Microsoft to delay launch of AI Recall tool due to security concerns

Microsoft to delay launch of AI Recall tool due to security concerns

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during the Microsoft Build conference at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on May 21, 2024. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Microsoft will no longer ship Recall, an artificial intelligence tool that tracks user activity, when the company releases the Copilot+ PC next week, it announced in a blog … Read more

New Apple iPhone app proves how hard it is to kill the online password

New Apple iPhone app proves how hard it is to kill the online password

Apple Intelligence was unveiled during Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in Cupertino, California, on June 10, 2024. Source: Apple Inc. For years, cybersecurity experts have been predicting the death of the online password as more advanced log-in features, from facial recognition to multi-factor authentication, become more common. But it seems like Apple has accepted that the … Read more

Amazon, Best Buy may soon sell smart devices with ‘hacker-safe’ label

Amazon, Best Buy may soon sell smart devices with ‘hacker-safe’ label

Consumers have become accustomed to all sorts of labels and seals of approval on products in the shopping process, from the Energy Star to sustainability standards. Next up, shoppers should prepare for a hacking-safe seal of approval in the works for home gadgets and appliances coming from the federal government. Last July, the Biden administration … Read more

US National Security Experts Warn AI Giants Aren’t Doing Enough to Protect Their Secrets

US National Security Experts Warn AI Giants Aren’t Doing Enough to Protect Their Secrets

Google, in public comments to the NTIA ahead of its report, said it expects “to see increased attempts to disrupt, degrade, deceive, and steal” models. But it added that its secrets are guarded by a “security, safety, and reliability organization consisting of engineers and researchers with world-class expertise” and that it was working on “a … Read more

China spies are targeting disgruntled U.S. workers

China spies are targeting disgruntled U.S. workers

Michael Casey testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence at Hart Senate Office Building on July 12, 2023 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.  Alex Wong | Getty Images The U.S. needs to prepare for more cyberattacks from an increasing number of threat actors across the globe, with China being … Read more

Warren Buffett worried about ‘huge losses’ in booming insurance market

Warren Buffett worried about ‘huge losses’ in booming insurance market

One of the messages that Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway’s top insurance executive, Ajit Jain, sent to investors during the company’s annual shareholder meeting in Omaha last month was that cyber insurance, while currently profitable, still has too many unknowns and risks for Berkshire, a huge player in the insurance market, to be fully comfortable … Read more

DOJ charges Chinese national in $5.9 billion Covid ‘botnet’ fraud

DOJ charges Chinese national in .9 billion Covid ‘botnet’ fraud

A global malware network responsible for the theft of $5.9 billion in Covid relief funds and tied to other crimes like child exploitation and bomb threats has been shut down, Department of Justice officials announced Wednesday. The DOJ arrested 35-year-old YunHe Wang, a Chinese national who was charged with creating the “botnet,” a kind of … Read more

How Researchers Cracked an 11-Year-Old Password to a $3 Million Crypto Wallet

How Researchers Cracked an 11-Year-Old Password to a  Million Crypto Wallet

Grand and Bruno created a video to explain the technical details more thoroughly. RoboForm, made by US-based Siber Systems, was one of the first password managers on the market, and currently has more than 6 million users worldwide, according to a company report. In 2015, Siber seemed to fix the RoboForm password manager. In a … Read more

Deepfake scams have looted millions. Experts warn it could get worse

Deepfake scams have looted millions. Experts warn it could get worse

3D generated face representing artificial intelligence technology Themotioncloud | Istock | Getty Images A growing wave of deepfake scams has looted millions of dollars from companies worldwide, and cybersecurity experts warn it could get worse as criminals exploit generative AI for fraud. A deep fake is a video, sound, or image of a real person that … Read more

After a big hack, Microsoft is tying top executive pay to cyberthreats

After a big hack, Microsoft is tying top executive pay to cyberthreats

Microsoft has come under fire recently from both the U.S. government and rival companies for its failure to stop a Chinese hack of its systems last summer. One change the tech giant is making in response: linking executive compensation more closely to cybersecurity. In April, a government review board described a hack of Microsoft last … Read more