Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 16:19:32 +0000
Members of Congress say the DOJ is funding the use of AI tools that further discriminatory policing practices. They’re demanding higher standards for federal grants.
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Another day, another hack of Microsoft technology. Ho-hum, you might think, this has happened before and will happen again — as surely as the sun rises in the morning and sets at night.
This time is different. Because this time the targets weren’t Microsoft customers, but rather the top echelons of Microsoft itself. And the hacker group, called Midnight Blizzard, or sometimes Cozy Bear, the Dukes, or A.P.T. 29, is sponsored by Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (and has been since at least 2008).
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2024 14:00:00 +0000
Plus: North Korean hackers get into generative AI, a phone surveillance tool that can monitor billions of devices gets exposed, and ambient light sensors pose a new privacy risk.
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Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2024 21:07:18 +0000
A California teenager who allegedly used the handle Torswats to carry out a nationwide swatting campaign is being extradited to Florida to face felony charges, WIRED has learned.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2024 19:13:23 +0000
US spy agencies purchased Americans’ phone location data and internet metadata without a warrant but only admitted it after a US senator blocked the appointment of a new NSA director.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 21:30:58 +0000
Newly disclosed breaches of Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise highlight the persistent threat posed by Midnight Blizzard, a notorious Russian cyber-espionage group.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
From repeatedly crippling thousands of gas stations to setting a steel mill on fire, Predatory Sparrow’s offensive hacking has now targeted Iranians with some of history’s most aggressive cyberattacks.
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Credit to Author: Andrew Couts| Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 23:41:00 +0000
The Amazon-owned home surveillance company says it is shuttering a feature in its Neighbors app that allows police to request footage from users. But it’s not shutting out the cops entirely.
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Credit to Author: Vas Panagiotopoulos| Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
NSO Group, creator of the infamous Pegasus spyware, is spending millions on lobbying in Washington while taking advantage of the crisis in Gaza to paint itself as essential for global security.
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Credit to Author: Scharon Harding, Ars Technica| Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 21:11:43 +0000
The company says it wants to protect you from “viruses.” Experts are skeptical.
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