Think Twice Before Creating That ChatGPT Action Figure
At the start of April, an influx of action figure started appearing on social media sites including LinkedIn and X. Each figure depicted the person…
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North Korea Stole Your Job
Even security experts can be fooled. In July 2024, Knowbe4, a Florida-based company that offers security training, discovered that a new hire known as “Kyle”…
AI Code Hallucinations Increase the Risk of ‘Package Confusion’ Attacks
AI-generated computer code is rife with references to non-existent third-party libraries, creating a golden opportunity for supply-chain attacks that poison legitimate programs with malicious packages…
WhatsApp Is Walking a Tightrope Between AI Features and Privacy
Last year, Apple debuted a similar scheme, known as Private Cloud Compute, for its Apple Intelligence AI platform. And users can turn the service on…
Millions of Apple Airplay-Enabled Devices Can Be Hacked via Wi-Fi
Apple’s AirPlay feature enables iPhones and Macbooks to seamlessly play music or show photos and videos on other Apple devices or third-party speakers and TVs…
Car Subscription Features Raise Your Risk of Government Surveillance, Police Records Show
What is also clear from the documents is that US police are aware of the control corporations have over their ability to acquire vehicle location…
Pete Hegseth’s Signal Scandal Spirals Out of Control
As the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration policy ramps up, people have started to seriously consider their privacy and security when crossing into the United States.…
Protecting Your Phone—and Your Privacy—at the US Border
Lauren Goode: I think Katie should go first. She’s the boss. Katie Drummond: So as you all know, because I can’t stop talking about it,…
Gmail’s New Encrypted Messages Feature Opens a Door for Scams
Google announced at the beginning of April that it is launching a streamlined tool that will allow business users to easily send “end-to-end encrypted” emails—an…
The Tech That Safeguards the Conclave’s Secrecy
In 2005, cell phones were banned for the first time during the conclave, the process by which the Catholic Church elects its new pope. Twenty…
How to Protect Yourself From Phone Searches at the US Border
Privacy and digital rights advocates largely prefer the approach of building a travel device from scratch, but they caution that a phone that is too…
Florida Man Enters the Encryption Wars
Just three months into the Trump administration’s promised crackdown on immigration to the United States, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement now has a $30 million contract…