Routine malware checks conducted by Avast Security uncovered malware being propagated on Discord, the popular teen community chat app. The research team was surprised to learn that the activity was coming from teens, and identified the activity as part of a relatively recent trend called “malware-as-a-service,” in which people are given plug-and-play capabilities to be able to hack without the need for technical skills. In this case, it was being done by minors between the ages of 11-16.
A number of major companies announced plans to pull out of the market altogether if India’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) is given power to require turnover of private data preemptively for “preventive” security reasons.
Customer data platform Blueshift has announced two new AI agents to help marketers work more efficiently. Compass is a “growth engine” that looks for under-engaged audiences and predicts what ideas should be prioritized. Launchpad assembles audiences and dynamic content based on Blueshift’s unified customer data layer.