Texas scrutinizes four more car manufacturers on privacy issues
The Texas Attorney General has requested information of four more car manufacturers about their data handling.
Read moreSubaru Security Flaws Exposed Its System for Tracking Millions of Cars
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000
Now-fixed web bugs allowed hackers to remotely unlock and start millions of Subarus. More disturbingly, they could also access at least a year of cars’ location histories—and Subaru employees still can.
Read moreUnder Trump, US Cyberdefense Loses Its Head
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Chinese hacks, rampant ransomware, and Donald Trump’s budget cuts all threaten US security. In an exit interview with WIRED, former CISA head Jen Easterly argues for her agency’s survival.
Read moreWarning: Don’t sell or buy a second hand iPhone with TikTok already installed
iPhones are being offered for sale with TikTok installed after the US ban caused the app to disappear from the app stores.
Read moreInvisible Prompt Injection: A Threat to AI Security
Credit to Author: Ian Ch Liu| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000
This article explains the invisible prompt injection, including how it works, an attack scenario, and how users can protect themselves.
Read moreTrump Frees Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht After 11 Years in Prison
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 00:49:46 +0000
Donald Trump pardoned the creator of the world’s first dark-web drug market, who is now a libertarian cause célèbre in some parts of the crypto community.
Read moreMasterCard DNS Error Went Unnoticed for Years
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:24:41 +0000
The payment card giant MasterCard just fixed a glaring error in its domain name server settings that could have allowed anyone to intercept or divert Internet traffic for the company by registering an unused domain name. The misconfiguration persisted for nearly five years until a security researcher spent $300 to register the domain and prevent it from being grabbed by cybercriminals.
Read more7-Zip bug could allow a bypass of a Windows security feature. Update now
A vulnerability in 7-Zip that could allow attackers to bypass the MotW security feature in Windows has been patched.
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