Tag: security roundup
Microsoft’s New Recall AI Tool May Be a ‘Privacy Nightmare’
Sex, drugs, and ⦠Eventbrite? A WIRED investigation published this week uncovered a network of spammers and scammers pushing the illegal sale of controlled...
US Official Warns a Cell Network Flaw Is Being Exploited for...
Laser warfare, among all the long-unfulfilled imaginings of science fiction writers, is right up there with flying cars. Now it's finally becoming a reality....
Microsoft Deploys Generative AI for US Spies
Law enforcement in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia this week named a Russian national as the person behind LockBitSupp, the pseudonym of...
A New Surveillance Tool Invades Border Towns
This week, WIRED reported that a group of prolific scammers known as the Yahoo Boys are openly operating on major platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp,...
School Employee Allegedly Framed a Principal With Racist Deepfake Rant
Controversial gunshot-detection company ShotSpotter has deployed more than 25,000 microphones across 170 cities worldwide. This week, WIRED and South Side Weekly revealed the...
AI-Controlled Fighter Jets Are Dogfighting With Human Pilots Now
Looking for love? Be careful what you wish for.A loose-knit community of con artists known as Yahoo Boys has begun using real-time face-swap...
Roku Breach Hits 567,000 Users
After months of delays, the US House of Representatives voted on Friday to extend a controversial warrantless wiretap program for two years. Known...
Identity Thief Lived as a Different Man for 33 Years
It’s been a week since the world avoided a potentially catastrophic cyberattack. On March 29, Microsoft developer Andres Freund disclosed his discovery of...