Intelligent CISO Issue 28 | Page 25

threat updates APAC The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) and the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) have opened a joint investigation into the personal information handling practices of Clearview AI, focusing on the company’s use of ‘scraped’ data and biometrics of individuals. Tim Mackey, Principal Security Strategist at the Synopsys CyRC, said: “Starting with the revelation of a data breach at Clearview AI, jurisdictions around the world have put in place moratoriums on the use of facial recognition technologies by law enforcement.” GLOBAL KnowBe4 has released the results of its Q2 2020 top-clicked phishing report. The results found that phishing email attacks related to COVID-19 remained frequent in Q2 2020. Covering the second quarter, simulated phishing tests with a message related to the Coronavirus were the most popular, with a total of 56%. Boris Cipot, Senior Security Engineer at Synopsys, said: “As one can see from the subject titles, phishing emails are really just feeding on people’s current state of mind. At present, there will likely be some reference to the Coronavirus pandemic.” www.intelligentciso.com | Issue 28 25