Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 15:19:42 +0000
In addition to its longstanding password spraying attacks, Microsoft says Iran-backed hacker group Peach Sandstorm— or APT 33—has developed custom malware dubbed “Tickler.”
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2024 21:23:38 +0000
French authorities detained Durov to question him as part of a probe into a wide range of alleged violations—including money laundering and CSAM—but it remains unclear if he will face charges.
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Credit to Author: Darren Loucaides| Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2024 22:01:52 +0000
Durov has reportedly been detained in France over Telegram’s alleged failure to adequately moderate illegal content on the messaging app. His arrest sparked backlash and left some associates asking, what now?
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: The US intelligence community formally blames Iran for Trump campaign hack, aircraft-tracking platform FlightAware says a “configuration error” exposed sensitive user data, and more.
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Credit to Author: Charlie Metcalfe| Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 09:00:00 +0000
The Telegram channel and website Deep State uses public data and insider intelligence to power its live tracker of Ukraine’s ever-shifting front line.
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Credit to Author: Caroline Haskins| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 19:48:47 +0000
Protesters took to Citi Field Wednesday to raise awareness of the facial recognition systems that have become common at major league sporting venues.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 15:02:41 +0000
The AI ethics nonprofit Humane Intelligence and the US National Institute of Standards and Technology are launching a series of contests to get more people probing for problems in generative AI systems.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 22:00:00 +0000
Amazon has updated its instructions for how customers should more securely implement AWS’s traffic-routing service known as Application Load Balancer, but it’s not clear everyone will get the memo.
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Credit to Author: Jared Keller| Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +0000
The US Defense Department’s grand strategy for protecting Taiwan from a massive Chinese military offensive involves flooding the zone with thousands of drones.
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Credit to Author: Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2024 14:00:00 +0000
Plus: US regulators fine T-Mobile $60 million for mishap with sensitive data, New Zealand approves Kim Dotcom’s US extradition, and San Francisco takes on deepfake porn.
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