Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 07:00:00 +0000
Deepfake scam services. Victim data. Electrified shackles for human trafficking. Crypto tracing firm Elliptic found all were available for sale on an online marketplace linked to Cambodia’s ruling family.
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Credit to Author: Jared Keller| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +0000
The US military has abandoned its half-century dream of a suit of powered armor in favor of a “hyper enabled operator,” a tactical AI assistant for special operations forces.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg| Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: Researchers uncover a new way to expose CSAM peddlers, OpenAI suffered a secret cyberattack, cryptocurrency thefts jump in 2024, and Twilio confirms hackers stole 33 million phone numbers.
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Credit to Author: Rajan Basra| Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Growing numbers of insurgents and extremists use the FGC-9. Forensic analysis of online platforms reveals the dark world of the man who created it—a self-described incel who supported the German far right.
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Credit to Author: Kate O’Flaherty| Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Generative AI is seeping into the core of your phone, but what does that mean for privacy? Here’s how Apple’s unique AI architecture compares to the “hybrid” approach adopted by Samsung and Google.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Proton is adding an end-to-end encrypted documents editor to its privacy tools, boosting its competition with Google’s suite of productivity apps.
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Credit to Author: Eric Geller| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 11:00:00 +0000
The US State Department is training diplomats in cybersecurity, privacy, telecommunications, and other technology issues, allowing them to advance US policy abroad.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 10:30:00 +0000
While Kaspersky and TikTok make very different kinds of software, the US has targeted both over national security concerns. But the looming bans have larger implications for internet freedom.
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Credit to Author: Sharon Lemac-Vincere| Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000
As more and more infrastructure is deployed in space, the risk of cyber attacks increases. The US military wants to team up with the private sector to protect assets everyone relies on.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: A cloud company says notorious Russian hacker group APT29 attacked it, Chinese hackers use ransomware to hide their espionage campaigns, and a bank popular with startups discloses a cyberattack.
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