Microsoft Modifies ‘Recall’ AI Feature Amid Privacy, Security Failings
In response to recent public outcry, Recall is getting new security accouterments. Will that be enough to quell concerns?
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Tokenization Moves Beyond Payments to Personal Privacy
Pseudonymous masking has made credit card transactions more secure, but Visa has even greater plans for tokenization: giving users control of their data.
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New York Times Internal Data Nabbed From GitHub
The tranche of data, lifted from underprotected GitHub repositories, reportedly includes source code, though the country’s paper of record has not yet confirmed the nature of the data accessed.
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Smishers Stand Up Fake Phone Tower to Blast Malicious Texts
London cops make arrests in connection with scam SMS messages, purportedly from official organizations, being sent out from bespoke phone mast.
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Snowflake Attacks: Mandiant Links Data Breaches to Infostealer Infections
Mandiant says a financially motivated threat actor has compromised hundreds of Snowflake instances using customer credentials stolen via infostealer malware that infected non-Snowflake owned systems.
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More_eggs Malware Disguised as Resumes Targets Recruiters in Phishing Attack
Cybersecurity researchers have spotted a phishing attack distributing the More_eggs malware by masquerading it as a resume, a technique originally detected more than two years ago.
The attack, which was unsuccessful, targeted an unnamed company in the industrial services industry in May 2024, Canadian cybersecurity firm eSentire disclosed last week.
“Specifically, the targeted individual was a
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Want free and anonymous access to AI chatbots? DuckDuckGo’s new tool is for you
The privacy-minded DuckDuck Go promises that your chats are private, anonymized, and not used for AI model training.
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Fortinet Expands Cloud Security Portfolio with Lacework Acquisition
Fortinet announces plans to acquire Lacework, a late-stage cloud security startup that was once listed as a “unicorn” company valued north of $1 billion.
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