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CYBER5d agoAI ‘deepfakes’ give US political attack ads a new twistFinancial Times
CYBER5d agoHow to Change Your Location on Life360 Without “Location Paused” AlertsSharing your location can be useful for keeping family and friends connected, but there are times when having more control over your digital whereabouts matters just as much. Whether you're looking for greater privacy or simply want to manage the location information your device shares, GPS-changing...gizchinacom · china
CYBER5d agoOpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsNPR News
CYBER5d agoSouth Korea struggles to curb sexual exploitation sites 10 years after Soranet scandalA decade after the shutdown of Soranet – a sprawling online hub for secretly filmed and non-consensual sexual videos that became a symbol of South Korea’s digital sex-crime crisis – the country is still struggling to stamp out similar networks and copycat sites that have emerged in its wake. Their prevalence reflects the difficulties of deterring such illegal activities, policing the online space and changing societal attitudes towards women. Last month, a man was detained over an alleged...South China Morning Post
CYBER5d agoOpenAI bans Russian, Iranian ChatGPT propaganda networksFrance 24 [en]
CYBER5d agoOpenAI users in Russia, Iran used models to push political agenda online, in mediaOpenAI banned several accounts associated with two propaganda operations based in Iran and Russia, respectively, it confirmed Thursday — the latter of which the tech company said had the greatest reach it has recorded since it began reporting on and disrupting such schemes. The influence operations used OpenAI models alongside “more traditional techniques and technologies…The Hill
CYBER5d agoEU cyber and science researchers are testing Chinese AI modelsThe EU's cyber agency ENISA and the Joint Research Centre confirm for the first time that they are testing Chinese open-source AI models.Politico Europe
CYBER5d ago'AgentCorruption' Puts AWS Environments At Risk With Single PromptA now-patched vulnerability in AWS Bedrock AgentCore could have allowed an attacker to use one AI chatbot to take over an organization's entire fleet.Dark Reading
CYBER5d agoStudent protest in Argentina: parents denounce that students used paid AI to create fake sexual images of their female classmates and spread themEl caso provocó una concentración frente al colegio de Lomas de Zamora y abrió una investigación judicial contra los adolescentes responsables.El Tiempo
CYBER5d agoFire rages at Yandex data centre after Ukraine drone attackEuroNews [en]
CYBER5d agoZelensky: Strike on Yandex data center was a mirror response to Russia's actionsUkrinform [en]
CYBER5d agoRussia has spent a decade trying to stop people from bypassing internet censorship. Now it plans to spend nearly 60 billion rubles over three years on traffic filtering.Russia is preparing a new wave of restrictions on tools used to bypass internet blocks. The budget for the next three years includes a record 60 billion rubles for traffic filtering. The Digital Development Ministry wants to make mobile internet much more expensive for VPN users, and there are plans to put companies’ corporate networks under strict oversight by the Federal Security Service (FSB). Dozens of other restrictions have accumulated in recent years. We looked back at the main ones to show how the state has methodically cut Russians off from the free internet — and where we are on thatMeduza [en]
CYBER5d agoPro-Russian hacker group NoName targets Italian Foreign Ministry websiteChecks are under way on the websites of Italian embassies and consulates abroad following a suspected similar cyberattack by pro-Russian hackersEuroNews [en]
CYBER5d agoVenezuelan Cartel's Malware Honcho Nabbed for ATM JackpottingDark Reading
CYBER5d agoExclusive: Anthropic's plan to protect critical infrastructureAnthropic is launching a new cybersecurity initiative designed to bring its most powerful AI models and engineers to companies protecting power grids, water utilities and other critical infrastructure, the company first shared with Axios.Why it matters: Critical infrastructure operators are struggling to secure aging, complex systems as AI threatens to make cyberattacks faster and cheaper to execute.Driving the news: Under its new Critical Infrastructure Defense Program, Anthropic will provide its frontier AI models, on-site engineers and threat research to companies already responsible for seAxios
CYBER5d agoIT Ministry advises social media platforms to take down ‘manipulated’ contentThe advisory expands earlier guidance on rules by the Ministry on AI-generated content; it also advises firms to take on “priority” posts referred by government departmentsThe Hindu
CYBER5d agoICE tried using Palantir to review voter roll information?ICE is now investigating the people who help Americans register to vote.The Hill
CYBER5d agoFBI Says China-Linked Hackers Ran Portal Giving Third Parties Access to Stolen EmailsThe Hacker News
CYBER5d agoRussian Spies Give 'MatchBoil' Malware a Stealthy FaceliftCyber-espionage actor UAC-0099 has been steadily refining its flagship dropper in campaigns targeting Ukrainian organizations.Dark Reading
CYBER5d agoThreatsDay: Ransomware Affiliate Betrayal, WhatsApp RAT, Exposed Hacker Tools and 12 More StoriesThe crooks have trust problems of their own. One ransomware affiliate decided to keep the profits for himself. Elsewhere, an attacker left a server exposed, complete with tools and traces of an intrusion. Apparently, keeping things secure is a problem on both sides of the fence. The rest of the week isn't much more reassuring. Malicious code turned up in developer packages and extensions thatThe Hacker News
CYBER5d agoDelhi Police ramp up ‘perception’ campaign, identifies 500 people, 200 social media channels ahead of October 10 protestAfter the July protest, police step up a ‘cyber warfare’ strategy to counter online narratives and circulate videos of injured personnel and alleged clashes; officials examine why their social media content failed to gain tractionThe Hindu
CYBER5d agoNew York accuses TikTok of serving users ‘placebo’ safety featuresNew York is accusing TikTok of providing users with 'placebo' safety features. This indicates a concern regarding the effectiveness of user protection measures on the platform.headtopics · united states of america
CYBER5d agoStephen Miller visited FBI days before man was charged for cyber-stalking his wife, sources sayTrump administration adviser Stephen Miller went to the FBI days before a man was charged for allegedly making disturbing calls and texts to his wife, Katie, multiple sources told CBS News. Sarah Lynch reports.CBS News
CYBERBREAKING5d agoMajor internet outage hits Russia after strike on Yandex data centerUkrinform [en]