Stealthy Malware Has Infected Thousands of Linux Systems for Years
Credit to Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica| Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2024 13:30:00 +0000
Perfctl malware is hard to detect, persists after reboots, and can perform a breadth of malicious activities.
Read moreThe FBI Still Hasn’t Cracked NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ Phone
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: Harvard students pack Meta’s smart glasses with privacy-invading face-recognition tech, Microsoft and the DOJ seize Russian hackers’ domains, and more.
Read moreThis Video Game Controller Has Become the US Military’s Weapon of Choice
Credit to Author: Jared Keller| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 11:30:00 +0000
After decades of relying on buttons, switches, and toggles, the Pentagon has embraced simple, ergonomic video-game-style controllers already familiar to millions of potential recruits.
Read moreLicense Plate Readers Are Creating a US-Wide Database of More Than Just Cars
Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 10:30:00 +0000
From Trump campaign signs to Planned Parenthood bumper stickers, license plate readers around the US are creating searchable databases that reveal Americans’ political leanings and more.
Read moreA Single Cloud Compromise Can Feed an Army of AI Sex Bots
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 13:05:52 +0000
Organizations that get relieved of credentials to their cloud environments can quickly find themselves part of a disturbing new trend: Cybercriminals using stolen cloud credentials to operate and resell sexualized AI-powered chat services. Researchers say these illicit chat bots, which use custom jailbreaks to bypass content filtering, often veer into darker role-playing scenarios, including child sexual exploitation and rape.
Read moreBrowser Guard now flags data breaches and better protects personal data
Malwarebytes Browser Guard now warns users about recent data breaches, as well as automatically opting users out of tracking cookies.
Read moreNot Black Mirror: Meta’s smart glasses used to reveal someone’s identity just by looking at them
Smart glasses that use facial recognition can instantly reveal the identity of someone you’re looking at.
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