You Need to Update Google Chrome or Whatever Browser You Use
Credit to Author: Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2023 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: Spyware-packing ads, TikTok GDPR violations, Elon Musk investigations, and more.
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Massive MGM and Caesars Hacks Epitomize a Vicious Ransomware Cycle
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2023 11:00:00 +0000
Cyberattacks on casinos grab attention, but a steady stream of less publicized attacks leave vulnerable victims struggling to recover.
Read moreThe US Congress Has Trust Issues. Generative AI Is Making It Worse
Credit to Author: Matt Laslo| Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 11:00:00 +0000
Senators are meeting with Silicon Valley’s elite to learn how to deal with AI. But can Congress tackle the rapidly emerging tech before working on itself?
Read moreThe Twisted Eye in the Sky Over Buenos Aires
Credit to Author: Karen Naundorf| Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000
A scandal unfolding in Argentina shows the dangers of implementing facial recognition—even with laws and limits in place.
Read moreChina-Linked Hackers Breached a Power Grid—Again
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000
Signs suggest the culprits worked within a notorious Chinese hacker group that may have also hacked Indian electric utilities years earlier.
Read moreAI Chatbots Are Invading Your Local Government—and Making Everyone Nervous
Credit to Author: Todd Feathers| Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 11:00:00 +0000
State and local governments in the US are scrambling to harness tools like ChatGPT to unburden their bureaucracies, rushing to write their own rules—and avoid generative AI’s many pitfalls.
Read moreMozilla: Your New Car Is a Data Privacy Nightmare
Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2023 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: Apple patches newly discovered flaws exploited by NSO Group spyware, North Korean hackers target security researchers, and more.
Read moreTop US Spies Meet With Privacy Experts Over Surveillance ‘Crown Jewel’
Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2023 18:00:05 +0000
Civil rights groups say efforts to get US intelligence agencies to adopt privacy reforms have largely failed. Without those changes, renewal of a post-911 surveillance policy may be doomed.
Read moreAxon’s Ethics Board Resigned Over Taser-Armed Drones. Then the Company Bought a Military Drone Maker
Credit to Author: Ese Olumhense| Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2023 17:46:21 +0000
The CEO’s vision for Taser-equipped drones includes a fictitious scenario in which the technology averts a shooting at a day care center.
Read moreUS and UK Mount Aggressive Crackdown on Trickbot and Conti Ransomware Gangs
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2023 18:38:08 +0000
Authorities have sanctioned 11 alleged members of the cybercriminal groups, while the US Justice Department unsealed three federal indictments against nine people accused of being members.
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