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A roundup of the previous week’s most notable security stories and events, including cloud identity management, a noteworthy Twitter scam-tastrophy, RobbinHood ransomware, and more.

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A week in security

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Twitter bans deepfakes, but only those ‘likely to cause harm’

February 6, 2020 0 Comments alphabet, assembler, cheapfakes, deepfakes, disinformation, facebook, fake news, gan, generative adversarial network, Google, jigsaw, Machine Learning, shallowfakes, Social networks, stylegan, the current, twitter

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 13:52:30 +0000

Twitter isn’t interested in how the “synthetic or manipulated” media is created, but if it has the potential to cause harm it’ll be removed.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/6IJPjMtC2sA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Deepfakes laws and proposals flood US

January 23, 2020 0 Comments ab 602, ab 730, Artificial intelligence, california, deep fakes accountability act, deepfake, deepfake report act, deepfakes, deepfakes laws, deepfakes legislation, deeptrace, election interference, gavin newsom, iogan act, maryland, massachusetts, national defense authorization act, ndaa, New York, nonconsensual deepfake pornography, nonconsensual pornorgraphy, revenge porn, rogue one, sag-aftra, screen actors guild‐american federation of television and radio artists, star wars, star wars: rogue one, Texas, virginia

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 17:59:05 +0000

In a rare example of legislative haste, roughly one dozen state and federal bills were introduced in the past 12 months to regulate deepfakes, the relatively modern technology that some fear could upend democracy.

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Tags: AB 602 AB 730 California DEEP FAKES Accountability Act deepfake Deepfake Report Act deepfakes deepfakes laws deepfakes legislation Deeptrace election interference Gavin Newsom IOGAN Act Maryland Massachusetts National Defense Authorization Act NDAA New York nonconsensual deepfake pornography nonconsensual pornorgraphy revenge porn Rogue One SAG-AFTRA Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Star Wars Star Wars: Rogue One texas Virginia

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What do online file sharers want with 70,000 Tinder images?

January 21, 2020 0 Comments data leak, data loss, dating apps, deepfakes, online dating, online privacy, Privacy, Social networks, tinder

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 10:50:32 +0000

A researcher has discovered thousands of Tinder users’ images publicly available for free online.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/HtlXzKkoA5E” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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A week in security (January 13 – 19)

January 20, 2020 0 Comments A week in security, apt40, Cisco, citrix, data enrichment, deepfakes, elastic servers, emotet, rootkit, travelex, weleakinfo

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 16:32:45 +0000

Our weekly security roundup for January 13-19, with a look at elastic servers, data enrichment, rootkits, regulation for deepfakes, and more.

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A week in security

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Rules on deepfakes take hold in the US

January 15, 2020 0 Comments Artificial intelligence, barack obama, boris johnson, cheapfake, deepfake, deepfakes, department of defense, director of national intelligence, dni, gavin newsom, governor gavin newsom, jeremy corbyn, nancy pelosi, national defense authorization act, ndaa, people's republic of china, president obama, reddit, russian federation

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 16:59:33 +0000

Rather than creating new policies or crimes for deepfakes—like making it illegal to use them to deceive—the NDAA seeks a better understanding to the burgeoning technology.

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Artificial Intelligence

Tags: Barack Obama Boris Johnson cheapfake deepfake deepfakes Department of Defense Director of National Intelligence DNI Gavin Newsom Governor Gavin Newsom Jeremy Corbyn Nancy Pelosi National Defense Authorization Act NDAA People’s Republic of China President Obama reddit Russian Federation

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Reddit bans ‘impersonation,’ but satire and parody are still OK

January 13, 2020 0 Comments 2020 US presidential election, ban, deepfakes, fake news, impersonation, mimicry, parody, reddit, satire, Social networks, us presidential election

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 11:23:12 +0000

Relax: Nic Cage deepfakes aren’t going anywhere. It’s only “maliciously misleading” impersonations that are now verboten.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/e5EgZrSlk2I” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook bans deepfakes, but not cheapfakes or shallowfakes

January 8, 2020 0 Comments cheapfakes, deepfakes, facebook, fake news, Machine Learning, Mark Zuckerberg, shallowfakes, Social networks

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 11:20:02 +0000

Quick-n-sleazy edits are still OK, such as the 75% slowdown that made Nancy Pelosi slur or the edit that turned Joe Biden into a racist.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/7w8AhUNJatM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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