Crooked Bough News Round-up

— Satellite Images Show the Devastating Cost of Sudan’s Aerial War

 

at 9/25/23 1:55pm

As civil conflict continues in and above the streets of Khartoum, satellite images from the Conflict Observatory at Yale University have captured the catastrophic damage.

[Category: Security, Security / Security News]

— A Tricky New Way to Sneak Past Repressive Internet Censorship

 

at 9/25/23 5:00am

With the number of internet blackouts on the rise, cybersecurity firm eQualitie figured out how to hide censored online news in satellite TV signals.

[Category: Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / Security News]

— Your Boss’s Spyware Could Train AI to Replace You

 

at 9/25/23 5:00am

Corporations are using software to monitor employees on a large scale. Some experts fear the data these tools collect could be used to automate people out of their jobs.

[Category: Security, Security / Privacy, Business / Artificial Intelligence]

— The Shocking Data on Kia and Hyundai Thefts in the US

 

at 9/23/23 7:00am

Plus: MGM hackers hit more than just casinos, Microsoft researchers accidentally leak terabytes of data, and China goes on the PR offensive over cyberespionage.

[Category: Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security, Security / Security News]

— Chinese Spies Infected Dozens of Networks With Thumb Drive Malware

 

at 9/19/23 8:00am

Security researchers found USB-based Sogu espionage malware spreading within African operations of European and US firms.

[Category: Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / Security News]

— You Need to Update Google Chrome or Whatever Browser You Use

 

at 9/16/23 7:00am

Plus: Spyware-packing ads, TikTok GDPR violations, Elon Musk investigations, and more.

[Category: Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security, Security / Privacy, Security / Security News]

— Massive MGM and Caesars Hacks Epitomize a Vicious Ransomware Cycle

 

at 9/16/23 5:00am

Cyberattacks on casinos grab attention, but a steady stream of less publicized attacks leave vulnerable victims struggling to recover.

[Category: Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / Security News]

— The US Congress Has Trust Issues. Generative AI Is Making It Worse

 

at 9/13/23 5:00am

Senators are meeting with Silicon Valley's elite to learn how to deal with AI. But can Congress tackle the rapidly emerging tech before working on itself?

[Category: Security, Security / National Security, Security / Privacy, Business / Artificial Intelligence]

— The Twisted Eye in the Sky Over Buenos Aires

 

at 9/13/23 4:00am

A scandal unfolding in Argentina shows the dangers of implementing facial recognition—even with laws and limits in place.

[Category: Security, Security / Privacy, Security / Security News]

— China-Linked Hackers Breached a Power Grid—Again

 

at 9/12/23 4:00am

Signs suggest the culprits worked within a notorious Chinese hacker group that may have also hacked Indian electric utilities years earlier.

[Category: Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security, Security / Security News]

— AI Chatbots Are Invading Your Local Government—and Making Everyone Nervous

 

at 9/11/23 5:00am

State and local governments in the US are scrambling to harness tools like ChatGPT to unburden their bureaucracies, rushing to write their own rules—and avoid generative AI's many pitfalls.

[Category: Security, Security / Privacy, Business / Artificial Intelligence]

— Mozilla: Your New Car Is a Data Privacy Nightmare

 

at 9/9/23 7:00am

Plus: Apple patches newly discovered flaws exploited by NSO Group spyware, North Korean hackers target security researchers, and more.

[Category: Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security, Security / Privacy, Security / Security News]

— Top US Spies Meet With Privacy Experts Over Surveillance 'Crown Jewel'

 

at 9/8/23 12:00pm

Civil rights groups say efforts to get US intelligence agencies to adopt privacy reforms have largely failed. Without those changes, renewal of a post-911 surveillance policy may be doomed.

[Category: Security, Security / National Security, Security / Privacy]

— Axon's Ethics Board Resigned Over Taser-Armed Drones. Then the Company Bought a Military Drone Maker

 

at 9/8/23 11:46am

The CEO’s vision for Taser-equipped drones includes a fictitious scenario in which the technology averts a shooting at a day care center.

[Category: Security, Security / Privacy, Security / National Security, Security / Security News]

— US and UK Mount Aggressive Crackdown on Trickbot and Conti Ransomware Gangs

 

at 9/7/23 12:38pm

Authorities have sanctioned 11 alleged members of the cybercriminal groups, while the US Justice Department unsealed three federal indictments against nine people accused of being members.

[Category: Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security, Security / Security News]

— The International Criminal Court Will Now Prosecute Cyberwar Crimes

 

at 9/7/23 10:19am

And the first case on the docket may well be Russia’s cyberattacks against civilian critical infrastructure in Ukraine.

[Category: Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security, Security / Security News]

— Facebook Trains Its AI on Your Data. Opting Out May Be Futile

 

at 9/7/23 6:00am

Here's how to request that your personal information not be used to train Meta's AI model. "Request" is the operative word here.

[Category: Security, Security / Security Advice, Gear / How To and Advice]

— The Comedy of Errors That Let China-Backed Hackers Steal Microsoft’s Signing Key

 

at 9/6/23 6:01pm

After leaving many questions unanswered, Microsoft explains in a new postmortem the series of slipups that allowed attackers to steal and abuse a valuable cryptographic key.

[Category: Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks]

— How China Demands Tech Firms Reveal Hackable Flaws in Their Products

 

at 9/6/23 7:00am

Some foreign companies may be complying—potentially offering China’s spies hints for hacking their customers.

[Category: Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security, Security / Security News]

— Generative AI’s Biggest Security Flaw Is Not Easy to Fix

 

at 9/6/23 5:00am

Chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard are vulnerable to indirect prompt injection attacks. Security researchers say the holes can be plugged—sort of.

[Category: Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks]

— The Strange Afterlife of Wagner’s Yevgeny Prigozhin

 

at 9/5/23 9:49am

Posts praising the Wagner Group boss following his death in a mysterious plane crash last month indicate he was still in control of his "troll farm," researchers claim.

[Category: Security, Security / National Security]

As of 9/25/23 9:08pm. Last new 9/25/23 5:59am.