The Top Cybersecurity Agency in the US Is Bracing for Donald Trump

Credit to Author: Eric Geller| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:30:00 +0000

Staffers at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency tell WIRED they fear the new administration will cut programs that keep the US safe—and “persecution.”

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Microsoft’s AI Recall Tool Is Still Sucking Up Credit Card and Social Security Numbers

Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 11:30:00 +0000

Plus: The US indicts North Koreans in fake IT worker scheme, file-sharing firm Cleo warns customers to patch a vulnerability amid live attacks, and more.

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Top US Consumer Watchdog Has a Plan to Fight Predatory Data Brokers

Credit to Author: Dell Cameron, Andrew Couts| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 13:00:00 +0000

A new proposal by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would use a 54-year-old privacy law to impose new oversight of the data broker industry. But first, the agency must survive Elon Musk.

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