Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2023 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: SolarWinds is charged with fraud, New Orleans police face recognition has flaws, and new details about Okta’s October data breach emerge.
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Credit to Author: Vittoria Elliott| Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2023 21:00:00 +0000
The slow-motion implosion of Elon Musk’s X has given rise to a slew of competitors, where privacy invasions that ran rampant over the past decade still largely persist.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: Details emerge of a US government social media-scanning tool that flags “derogatory” speech, and researchers find vulnerabilities in the global mobile communications network.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2023 19:51:31 +0000
As Israel increases its ground operation in Gaza, the last remaining internet and mobile connections have gone dark.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 23:01:00 +0000
Thousands of child abuse images are being created with AI. New images of old victims are appearing, as criminals trade datasets.
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Credit to Author: Vas Panagiotopoulos| Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 11:00:00 +0000
An EU government body is pushing a proposal to combat child sexual abuse material that has significant privacy implications. Its lead advocate is making things even messier.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 11:00:00 +0000
Though often viewed as the “crown jewel” of the US intelligence community, fresh reports of abuse by NSA employees and chaos in the US Congress put the tool’s future in jeopardy.
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Credit to Author: Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: IT workers secretly funnel money to North Korea, a court in the US upholds keyword search warrants, and WhatsApp gets a passwordless upgrade on Android
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2023 22:59:52 +0000
With a new emphasis on the Hamas attacks on Israel, the US Treasury has proposed designating foreign cryptocurrency “mixer” services as money launderers and national security threats.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +0000
Myanmar’s military junta is increasing surveillance and violating basic human rights. The combination of physical and digital surveillance is reaching dangerous new levels.
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