cybersecurity
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US military disabled ad tracking on troops’ devices following reports of targeted attacks
The U.S. Department of Defense has disabled advertising tracking on troops’ phones and computers as part of an effort to…
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Abliteration.ai is making a business out of removing AI guardrails
It just became much easier to access one of the world’s most capable open-weight AI models, stripped of its guardrails…
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It sure looks like hackers breached a major ID card verification service
If you have handed over your driver’s license, passport, or other form of identity document to verify your information in…
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Florida and Texas move to block Flock cameras over privacy concerns
The states of Florida and Texas are moving to end their relationship with surveillance giant Flock, as the company faces…
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More Americans oppose police license plate cameras than support them: survey
The growing backlash against surveillance companies like Flock may have reached a tipping point. A new survey has found that…
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ATF declares ‘major incident’ as ransomware gang claims hack
The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or ATF, says a cyberattack on one of its systems has…
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OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and 100 other companies call for action to defend against rogue AI
Over a hundred tech companies — including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft — have signed an open letter urging both…
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US seizes domains of Chinese botnet used to hack NASA, Justice Department, and the Senate
The FBI has seized a series of domains that were used by a large-scale botnet to coordinate and launch China-backed…
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Alabama launches investigation into OpenAI’s hack of Hugging Face
Alabama’s attorney general announced Monday that it sent a subpoena to OpenAI as part of an investigation into the company’s…
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Someone targeted security researchers using a fake crypto conference as a lure
If you are a malicious hacker, cybersecurity professionals may very well be the worst people in the world to try…
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