

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined the popular video-sharing platform TikTok €530 million for violating data laws by transferring data belonging to European users to China.

U.S. Charges Yemeni Hacker Behind Black Kingdom Ransomware Targeting 1,500 Systems

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced charges against a 36-year-old Yemeni national for allegedly deploying the Black Kingdom ransomware against global targets, including businesses, schools, and hospitals in the United States.