California AI Safety Bill Vetoed

Governor Newsom has vetoed the state's AI safety bill. I have mixed feelings about the bill. There's a lot to like about it, and I want governments to regulate in this space. But, for now, it's all EU. Related, the Council of Europe treaty on AI is ready for signature. It'll be legally binding wh...

AI Pulse: What's new in AI regulations?

Fall is in the air and frameworks for mitigating AI risk are dropping like leaves onto policymakers’ desks. From California’s SB 1047 bill and NIST’s model-testing deal with OpenAI and Anthropic to REAIM’s blueprint for military AI governance, AI regulation is proving to be a hot and complicated...

When Get-Out-The-Vote Efforts Look Like Phishing

Multiple media reports this week warned Americans to be on guard against a new phishing scam that arrives in a text message informing recipients they are not yet registered to vote. A bit of digging reveals the missives were sent by a California political consulting firm as part of a well-meaning...

Scammers are impersonating cryptocurrency exchanges, FBI warns

The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI issued a public service announcement warning the public about scammers impersonating cryptocurrency exchange employees to steal funds. There are many types of crypto related scams, but in this case, the FBI provided an advisory about scammers that contact t...

Peloton accused of providing customer chat data to train AI

It seems that Peloton may have been providing more training than just for its customers, as its set to face court in California accused of using user chat data to train AI. Peloton Interactive, Inc. is a US-based exercise equipment and media company, known for its stationary bicycles, treadmills,...

WordPress WP Cookie Consent ( for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy ) plugin <= 3.2.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Client-IP header vulnerability

Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Client-IP header vulnerability discovered by Krzysztof Zając in WordPress Plugin WP Cookie Notice for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy Consent versions = 3.2.0...

WordPress GDPR CCPA Compliance & Cookie Consent Banner plugin <= 2.7.0 - Missing Authorization to Settings Update and Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability

Missing Authorization to Settings Update and Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability discovered by Lucio Sá in WordPress Plugin GDPR CCPA Compliance Support versions = 2.7.0...

Criminal IP and Quad9 Collaborate to Exchange Domain and IP Threat Intelligence

By cybernewswire Torrance, California, May 13th, 2024, CyberNewsWire Criminal IP, a renowned Cyber Threat Intelligence CTI search engine developed by… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Criminal IP and Quad9 Collaborate to Exchange Domain and IP Threat Intelligence...

california-acquapark.ch Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3907226

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

californiamusic.fr Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3883975

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

Data brokers admit they&#8217;re selling information on precise location, kids, and reproductive healthcare

Information newly made available under California law has shed light on data broker practices, including exactly what categories of information they trade in. Any business that meets the definition of data broker must register with the California Privacy Protection Agency CPPA annually. The CPPA...

Ex-Google Engineer Arrested for Stealing AI Technology Secrets for China

The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ announced the indictment of a 38-year-old Chinese national and a California resident for allegedly stealing proprietary information from Google while covertly working for two China-based tech companies. Linwei Ding aka Leon Ding, a former Google engineer who was...

PT-2024-2071 · WordPress · The Complianz – Gdpr/Ccpa Cookie Consent

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: The Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 6.5.6 Description: The issue is related to Cross-Site Request Forgery due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the process delete function in...

abrams-california-health-insurance.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3848671

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

YouTube, Discord, and ‘Lord of the Rings’ Led Police to a Teen Accused of a US Swatting Spree

For nearly two years, police have been tracking down the culprit behind a wave of hoax threats. A digital trail took them to the door of a 17-year-old in California...

Police Arrest Teen Said to Be Linked to Hundreds of Swatting Attacks

A California teenager who allegedly used the handle Torswats to carry out a nationwide swatting campaign is being extradited to Florida to face felony charges, WIRED has learned...

Malicious code in california-state-web-template-react (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ossf-package-analysis 91a0432190eb409c84a7c6bf3c06b34d9b7c4571be93f31b3635a925f4a4099e The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'california-state-web-template-react' @ 9.2.1 npm as malicious. It is considered malicious...

MAL-2024-151 Malicious code in california-state-web-template-react (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ossf-package-analysis 91a0432190eb409c84a7c6bf3c06b34d9b7c4571be93f31b3635a925f4a4099e The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'california-state-web-template-react' @ 9.2.1 npm as malicious. It is considered malicious...

californiaoverland.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3833998

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

Here’s Some Bitcoin: Oh, and You’ve Been Served!

A California man who lost $100,000 in a 2021 SIM-swapping attack is suing the unknown holder of a cryptocurrency wallet that harbors his stolen funds. The case is thought to be the first in which a federal court has recognized the use of information included in a bitcoin transaction -- such as a...