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Cybersecurity Professor Faced China-Funding Inquiry Before Disappearing, Sources Say
/in General NewsA lawyer for Xiaofeng Wang and his wife says they are “safe” after FBI searches of their homes and Wang’s sudden dismissal from Indiana University, where he taught for over 20 years.
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Vulnerabilities Expose Jan AI Systems to Remote Manipulation
/in General NewsVulnerabilities in open source ChatGPT alternative Jan AI expose systems to remote, unauthenticated manipulation.
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Serial Entrepreneurs Raise $43M to Counter AI Deepfakes, Social Engineering
/in General NewsAdaptive is pitching a security platform designed to replicate real-world attack scenarios through AI-generated deepfake simulations.
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A new security fund opens up to help protect the fediverse
/in General NewsA new security fund aims to help apps in the fediverse — like Mastodon, Threads, and Pixelfed — to pay researchers for disclosing security bugs.
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CSAM platform Kidflix shut down by international operation
/in General NewsA multi-year operation against the child sexual abuse material (CSAM) platform Kidflix has led to dozens of arrests and the seizure of tens of thousands of illegal videos, Europol said Wednesday.
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Cyberhaven Banks $100 Million in Series D, Valuation Hits $1 Billion
/in General NewsCyberhaven bags $100 million in funding at a billion-dollar valuation, a sign that investors remain bullish on data security startups.
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Anthropic flips the script on AI in education: Claude’s Learning Mode makes students do the thinking
/in General NewsAnthropic launches Claude for Education with Learning Mode that teaches critical thinking rather than providing answers, partnering with top universities to transform AI’s role in education.Read More
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Apple Rolls Out iOS 18.4 With New Languages, Emojis & Apple Intelligence in the EU
/in General NewsApple’s iOS 18.4 lets EU users choose default navigation apps like Google Maps or Waze, complying with the Digital Markets Act for more competition and user control.
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China’s FamousSparrow APT Hits Americas with SparrowDoor Malware
/in General NewsChina-linked APT group FamousSparrow hits targets in the Americas using upgraded SparrowDoor malware in new cyberespionage campaign, ESET reports.
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Google DeepMind Unveils Framework to Exploit AI’s Cyber Weaknesses
/in General NewsDeepMind found that current AI frameworks are ad hoc, not systematic, and fail to provide defenders with useful insights.
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