New Instagram and Facebook rules set a default two-hour limit for teens

Meta decided that discretion was the better part of valor on Wednesday, agreeing to settle a landmark child safety case for up to $17 billion. The agreement would introduce a default two-hour daily limit for teens on Instagram and Facebook, overnight restrictions, and a range of other protections...

ChatGPT for Teens tackles risky chats and homework shortcuts

OpenAI has addressed complaints around teens' use of its ChatGPT system by introducing ChatGPT for Teens, a version of the AI assistant designed specifically for users aged 13 to 17. But will it prevent determined kids from bucking the system? It brings together several protections OpenAI has...

From sixteen to methodical: Firas Fatnassi’s evolution as a security researcher

Firas has been interested in technology for as long as he can remember. Growing up in Tunisia, he was drawn to mobile phones, gaming consoles, and anything that hinted at how systems worked beneath the surface. But for a long time, security research did not feel accessible...

Disneyland Now Uses Face Recognition on Visitors

Plus: The NSA tests Anthropic’s Mythos Preview to find vulnerabilities, a Finnish teen is charged over the Scattered Spider hacking spree, and more...

Asking AI for personal advice is a bad idea, Stanford study shows

Stanford computer scientists just proved what therapists already suspected: AI chatbots will agree with almost anything you say to keep you happy. The researchers caught these systems validating dangerous decisions just to maintain user engagement. That's a worrying development, especially given...

Instagram flagged explicit messages to minors in 2018. Image-blurring arrived six years later

Meta took six years to blur explicit images on Instagram, even though internal emails show executives were aware in 2018 that minors were receiving them, according to newly unsealed court documents. In a deposition given last year, Adam Mosseri now the head of Instagram discusses an email thread...

Discord will limit profiles to teen-appropriate mode until you verify your age

Discord announced it will put all existing and new profiles in teen-appropriate mode by default in early March. The teen-appropriate profile mode will remain in place until users prove they are adults. To change a profile to “full access” will require verification by Discord’s age inference model...

Telegram Hosting World’s Largest Darknet Market

Wired is reporting on Chinese darknet markets on Telegram. The ecosystem of marketplaces for Chinese-speaking crypto scammers hosted on the messaging service Telegram have now grown to be bigger than ever before, according to a new analysis from the crypto tracing firm Elliptic. Despite a brief...

Report Names Teen in Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters, Group Denies

Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters admin "Rey," allegedly a 15-year-old named Saif Khader from Jordan, has been named in a report linking him to the group. He denies the claim...

US Teen Indicted in 764 Network Case Involving Exploitation Crimes

US teen indicted for involvement in extremist “764” network, accused of child exploitation, animal cruelty, and cyberstalking, says the Justice Department...

U.K. Arrests Two Teen Scattered Spider Hackers Linked to August 2024 TfL Cyber Attack

Law enforcement authorities in the U.K. have arrested two teen members of the Scattered Spider hacking group in connection with their alleged participation in an August 2024 cyber attack targeting Transport for London TfL, the city's public transportation agency. Thalha Jubair aka EarthtoStar,...

Age verification and parental controls coming to ChatGPT to protect teens

OpenAI is going to try and predict the ages of its users to protect them better, as stories of AI-induced harms in children mount. The company, which runs the popular ChatGPT AI, is working on what it calls a long-term system to determine whether users are over 18. If it can't verify that a user ...

KrebsOnSecurity in New ‘Most Wanted’ HBO Max Series

A new documentary series about cybercrime airing next month on HBO Max features interviews with Yours Truly. The four-part series follows the exploits of Julius Kivimäki , a prolific Finnish hacker recently convicted of leaking tens of thousands of patient records from an online psychotherapy...

3 Teens Almost Got Away With Murder. Then Police Found Their Google Searches

An arson attack in Colorado had detectives stumped. The way they solved the case could put everyone at risk...

A suicide reveals the lonely side of AI chatbots, with Courtney Brown (Lock and Code S06E03)

Today on the Lock and Code podcast … In February 2024, a 14-year-old boy from Orlando, Florida, committed suicide after confessing his love to the one figure who absorbed nearly all of his time—an AI chatbot. For months, Sewell Seltzer III had grown attached to an AI chatbot modeled after the...

Teen Hacker “Natohub” Caught for NATO, UN, and US Army Breaches

A joint operation by Spanish law enforcement has resulted in the apprehension of Natohub, a “dangerous hacker” suspected of orchestrating numerous cyberattacks against prominent organizations in Spain and internationally...

Teen Behind Hundreds of Swatting Attacks Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges

Alan Filion, believed to have operated under the handle “Torswats,” admitted to making more than 375 fake threats against schools, places of worship, and government buildings around the United States...

A Creative Trick Makes ChatGPT Spit Out Bomb-Making Instructions

Plus: New evidence emerges about who may have helped 9/11 hijackers, UK police arrest a teen in connection with an attack on London’s transit system, and Poland’s spyware scandal enters a new phase...

PT-2024-18749 · Google +1 · Android 12 +3

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Samsung Voice Recorder versions prior to 21.5.16.01 in Android 12 and Android 13 Samsung Voice Recorder versions prior to 21.4.51.02 in Android 14 Description: The issue is related to improper access control in the Samsung Voice Recorder,...

GTA 6 Hacker from Lapsus$ Gang Sentenced to Hospital

By Deeba Ahmed From Teen Prodigy to Cybercriminal: The Fall of a Lapsus$ Gang Member and the Dangers of the Online Underworld. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: GTA 6 Hacker from Lapsus$ Gang Sentenced to Hospital...