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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Security researchers found USB-based Sogu espionage malware spreading within African operations of European and US firms.

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You Need to Update Google Chrome or Whatever Browser You Use

September 16, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security, Security / Privacy, Security / Security News

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

September 16, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / Security News

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.

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The US Congress Has Trust Issues. Generative AI Is Making It Worse

September 13, 2023 0 Comments Business / Artificial Intelligence, Security, Security / National Security, Security / Privacy

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?

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The Twisted Eye in the Sky Over Buenos Aires

September 13, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Privacy, Security / Security News

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.

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China-Linked Hackers Breached a Power Grid—Again

September 12, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security, Security / Security News

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.

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AI Chatbots Are Invading Your Local Government—and Making Everyone Nervous

September 11, 2023 0 Comments Business / Artificial Intelligence, Security, Security / Privacy

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.

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Mozilla: Your New Car Is a Data Privacy Nightmare

September 9, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security, Security / Privacy, Security / Security News

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.

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Top US Spies Meet With Privacy Experts Over Surveillance ‘Crown Jewel’

September 9, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / National Security, Security / Privacy

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.

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