Cybercriminals, spies, researchers, and corporate defenders are increasingly using AI, feeding into an escalating cat-and-mouse game of finding software flaws
good and bad actors leveraging AI in cybersecurity arms race Stephen E. Arnold / Beyond Search : News Flash from the Past: Bad Actors Use New Technology and Adapt Quickly Bluesky: Kevin Collier / @kev...
How the US conducted a monthslong campaign to push The Gambia and at least four other developing nations to license Starlink; diplomats call the events alarming
The State Department has intervened on behalf of Musk's satellite internet company in five developing nations. Bluesky: @karlbode.com , @emptywheel , @rimaanabtawi , and @malwarejake . Mastodon: @Suff...
Investigation: criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar, where tens of thousands of people are enslaved, are using Starlink to get online
A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of people are enslaved—are using Starlink to get online. Bluesky: @malwarejake , @...
Letter: the US Treasury says China-backed hackers gained access to some Treasury workstations and unclassified docs; a vendor notified it of the hack on Dec. 8
FBI Investigation Underway, China Suspected Huileng Tan / Business Insider : The US Treasury says some computers were breached by China-backed hackers United States Department of the Treasury : Dear C...
Source and doc: Runway scraped thousands of videos from YouTube creators and brands, including Disney and VICE News, to train its Gen-3 AI video generation tool
A leaked internal document shows Runway's celebrated Gen-3 AI video generator collected thousands of YouTube videos and pirated movies for training data. X: @mkbhd , @malwarejake , @ednewtonrex , @jos...
After Microsoft eroded Windows users' trust with bad practices for years, Recall is a PR disaster, as users remain skeptical despite the company's assurances
inside the Copilot+ Recall disaster. Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica : Windows Recall demands an extraordinary level of trust that Microsoft hasn't earned Alex / xaitax on GitHub : TotalRecall - a ‘p...
Meta is notifying Instagram and Facebook EU users that it's using their data to train its AI models, and users can opt out, “if your objection is honoured”
Cool. I'm not even going to try it. — I just deleted over 20 years of posts, and I'll slooowly upload everything again... All NightShaded. 😈 — Fuck Meta. Fuck AI. … X: @tantacrul : 1. I'm legit...
Slack confirms it is training some of its AI-powered features, but not its generative AI tool, on user content and uploads, with all users opted-in by default
https://slack.com/... What a time to be alive in IT. 🤦♂️ JP Mens / @jpmens@mastodon.social : “Our guiding principle as we build this product is that the privacy and security of Customer Data is sac...
Ad blockers saw record uninstalls in October after YouTube expanded its crackdown on ad blockers, while those unaffected by the clampdown saw record installs
https://www.wired.com/... X: Jake Williams / @malwarejake : YouTube notwithstanding, ad blockers that block ads on third-party sites actually help Google compete for ad dollars in its search results. ...
A profile of Window Snyder, who helped secure the early internet while at Microsoft and Mozilla, and pushed Apple to enable encryption by default in its devices
https://techcrunch.com/... Kenn White / @kennwhite@mastodon.social : This is a great profile on Window Synder, one of the true OG hackers and an absolute force of nature in internet security. You can...