Data Privacy

Meta AI is a ‘Privacy Disaster’ — OK Boomer
Richi Jennings | | cybersecurity risks of generative ai, dark patterns, DeleteFacebook, facebook, Facebook Spyware, generative AI, generative ai gen ai, Generative AI risks, Generative AI Security, generative artificial intelligence, Instagram, Large Language Models (LLM), Large language models (LLMs), LLM, llm applications security, Meta, Meta AI, Meta Platforms, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, social media, social network, social networking, social networking security, Social networks, spyware
More Meta mess: Pundits accuse Zuckerberg’s latest app of having a “dark pattern,” tricking the over 50s into oversharing ...
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Zero-Click Flaw in Microsoft Copilot Illustrates AI Agent, RAG Risks
Jeffrey Burt | | AI agent security, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Copilot, RAG AI, security vulnerability
Aim Security researchers found a zero-click vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot that could have been exploited to have AI tools like RAG and AI agents hand over sensitive corporate data to attackers ...
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Zscaler Tightens AI Security With New Tools
Jon Swartz | | AI agent security, AI network security, ChatGPT, generative AI, Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler
LAS VEGAS — Zscaler Inc. on Tuesday announced advanced artificial intelligence (AI) security capabilities to tackle the complexities in deploying advanced AI tools in large, distributed environments at its developers conference here ...
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Microsoft Launches Free Security Program for European Governments
Microsoft is offering European countries a new cybersecurity program for free to help them defend against threats from nation-states like China and Russia, ransomware gangs, and AI-powered cyber threats through greater intelligence ...
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Meta’s Secret Spyware: ‘Local Mess’ Hack Tracks You Across the Web
Richi Jennings | | android, android spyware, Browser Privacy, cookies, DeleteFacebook, facebook, Facebook Spyware, Incognito, Incognito Mode, Instagram, Meta, Meta Pixel, Meta Platforms, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, social media, social network, social networking, social networking security, Social networks, spyware, tracking, tracking cookies, Tracking Pixel, WebRTC leaks, Yandex
Farcebok: Zuckerberg’s privacy pledge revealed as ineffectual ...
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Qualcomm Fixes Three Adreno GPU Flaws Abused in Android Attacks
Qualcomm issued patches for three zero-day vulnerabilities in its Adreno GPUs that Google threat intelligence researchers said were being exploited in "limited, targeted" attacks against Android devices ...
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U.S., Dutch Agencies Shut Down AVCheck Services Used by Threat Groups
Jeffrey Burt | | AVCheck, counter antivirus services, Department of Justice (DOJ), Operation Endgame Cybercrime, Ransomware
Authorities with the United States, the Netherlands, and Finland shut down the AVCheck counter antivirus and two crypting services that were used by bad actors to obfuscate their malware and to test ...
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Microsoft Opens Windows Update to 3rd-Party Apps
Richi Jennings | | application delivery orchestration, APPX, Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS), BITS, Microsoft, Microsoft cybersecurity fixes, Microsoft Store, Microsoft Windows, MSIX App Installer, orchestration, Package Managers, SB Blogwatch, security orchestration, Win32, Windows, Windows Update, Windows Update orchestration platform, Windows updates, WinGet
A breath of fresh air: Security fixes and other updates will be “orchestrated” by Redmond’s own update tool ...
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FTC Orders GoDaddy to Bolster its Security After Years of Attacks
Web hosting giant GoDaddy for years has mislead customers about the strength of its security program, but after a series of data breaches, the FTC is ordering the company to implements robust ...
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RSA and Bitcoin at BIG Risk from Quantum Compute
Richi Jennings | | Craig Gidney, cryptanalytically relevant quantum computer, ECDSA, Elliptic Curve Cryptography, imaginary money, NIST-standardized PQC encryption algorithms, post quantum, post-quantum cryptograph, Post-Quantum Cryptography, Post-quantum cryptography (PQC), Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) algorithms, Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration, Post-Quantum Migration, post-quantum security, PQC, PQC adoption, PQC migration, PQC readiness, PQC transition, quantum, rsa, SB Blogwatch
PQC PDQ: Researchers find we’ll need 20 times fewer qubits to break conventional encryption than previously believed ...
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