Internet Archive attackers email support users: “Your data is now in the hands of some random guy”
Those who hacked the Internet Archive haven’t gone away. Users of the Internet Archive who have submitted helpdesk tickets are reporting…
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A Trump Win Could Unleash Dangerous AI
Credit to Author: Eric Geller| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Donald Trump’s opposition to “woke” safety standards for artificial intelligence would likely mean the dismantling of regulations that protect Americans from misinformation, discrimination, and worse.
Read moreUS Government Says Relying on Chinese Lithium Batteries Is Too Risky
Credit to Author: Zeyi Yang| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0000
A new document shows the Department of Homeland Security is concerned that Chinese investment in lithium batteries to power energy grids will make them a threat to US supply chain security.
Read moreGoogle Chrome’s uBlock Origin Purge Has Begun
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: The alleged SEC X account hacker gets charged, Kroger wriggles out of a face recognition scandal, and Microsoft deals with missing customer security logs.
Read moreThe Disinformation Warning Coming From the Edge of Europe
Credit to Author: Morgan Meaker| Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 06:00:00 +0000
Moldova is facing a tide of disinformation unprecedented in complexity and aggression, the head of a new center meant to combat it tells WIRED. And platforms like Facebook, TikTok, Telegram and YouTube could do more.
Read moreUnauthorized data access vulnerability in macOS is detailed by Microsoft
Microsoft disclosed details about the HM Surf vulnerability that could allow an attacker to gain access to the user’s data in Safari
Read moreWhat the US Army’s 1959 ‘Soldier of Tomorrow’ Got Right About the Future of Warfare
Credit to Author: Jared Keller| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 09:00:00 +0000
Sixty-five years ago, the Army’s leaders unveiled its “ultimate weapon” for the age of atomic warfare. Here’s how the service’s vision stands up to today’s reality.
Read moreBrazil Arrests ‘USDoD,’ Hacker in FBI Infragard Breach
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 12:33:51 +0000
Brazilian authorities reportedly have arrested a 33-year-old man on suspicion of being “USDoD,” a prolific cybercriminal who rose to infamy in 2022 after infiltrating the FBI’s InfraGard program and leaking contact information for 80,000 members. More recently, USDoD was behind a breach at the consumer data broker National Public Data that led to the leak of Social Security numbers and other personal information for a significant portion of the U.S. population.
Read moreNew macOS vulnerability, “HM Surf”, could lead to unauthorized data access
Credit to Author: Microsoft Threat Intelligence| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000
Microsoft Threat Intelligence uncovered a macOS vulnerability that could potentially allow an attacker to bypass the operating system’s Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC) technology and gain unauthorized access to a user’s protected data. The vulnerability, which we refer to as “HM Surf”, involves removing the TCC protection for the Safari browser directory and modifying a […]
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