SpaceX Launched Military Satellites Designed to Track Hypersonic Missiles
Credit to Author: Stephen Clark, Ars Technica| Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 22:45:16 +0000
The prototype satellites hitched a ride on a Falcon 9 rocket.
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Leak of Russian ‘Threat’ Part of a Bid to Kill US Surveillance Reform, Sources Say
Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 20:30:55 +0000
A surprise disclosure of a national security threat by the House Intelligence chair was part of an effort to block legislation that aimed to limit cops and spies from buying Americans’ private data.
Read MoreMicrosoft fixes two zero-days with Patch Tuesday release
Microsoft on Tuesday released 73 updates in its monthly Patch Tuesday release, addressing issues in Microsoft Exchange Server and Adobe and two zero-day flaws being actively exploited in Microsoft Outlook (CVE-2024-21410) and Microsoft Exchange (CVE-2024-21413).
Including the recent reports that the Windows SmartScreen vulnerability (CVE-2024-21351) is under active exploitation, we have added “Patch Now” schedules to Microsoft Office, Windows and Exchange Server. The team at Readiness has provided this detailed infographic outlining the risks associated with each of the updates for this cycle.
Elon Musk’s X Gave Check Marks to Terrorist Group Leaders, Report Says
Credit to Author: Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica| Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 23:17:55 +0000
A new report cited 28 “verified” accounts on X that appear to be tied to sanctioned groups or individuals.
Read MoreSection 702 Surveillance Fight Pits the White House Opposite Reproductive Rights
Credit to Author: Dell Cameron, Andrew Couts| Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 16:05:42 +0000
Prominent advocates for the rights of pregnant people are urging members of Congress to support legislation that would ban warrantless access to sensitive data as the White House fights against it.
Read More‘AI Girlfriends’ Are a Privacy Nightmare
Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 09:00:00 +0000
Romantic chatbots collect huge amounts of data, provide vague information about how they use it, use weak password protections, and aren’t transparent, new research from Mozilla says.
Read MoreMicrosoft and the Taylor Swift genAI deepfake problem
The last few weeks have been a PR bonanza for Taylor Swift in both good ways and bad. On the good side, her boyfriend Travis Kelce was on the winning team at the Super Bowl, and her reactions during the game got plenty of air time. On the much, much worse side, generative AI-created fake nude images of her have recently flooded the internet.
As you would expect, condemnation of the creation and distribution of those images followed swiftly, including from generative AI (genAI) companies and, notably, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. In addition to denouncing what happened, Nadella shared his thoughts on a solution: “I go back to what I think’s our responsibility, which is all of the guardrails that we need to place around the technology so that there’s more safe content that’s being produced.”
Apple is ramping up its fight against malware
Ensuring platform security is hard, but when a company the stature of Apple begins to ramp up protection of its ecosystem, every IT decision maker should pay attention. Unfortunately, this is precisely what’s happening: Apple is now updating fundamental protection at a faster clip than it’s ever done before.
Apple’s security teams are alert
That important revelation comes from Howard Oakley at the excellent Eclectic Light Company blog. He notes that in the six weeks ending Feb. 9 Apple, has updated a Mac security feature called XProtect five times — introducing 11 new rules to the service.