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Developer Convicted for “kill switch” Code Activated Upon his Termination
ArsTechnica - Mon Mar 10, 2025
A 55-year-old software developer faces up to 10 years in prison for deploying malicious code that sabotaged his former employer's network, allegedly costing hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses. More»

Musk Seizes Control of Social Security Check System
Daily Beast - Mon Feb 3, 2025
Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency team have reportedly gained full access to the federal payment system, which contains sensitive personal information on millions of Americans, according to a report. More»

Man Accused of Starting Fire at Congressman’s Office Motivated by TikTok Ban
Associated Press - Mon Jan 20, 2025
FOND DU LAC, Wisconsin — A man accused of setting fire to a strip mall in Wisconsin where a congressman’s office is located told authorities he was motivated by the federal ban on the popular TikTok video-sharing platform. More»

Unprecedented Cyberattack on US Telecommunications
NBC - Thu Dec 5, 2024
Amid an unprecedented cyberattack on telecommunications companies such as AT&T and Verizon, US officials have recommended that Americans use encrypted messaging apps to ensure their communications stay hidden from foreign hackers. More»

AI-Powered Fake News Campaign Targets Western Support for Ukraine and US Elections
The Hacker News - Mon Dec 2, 2024
A Moscow-based company sanctioned by the US earlier this year has been linked to yet another influence operation designed to turn public opinion against Ukraine and erode Western support since at least December 2023. More»

'AI Jesus' Avatar Tests Man's Faith in Machines and the Divine
Associated Press - Fri Nov 29, 2024
LUCERNE, Switzerland — Would you trust an “AI Jesus” with your innermost thoughts and troubles?

Researchers and religious leaders on Wednesday released findings from a two-month experiment through art in a Catholic chapel in Switzerland, where an avatar of “Jesus” on a computer screen — tucked into a confessional — took questions by visitors on faith, morality and modern-day woes, and offered responses based on Scripture. More»

Undersea Cable Between Germany and Finland Severed
BBC - Tue Nov 19, 2024
Germany and Finland say they are "deeply concerned" after an undersea cable linking the countries was severed. More»

Satire Publication The Onion Buys Alex Jones’ Infowars at Auction
Associated Press - Thu Nov 14, 2024
The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than $1 billion in defamation judgments for calling the massacre a hoax. More»

Hackers Steal Call Records of 'nearly all' AT&T Customers
BBC - Sat Jul 13, 2024
Hackers stole call and text records data from "nearly all" of 109 million AT&T Wireless customers, the telecommunications company disclosed on Friday. More»

Hundreds of thousands of US Internet Routers Destroyed in Newly Discovered 2023 Hack
Reuters - Fri May 31, 2024
WASHINGTON - An unidentified hacking group launched a massive cyberattack on a telecommunications company in the US heartland late last year that disabled hundreds of thousands of internet routers, according to research published Thursday. More»

A Physicists’ Guide to the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
Symmetry Magazine - Thu May 9, 2024
In 2017, Savannah Thais attended the NeurIPS machine-learning conference in Long Beach, California, hoping to learn about techniques she could use in her doctoral work on electron identification. More»

Google to Delete Billions of Browsing Records in 'Incognito Mode' Privacy Lawsuit Settlement
The Hacker News - Wed Apr 3, 2024
Google has agreed to purge billions of data records reflecting users' browsing activities to settle a class action lawsuit that claimed the search giant tracked them without their knowledge or consent in its Chrome browser. More»

San Jose uses AI to scan streets for homeless people's cars
San Francisco Gate - Sun Mar 31, 2024
In southern neighborhoods of San Jose, cameras attached to a city-owned car have been recording footage of streets and sidewalks. More»

The ‘AT&T breach’—what you need to know
malwarebytes - Mon Mar 25, 2024
Earlier this week, the data of over 70 million people was posted for sale on an online cybercrime forum. More»

Massive changes coming to Google Chrome threaten to reshape the modern internet!
Yahoo! - Sun Mar 24, 2024
Later this year Google, through its Chrome browser, will end the use of third-party cookies, technology that can track people across websites to target them with personalized advertising. More»

China Accused of Hacking Ukraine Days Before Russian Invasion
The Times - Thu Apr 7, 2022
China staged a huge cyberattack on Ukraine’s military and nuclear facilities in the build-up to Russia’s invasion, according to intelligence memos obtained by The Times. More»

Windows 11 Will Add a Watermark if You Use Unsupported Hardware
Engadget - Mon Mar 21, 2022
Microsoft doesn't want you using workarounds to run Windows 11 on older PCs. More»

New Wiper Malware Targeting Ukraine Amid Russia's Military Operation
The Hacker News - Thu Feb 24, 2022
Cybersecurity firms ESET and Broadcom's Symantec said they discovered a new data wiper malware used in fresh attacks against hundreds of machines in Ukraine, as Russian forces formally launched a full-scale military operation against the country. More»

Apple Releases iOS, iPadOS, macOS Updates to Patch Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaw
The Hacker News - Fri Feb 11, 2022
Apple on Thursday released security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari to address a new WebKit flaw that it said may have been actively exploited in the wild, making it the company's third zero-day patch since the start of the year. More»

Zuckerberg’s Dream of Launching a Cryptocurrency is Officially Over
The Verge - Tue Feb 1, 2022
After multiple rebrands, congressional hearings, and several high-profile staff departures, the Meta-backed cryptocurrency known as Diem is calling it quits. More»

Google to Invest up to $1 Billion in Indian Telecom Operator Airtel
Tech Crunch - Fri Jan 28, 2022
Google will invest as much as $1 billion in the Indian telecom operator Airtel, the latest in a series of bets the search giant has made in the world's second largest internet market as part of a $10 billion commitment to the country. More»

Google Chrome Update will cause Big Issue For 2 Billion Users
CyberKendra - Tue Dec 28, 2021
Google has changed the release cycle of its Chrome browser from the usual six weeks to four, shortening the release time for Chrome 100. More»

CISA, FBI and NSA Publish Joint Advisory and Scanner for Log4j Vulnerabilities
The Hacker News - Thu Dec 23, 2021
Cybersecurity agencies from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the US, and the UK on Wednesday released a joint advisory in response to widespread exploitation of multiple vulnerabilities in Apache's Log4j software library by nefarious adversaries. More»

Cyber Espionage Hackers Targeting Transportation Sector
The Hacker News - Wed Dec 22, 2021
The transportation industry and government agencies related to the sector are the victims of an ongoing campaign since July 2020 by a sophisticated and well-equipped cyberespionage group in what appears to be yet another uptick in malicious activities that are "just the tip of the iceberg. More»

Virginia's Legislature IT Hit With Ransomware Attack
NBC New York - Tue Dec 14, 2021
The information technology agency that serves Virginia's legislature has been hit by a ransomware attack that has substantially affected its operations, state officials said Monday. More»

AWS Outage: Several Sites Down, Amazon Delivery Operations Crippled
NBC New York - Tue Dec 7, 2021
Amazon Web Services suffered a major outage Tuesday, the company said, disrupting access to many popular sites. More»

Tesla Drivers Unable to Start Their Cars After Outage
BBC - Sat Nov 20, 2021
Tesla drivers say they have been locked out of their cars after an outage struck the carmaker's app. More»

New 'Trojan Source' Technique Lets Hackers Hide Vulnerabilities in Source Code
The Hacker News - Mon Nov 1, 2021
A novel class of vulnerabilities could be leveraged by threat actors to inject visually deceptive malware in a way that's semantically permissible but alters the logic defined by the source code, effectively opening the door to more first-party and supply chain risks. More»

Facebook Rebrands As Meta Amid Intense Scrutiny
Associated Press - Thu Oct 28, 2021
OAKLAND, California - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company is rebranding itself as Meta, an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future. More»

FBI Warns of Ransomware Threat to Food and Agriculture
Malwarebytes Labs - Sun Sep 12, 2021
The FBI has issued a Private Industry Notification (PIN) about cybercriminal actors targeting the food and agriculture sector with ransomware attacks. More»

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