The US government has launched an investigation into the national security risks posed by foreign-made vehicles with internet connectivity—especially those made in China. At a briefing on Wednesday, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo even raised the specter of Beijing remotely triggering mayhem on US highways. “Imagine if there were thousands or hundreds of thousands of … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris meet with (L-R) Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), on February 27, 2024 at the White House in Washington, DC. Roberto Schmidt | Getty Images U.S. President Joe Biden … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cybersecurity experts are warning that hospitals around the country are at risk for attacks like the one that is crippling operations at a premier Midwestern children’s hospital, and that the U.S. government is doing too little to prevent such breaches. Hospitals in recent years have shifted their use of online technology to support … Read more
More than one in four companies now ban their employees from using generative AI. But that does little to protect against criminals who use it to trick employees into sharing sensitive information or pay fraudulent invoices. Armed with ChatGPT or its dark web equivalent, FraudGPT, criminals can easily create realistic videos of profit and loss … Read more
The FBI shut down a major China-backed hacking group that attacked hundreds of routers and had been working to compromise U.S. cyber infrastructure, FBI Director Christopher Wray announced Wednesday at a House committee hearing. The hacking group, code-named “Volt Typhoon,” had compromised hundreds of office and home-office routers to allow the Chinese government to access … Read more
Having your phone stolen can be frustrating enough without the thief also hacking into your apps and draining your bank accounts. While you may still lose your phone or have it stolen, a new iPhone feature aims to protect you from further troubles. Apple’s newly released Stolen Device Protection makes it more difficult for an … Read more
In their letter, Vance and Tillis set a deadline of January 23 for the SEC to elucidate its plans to investigate what happened, among other things. In a statement, the SEC said it will “work with law enforcement and our partners across government to investigate the matter and determine appropriate next steps relating to both … Read more
American companies like Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI are currently driving the cutting edge of generative artificial intelligence development across the globe. However two of U.S.’s top national security leaders said that AI lead is under attack from foreign cybercriminals and nation-states like China. “Eighteen of the 20 most successful AI companies in the world are … Read more
Young male student preparing for the test listening online lessons on headphones Milan Kostic | Istock | Getty Images The education community — students, teachers, parents, staff and those connected to all of them — are barraged with threats to their physical safety. Now, they’re also increasingly dealing with the kind of threats that don’t … Read more
George Kurtz, co-founder and chief executive officer of Crowdstrike Holdings Inc., during a Bloomberg Technology television interview at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz has had a banner year. The cybersecurity firm has seen its stock … Read more
