?? Cybersec & Digital Insider Ed.25: AI PCs ??? Tech trash crisis ??? Top threat in 2024 ?? Parental control app leaked sensitive info about minors ??
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Are you a tech hoarder? Do you have that 'just in case' drawer hiding a treasure trove of old tech? Then this edition is for you as this week, we talk about the tech waste crisis and the urgent need for change.
Last week, Cybernews research showed that KidSecurity, a popular parental control app, has leaked sensitive information about children for the second time, this time exposing GPS locations and private messages on minors’ devices. The data was accessible to anyone, including malicious actors, for more than a year.?While using tracking apps on your relatives is controversial by itself, this kind of cybersecurity neglect is further deepening the issue. Instead of protecting minors, it exposed their private data to anyone on the internet, putting them at an even greater risk. You will find an in-depth research article below.
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??? Microsoft to open new AI hub in London - Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of Google DeepMind, has announced a new office in London, weeks after Microsoft hired him as head of its new AI division.
??? Important online privacy protection act presented in Congress - House and Senate committee leaders unveiled a proposal dubbed the “American Privacy Rights Act”, which aims to grant consumers extensive authority to manage how tech companies and data brokers use their personal data.
??? OpenAI trained GPT-4 on massive amount of YouTube videos, Google unhappy - When the internet appears to be too small, cut corners. It seems that’s exactly what OpenAI has been doing in order to find data for its shiny artificial intelligence systems.
??? Microsoft: China uses AI to test US voters and sow division - Chinese cyber actors have been doubling down on familiar targets over the past year and are now using AI-generated or AI-enhanced content to achieve their goals, a new report from Microsoft says.
??? Gmail to include AI-generated summaries - Google is looking for ways to integrate AI to help with everyday tasks, such as reading long emails.
??? Scientific breakthrough could usher in new era of 6G communications - A matchbook-sized antenna developed at the University of Glasgow could pave the way to the world of holographic calls, improved autonomous driving, and better medical care.
?? AI PCs are here: should they be on your radar? - For around a year, all the biggest processor makers have been teasing users about AI PCs. A handful of such devices have already reached the market, with many more expected to be launched later this year. While AI PCs are expected to boost overall PC sales, for an average user, there might not be enough compelling reasons to buy an AI PC just yet.
?? Big Tech firms will study how AI tools change industry jobs - Eager to stay a step ahead of the regulators, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Cisco, and other large US tech companies have formed a consortium to address the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on jobs in the industry.
?? Musk: AI will be smarter than smartest human by end of next year - Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Monday predicted the development of artificial intelligence that was smarter than the smartest human probably by next year, or by 2026.
?? Intel releases new AI hardware to challenge Nvidia - Intel has unveiled its latest chips for training large language models at its conference Vision 2024. According to the company, its latest hardware, called Gaudi 3 accelerator, boasts superior speed and efficiency compared to that of the market leader Nvidia.
?? Google creates a framework to stop AI from hallucinating - Google has trained a large language model to provide natural language explanations of its hidden representations.
?? Parental control app exposes live GPS locations of kids on internet - KidSecurity, a popular parental control app, has leaked sensitive information about children for the second time, this time exposing GPS locations and private messages on minors’ devices.
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?? Millions of Magic Rampage players at risk - Asantee Games, a game development company, has exposed data from more than 14 million players due to its failure to set up a password.
??? Astrophysicist-turned-data scientist introduces critical thinking to cybersecurity - A big part of a data scientist’s job is taking a step back and visualizing the bigger picture. What problem is the company solving? And what would it do with the answer a data scientist can provide?
“If they're like, oh, well, I don't know what I'd do with that, then maybe that's not the right question?” Leila P. , Lead Data Scientist at cybersecurity company Panaseer , told Cybernews.
Cybernews asked cybersecurity professionals ( Mack Taff , a Security Engineer at Visual Edge IT ; Shawn Waldman , the CEO and Founder of SecureCyber ; Kurt Sanger , a Cybersecurity Expert at Batten Safe) how they would allocate a limited budget for the greatest impact on home security.
??? Election year alert: US cyber threats from major state actors: In an election year, understanding adversaries’ cyber warfare tactics is just as critical as understanding their physical strategies, Crystal Morin , a former intelligence analyst for the US Air Force and current cybersecurity strategist at Sysdig , thinks.
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?? Walmart employee breached payroll service to ransack colleagues - Walmart, the US retail behemoth, had one of its employees penetrate the company‘s management system to commit payroll fraud.
?? Apple privacy protections called into question - It's “virtually impossible” to keep data hidden from Apple, according to the researchers who looked into the famously privacy-minded company’s practices.
?? Epilepsy Foundation of Metro NY hit by ransomware attack - The Epilepsy Foundation of Metropolitan New York has been the target of a ransomware attack that revealed sensitive patient data.
?? Critical LG TV bug allows complete device takeover - LG WebOS, the operating system running LG TVs, has been found to harbor several flaws, some of which allow attackers to take over the device, severely impacting user security.
?? Cybergang attack Germany using AI-generated code - Cybercriminals impersonating legitimate German companies are attacking organizations in the country. This time, they’re incorporating an AI-generated dropper to work with other malware, the cybersecurity company Proofpoint has found.
?? Bot attacks persist as top threat in 2024 - Bot attacks doubled in number last year, making it one of the fastest-growing cyber threats.
?? Digital detox: the urgent call to address tech trash - We dive into a new report from the United Nations that reveals how our hoarding of old tech is rising five times faster than e-waste recycling.
?? Confession: Why I can’t leave the hacker scene - What hacktivism needs are teachers who have been there, who know what's at stake, and who can exist as guardians to help shape the next generation before it's too late. Hackers are going to hack. There’s no stopping that. [ Ghost Exodus ]
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