How to Turn Off Facebook’s Two-Factor Authentication Change
Credit to Author: Reece Rogers| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2024 22:28:19 +0000
With Meta’s updated 2FA process, the company now automatically trusts devices you often use.
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Inside Registered Agents Inc., the Shadowy Firm Pushing the Limits of Business Privacy
Credit to Author: William Turton, Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2024 19:17:46 +0000
Registered Agents Inc. has for years allowed businesses to register under a cloak of anonymity. A WIRED investigation reveals that its secretive founder has taken the practice to an extreme.
Read moreResearchers, legal experts want AI firms to open up for safety checks
More than 150 leading artificial intelligence (AI) researchers, ethicists and others have signed an open letter calling on generative AI (genAI) companies to submit to independent evaluations of their systems, the lack of which has led to concerns about basic protections.
The letter, drafted by researchers from MIT, Princeton, and Stanford University, called for legal and technical protections for good-faith research on genAI models, which they said is hampering safety measures that could help protect the public.
Hackers Behind the Change Healthcare Ransomware Attack Just Received a $22 Million Payment
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2024 17:41:48 +0000
The transaction, visible on Bitcoin’s blockchain, suggests the victim of one of the worst ransomware attacks in years may have paid a very large ransom.
Read moreThe Privacy Danger Lurking in Push Notifications
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Andrew Couts, Matt Burgess| Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2024 14:00:00 +0000
Plus: Apple warns about sideloading apps, a court orders NSO group to turn over the code of its Pegasus spyware, and an investigation finds widely available security cams are wildly insecure.
Read moreApple warns of increased iPhone security risks
Apple is telling European customers that new EU competition laws will make iPhones less safe once the company is forced to open up its platforms to third-party App Stores. The company, not exactly happy about this, has published a 32-page white paper where it spells out the risks arising from the EU’s big experiment.
The EU’s formal adoption of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) means Apple must make several changes to its App Store and business models. Changes include the introduction of support for third-party app stores, opening up to payment systems other than Apple Pay, and more.
Here Come the AI Worms
Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2024 09:00:00 +0000
Security researchers created an AI worm in a test environment that can automatically spread between generative AI agents—potentially stealing data and sending spam emails along the way.
Read moreThe UK’s GPS Tagging of Migrants Has Been Ruled Illegal
Credit to Author: Morgan Meaker| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:01:00 +0000
The UK’s privacy regulator says the government did not take into account the intrusiveness of ankle tags that continuously monitor a person’s location.
Read moreThe Mysterious Case of the Missing Trump Trial Ransomware Leak
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 18:24:47 +0000
The notorious LockBit gang promised a Georgia court leak “that could affect the upcoming US election.” It didn’t materialize—but the story may not be over yet.
Read moreHere Are the Google and Microsoft Security Updates You Need Right Now
Credit to Author: Kate O’Flaherty| Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 16:30:09 +0000
Plus: Mozilla patches 12 flaws in Firefox, Zoom fixes seven vulnerabilities, and more critical updates from February.
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