“Just awful” experiment points suicidal teens at chatbot

Categories: News

Categories: Privacy

Tags: Koko

Tags: Robert Morris

Tags: Motherboard

Tags: AI ethics

Tags: AI

Tags: artificial intelligence

Startup Koko has been criticized for experimenting with young adults at risk of harming themselves. Worse, the young adults were unaware they were test subjects.

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“Brad Pitt,” a still body, ketchup, and a knife, or the best trick ever played on a romance scammer, with Becky Holmes: Lock and Code S04E06

Categories: Podcast

This week on Lock and Code, we speak with author and Twitter pro Becky Holmes about how she teases, fights, and shuts down online romance scammers.

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WhatsApp refuses to weaken encryption, would rather leave UK

Categories: News

Categories: Privacy

Tags: WhatsApp

Tags: Online Safety Bill

Tags: encryption

Tags: Signal end-to-end encryption

Tags: private messaging

With the UK’s Online Safety Bill set to become law this year, WhatsApp is standing its ground against weakening encryption.

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Breast cancer photos published by ransomware gang

Categories: News

Categories: Ransomware

Tags: ALPHV

Tags: BlackCat

Tags: Lehigh Valley Health Network

Tags: LVHN

Russia-linked ransomware group ALPHV has leaked the data it stole from Lehigh Valley Health Network, including clinical photos of women undergoing breast cancer treatment.

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Update Android now! Two critical vulnerabilities patched

Categories: Android

Categories: News

Tags: Android

Tags: 2023-03-05

Tags: RCE

Tags: EoP

Tags: CVE-2023-20951

Tags: CVE-2023-20954

Tags: CVE-2022-33213

Tags: CVE-2022-33256

Tags: CVE-2021-33655

The March security updates for Android include fixes for two critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities. Update as soon as you can!

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DeepStreamer: Illegal movie streaming platforms hide lucrative ad fraud operation

Categories: Threat Intelligence

A network of online video streaming sites are monetizing traffic with hidden ads. The problem? Advertisers are throwing up to a million dollars every month down the drain as nobody is even seeing the ads.

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