How to Not Get Hacked by a QR Code
Credit to Author: David Nield| Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2023 12:00:00 +0000
QR codes can be convenient—but they can also be exploited by malicious actors. Here’s how to protect yourself.
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ChatGPT Spit Out Sensitive Data When Told to Repeat ‘Poem’ Forever
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Andy Greenberg| Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000
Plus: A major ransomware crackdown, the arrest of Ukraine’s cybersecurity chief, and a hack-for-hire entrepreneur charged with attempted murder.
Read moreApple secures WebKit as global ransomware attacks surge
If nothing else, Apple’s most recent emergency security update should be considered proof of an increasingly tense security environment.
Enterprises must understand that while Apple maintains a pretty solid ecosystem — certainly at present the most secure, even according to Cisco — that doesn’t mean it’s entirely safe, and every Apple customer needs to get wise to the growing proliferation of threats.
With more and more business users turning to the company’s solutions, it’s important to get ahead of the threat.
Google Fixes a Seventh Zero-Day Flaw in Chrome—Update Now
Credit to Author: Kate O’Flaherty| Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 15:42:17 +0000
Plus: Major security patches from Microsoft, Mozilla, Atlassian, Cisco, and more.
Read moreUnused Gmail accounts head to the chopping block
It’s the last call to keep any Gmail accounts you haven’t used recently.
Beginning December 1, Google will start deleting accounts that have been inactive for two years, including all associated photos, Drive documents, contacts, emails, and calendar entries. The tech giant first announced this change in their inactivity policy in May.
Google confirmed to Computerworld that it’s proceeding with the deletion plan. “We plan to roll this out slowly and in phases, not all at once,” spokesperson Christa Muldoon said. “We’ll be starting with accounts that were created and never used.”
Separate Gmail accounts held by the same user under different names are also subject to deletion, Muldoon said.
The CDC’s Gun Violence Research Is in Danger
Credit to Author: Matt Laslo| Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 12:00:00 +0000
In a year pocked with fights over US government funding, Republicans are quietly trying to strip the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of its ability to research gun violence.
Read moreOkta Breach Impacted All Customer Support Users—Not 1 Percent
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 15:53:24 +0000
Okta upped its original estimate of customer support users affected by a recent breach from 1 percent to 100 percent, citing a “discrepancy.”
Read moreOpenAI’s Custom Chatbots Are Leaking Their Secrets
Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 12:00:00 +0000
Released earlier this month, OpenAI’s GPTs let anyone create custom chatbots. But some of the data they’re built on is easily exposed.
Read moreA Civil Rights Firestorm Erupts Around a Looming Surveillance Power Grab
Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2023 20:03:17 +0000
Dozens of advocacy groups are pressuring the US Congress to abandon plans to ram through the renewal of a controversial surveillance program that they say poses an “alarming threat to civil rights.”
Read moreElon Musk Is Giving QAnon Believers Hope Just in Time for the 2024 Elections
Credit to Author: David Gilbert| Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2023 15:38:29 +0000
Musk’s recent use of the term “Q*Anon” is his most explicit endorsement of the movement to date. Conspiracists have since spent days dissecting its meaning and cheering on his apparent support.
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