Google plans to scrape everything you post online to train its AI

Additions to Google’s Privacy Policy are making some observers worry that all of your content is about to be fed into Google’s AI tools. Alterations to the T&Cs now explicitly state that your “publicly available information” will be used to train in-house Google AI models alongside other products. From the Privacy Policy page: In some circumstances, Google also […]

SmugX: Chinese Hackers Targeting Embassies in Europe

By Deeba Ahmed The researchers believe that the SmugX attack is an extension of a previously discovered campaign linked to Mustang Panda. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: SmugX: Chinese Hackers Targeting Embassies in Europe

What is the difference between incident response & threat hunting?

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Navigating the Cyber Insurance landscape as a Gen Z digital citizen

The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author.  AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article.  In the modern world, cybersecurity and cyber insurance go hand in hand. As we head into the future and the presence of AI […]

RedEnergy Stealer-as-a-Ransomware Threat Targeting Energy and Telecom Sectors

A sophisticated stealer-as-a-ransomware threat dubbed RedEnergy has been spotted in the wild targeting energy utilities, oil, gas, telecom, and machinery sectors in Brazil and the Philippines through their LinkedIn pages. The malware “possesses the ability to steal information from various browsers, enabling the exfiltration of sensitive data, while also incorporating different modules for

Secrets, Secrets Are No Fun. Secrets, Secrets (Stored in Plain Text Files) Hurt Someone

Secrets are meant to be hidden or, at the very least, only known to a specific and limited set of individuals (or systems). Otherwise, they aren’t really secrets. In personal life, a secret revealed can damage relationships, lead to social stigma, or, at the very least, be embarrassing. In a developer’s or application security engineer’s […]

Node.js Users Beware: Manifest Confusion Attack Opens Door to Malware

The npm registry for the Node.js JavaScript runtime environment is susceptible to what’s called a manifest confusion attack that could potentially allow threat actors to conceal malware in project dependencies or perform arbitrary script execution during installation. “A npm package’s manifest is published independently from its tarball,” Darcy Clarke, a former GitHub and npm engineering manager

Instagram’s Twitter Alternative ‘Threads’ Launch Halted in Europe Over Privacy Concerns

Instagram Threads, the upcoming Twitter competitor from Meta, will not be launched in the European Union due to privacy concerns, according to Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC). The development was reported by the Irish Independent, which said the watchdog has been in contact with the social media giant about the new product and confirmed the release won’t […]