Security News

Report: Tech misconceptions plague the IT world
2024-08-08 10:31

The results demonstrate that the infosec community still needs to do more to educate users on staying safe online. Twenty-five percent stuck their smartphone in a special cover so hackers couldn't steal their data.

NFL to begin using face scanning tech across all of its stadiums
2024-08-06 01:43

"After a pilot last season, all 32 teams will be using Wicket to streamline and secure the credentialing program," Boehm wrote. The new NFL credentialing program follows a six-stadium pilot program in 2023.

Tech support scam ring leader gets 7 years in prison, $6M fine
2024-08-01 20:13

The leader of a tech support fraud scheme was sentenced to seven years in prison after tricking at least 6,500 victims and generating more than $6 million. [...]

Oops. Apple relied on bad code while flaming Google Chrome's Topics ad tech
2024-07-24 20:44

Apple last week celebrated a slew of privacy changes coming to its Safari browser and took the time to bash rival Google for its Topics system that serves online ads based on your Chrome history. It's feared netizens could be still be tracked around the web using the Topics API in Chrome, or folks who have tried to hide their identity from advertisers could be rediscovered using the tech.

Big Tech's eventual response to my LLM-crasher bug report was dire
2024-07-10 07:25

After publication of my "Kryptonite" article about a prompt that crashes many AI chatbots, I began to get a steady stream of emails from readers - many times the total of all reader emails I'd received in the previous decade. Disappointingly, too many of them consisted of little more than a request to reveal the prompt so that they could lay waste to large language models.

Europol says mobile roaming tech is making its job too hard
2024-07-05 08:26

Europol published a position paper today highlighting its concerns around SMS home routing - the technology that allows telcos to continue offering their services when customers visit another country. According to the cops, they pointed out that when roaming, a suspect in a criminal case who's using a SIM from another country will have all of their mobile communications processed through their home network.

CISA director: US is 'not afraid' to shout about Big Tech's security failings
2024-07-01 09:35

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US sanctions 12 Kaspersky Lab execs for working in Russian tech sector
2024-06-21 17:32

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned twelve Kaspersky Lab executives for operating in the technology sector of Russia. These sanctions came after the Biden administration announced yesterday the ban of sales and software updates for Kaspersky antivirus software in the USA, which started in July, over potential cybersecurity risks to national security.

Rogue uni IT director pleads guilty after fraudulently buying $2.1M of tech
2024-06-18 23:46

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CHERI Alliance formed to promote memory security tech ... but where's Arm?
2024-06-18 15:04

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