Collaborate Disseminate
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: If you want to record whatever you do on a computer, send those records to OpenAI, use more ChatGPT tokens, and increase your vulnerability to prompt injection, then OpenAI has something for you. I… Continue reading OpenAI Ditches Recall-Style Screenshot Surveillance For Friendly Keylogging
About 20 years ago, with macOS 10.5 (Leopard), Apple introduced screen sharing. Apple did not invent a new protocol for screen sharing. Instead, it used the established VNC protocol. VNC is a pretty simple, unencrypted protocol using TCP port 5900. Historically, the protocol used a simple global password for authentication. Apple adapted the protocol for its own use, but overall, left the VNC protocol itself alone.
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France’s tax authority has disclosed a data breach after an attacker accessed the General Directorate of Public Finances (DGFiP) systems, saying the intrusion exposed data on 678,000 individuals and professionals. The incident came to light after… Continue reading France’s tax authority admits hackers made off with data on 678,000 individuals
A cybersecurity expert has demonstrated how computer-generated patterns can successfully prevent surveillance cameras from detecting vehicles – such as the controversial AI-powered Flock licence plate readers that are becoming increasingly common on Am… Continue reading An “invisible” car? Researcher uses machine learning to hide vehicles from Flock cameras
Big Tech spending on AI is much, much higher than these companies report, as are the reporting shenanigans they use to hide that spending.
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These days open source is everywhere, and frankly, we couldn’t be happier about it. But even with as prevalent as open software and hardware has become, we still occasionally hear …read more Continue reading Hackaday Europe 2026: Open Source Hardware Goes Underground, Literally
Fortinet has acquired Virtue AI, strengthening its broader Security for AI strategy and its vision for securing the agentic enterprise. The acquisition builds on Fortinet’s existing AI security portfolio, which includes the FortiGate Hyperscale Firewal… Continue reading Fortinet expands AI security portfolio with Virtue AI acquisition
On this episode of First Ring Daily, Paul buys a phone, Brad needs a phone but not for him, and we keep it off-topic for an on-topic podcast.
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The expensive attacks are not always the clever ones.
This week had plenty of proof. Exposed services got hit, old bugs found fresh use, browser sessions became attack paths, and supply-chain problems kept spreading farther than the original compromis… Continue reading ⚡ Weekly Recap: VMware Exploits, Windows 0-Day, MCP Attacks, Browser Hijacks and More
On August 13, DataBreaches was contacted anonymously on Signal by someone reporting that they had acquired more than 2 million records with clients’ phone numbers, usernames, and email addresses from TaxAct, which is owned by Cinven. TaxAct opera… Continue reading More than 2 million user records from TaxAct allegedly acquired; 450k already leaked