Cyber Security
- Cyber Security1 day ago
Amazon CEO reportedly raised Anthropic model concerns before government crackdown
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy may have been the source of security concerns that led Anthropic to cut off worldwide access to two models on Friday.
- Cyber Security1 day ago
The FBI built its own replica small town to simulate real-world cyberattacks
Hidden inside a building in Alabama, the FBI has created its own small town as a dedicated cyber training ground for simulating cyberattacks.
- Cyber Security1 day ago
The FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones
Plus: AI bug hunting fuels Microsoft’s biggest-ever Patch Tuesday, ShinyHunters ransomware gang exploits an Oracle zero-day, and more.
- Cyber Security2 days ago
Google sues alleged Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to send scam texts
The tech giant said a group called "Outsider Enterprise" used AI to scam hundreds of thousands of victims, sending 2.5 million text messages over a span of two weeks.
- Cyber Security2 days ago
US surveillance law to expire for first time after lawmakers reject Trump’s controversial pick to lead spy agencies
The spy law known as Section 702, which authorizes the NSA and FBI's warrantless surveillance, will all but certainly expire on Friday for the first time.
- Cyber Security3 days ago
Grok Is Still Hosting Sexualized Deepfakes of Famous Women
A WIRED investigation found dozens of “nudified” deepfake images and videos on Grok's website, including nonconsensual depictions of celebrities and at least one prominent US politician.
- Cyber Security3 days ago
Drug Sites Hijacked Spotify’s Search Ranking Through Fake Podcasts, Report Finds
A joint congressional report describes a spam operation that turned tens of thousands of fake podcasts into search-engine bait for illegal pharmacy and scam sites.
- Cyber Security3 days ago
South Korea hits Coupang with $400M+ fine for data breach that affected millions
South Korean authorities issued the record-breaking fine following a data breach that affected over 30 million customers.
- Cyber Security3 days ago
Signal Alums Reveal ‘Encrypted Spaces,’ a System for Making Private Collaboration Apps
The new open-source project could serve as the basis for a future of apps with features as complex as Slack, Discord, or Google Docs—but with added protection against surveillance.
- Cyber Security3 days ago
Nearly a million passports and photo IDs were left unprotected on the public internet
Typing a few letters and numbers into my web browser, I find myself gaping at the identity documents of complete strangers. The passport of a young woman from Germany. The passport of a man from Spain with glasses resting on his head. The front and back of another man's driver's license, a stereotypically goofy expression on his face. They were all sitting unprotected at public URLs, with no password or access control of any sort. If I sent you a link, you could have looked at someone's passport. "We have to do something about it as fast as possible, because people will find this and resell it. It will do damage," Sammy Azdoufal told me i … Read the full story at The Verge.
- Cyber Security3 days ago
Cybercriminals claim breach of Oracle PeopleSoft servers at 100-plus organizations
The ShinyHunters hacking gang claims to have compromised the Oracle PeopleSoft servers of more than 100 organizations, including many universities.
- Cyber Security3 days ago
CISA Tells US Agencies to Fix Security Bugs in as Little as 3 Days Thanks to AI Threats
“Defenders cannot afford to take weeks to patch,” one Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency official warned on Wednesday.
- Cyber Security3 days ago
Trump Risks Key Surveillance Authority Over ‘Unqualified’ Spy-Chief Pick
US lawmakers are alarmed that Bill Pulte, a housing official with no intelligence experience, is poised to take charge of one of the government's most powerful surveillance tools.
- Cyber Security4 days ago
North Koreans behind nearly half of US tech industry hacks, says CrowdStrike
North Koreans hackers posing as remote IT workers and recruiters remain a major threat to U.S., European, and Asian companies, accounting for about half of all attacks over the past 12 months.
- Cyber Security4 days ago
Cybersecurity researchers aren’t happy about the guardrails on Anthropic’s Fable
Cybersecurity researchers are complaining that Anthropic's new model Fable has guardrails that are too strict for any cybersecurity work.
- Cyber Security4 days ago
Wrongful Arrest Exposes Failures in One of the Oldest Police Face-Recognition Tools in the US
The ACLU is suing two Florida police departments over the arrest of a Fort Myers man in a child-abduction case, saying officers treated a flawed face recognition match as a near-certain ID.
- Cyber Security4 days ago
ServiceNow tells customers a bug left some of their data exposed to the internet
ServiceNow is used by thousands of enterprises to automate their internal processes, but says several customers had data accessed because of a security bug.
- Cyber Security4 days ago
Valve is phasing out physical Steam gift cards due to scammers
After over a decade, Steam will no longer sell physical gift cards in stores. In a support page spotted earlier by Windows Central , Valve says it will no longer restock its gift cards once they run out, citing scammers who "continue to have an impact on Steam customers and other unsuspecting individuals." In its post, Valve links to a Federal Trade Commission article outlining how gift card scammers attempt to convince victims to buy a gift card at a store and give them the code. Valve says it has responded to these scams by working with law enforcement, adding a warning to gift cards, and limiting their availability in stores, but "scammer … Read the full story at The Verge.
- Cyber Security4 days ago
Amnesty International Warns That World Cup Fans Face Potential Human Rights Violations
The organization claims that the FIFA tournament could have impacts on the rights of local people and visiting soccer fans in all three host countries.
