AI sovereignty makes data centers strategic targets for cyber operations

Data centers built for frontier AI draw hundreds of megawatts of electricity and large volumes of cooling water from fixed locations with known addresses. Each one concentrates tens of thousands of graphics processors, liquid cooling systems, and high-… Continue reading AI sovereignty makes data centers strategic targets for cyber operations

Europe’s digital identity wallet gets its first set of standards

People across the European Union already use their phones for banking, travel, and government services. The European Digital Identity Wallet will bring those activities into one application, and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI… Continue reading Europe’s digital identity wallet gets its first set of standards

Europe’s digital identity wallet gets its first set of standards

People across the European Union already use their phones for banking, travel, and government services. The European Digital Identity Wallet will bring those activities into one application, and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI… Continue reading Europe’s digital identity wallet gets its first set of standards

Fake Spotify Premium tutorials on TikTok and Instagram Reels spread malware

Cybercriminals are using TikTok and Instagram Reels videos to spread Vidar, an infostealer malware, through fake downloads for popular paid software, according to ReversingLabs. The researchers uncovered two campaigns behind the activity, each using a … Continue reading Fake Spotify Premium tutorials on TikTok and Instagram Reels spread malware

FBI seizes 13 websites linked to alleged Chinese intelligence-gathering effort

Federal authorities have seized 13 internet domains allegedly used to target current and former U.S. government employees and military personnel with access to classified and sensitive information.
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9 out of 10 people can no longer distinguish real from AI-generated content

Online fraud is becoming harder to distinguish from legitimate activity as AI-generated messages, voices, photos, reviews, and identities become more convincing. Nearly nine in ten adults say they can no longer tell what is real from AI-generated conte… Continue reading 9 out of 10 people can no longer distinguish real from AI-generated content

Making the cloud prove it followed your privacy wishes

Making companies that store personal data in cloud key-value databases handle deletion requests by running the operation and confirming the job is complete. The people making those requests and the regulators overseeing them have had limited means to c… Continue reading Making the cloud prove it followed your privacy wishes

X Square Robot open sources its robot-free data collection framework

Companies building robots for physical work spend large amounts of time and money operating machines by hand to gather training examples. Each session with a physical robot produces a small number of demonstrations per day, which slows the growth of da… Continue reading X Square Robot open sources its robot-free data collection framework

Identity theft is turning into a chain reaction for victims

For a growing number of victims, identity theft no longer ends with a fraudulent charge or a compromised account. More than one in four people who contacted the Identity Theft Resource Center during the reporting period were dealing with multiple ident… Continue reading Identity theft is turning into a chain reaction for victims

New Browser-in-the-Browser phishing uses fake login popups to steal Microsoft 365 credentials

A new Browser-in-the-Browser (BitB) phishing campaign is targeting Microsoft 365 users with fake login popups designed to closely mimic legitimate browser authentication windows, according to Palo Alto Networks Unit 42. The attack relies on a fake brow… Continue reading New Browser-in-the-Browser phishing uses fake login popups to steal Microsoft 365 credentials