Regulators around the world are scrutinizing Grok over sexual deepfakes

Grok’s failure to block sexualized images of minors has turned a single “isolated lapse” into a global regulatory stress test for xAI’s ambitions. The response from lawmakers and regulators suggests this will not be solved with a quick apology and a hotfix. Last week we reported on Grok's apology...

Your Meta AI chats might be public, and it’s not a bug

Conversations that people are having with the Meta AI app are being exposed publicly, often without the users realizing it, revealing a variety of medical, legal, and private matters. The standalone app and the company's integrations with artificial intelligence AI across its platforms—Facebook,...

API Security Under Federal Scrutiny: A Wake-Up Call for CIOs

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DeepSeek’s Popular AI App Is Explicitly Sending US Data to China

Amid ongoing fears over TikTok, Chinese generative AI platform DeepSeek says it’s sending heaps of US user data straight to its home country, potentially setting the stage for greater scrutiny...

CISA: STS Scenario Workshop 1 Scenario 1 Life under a Microscope

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Full-Face Masks to Frustrate Identification

This is going to be interesting. It's a video of someone trying on a variety of printed full-face masks. They won't fool anyone for long, but will survive casual scrutiny. And they're cheap and easy to swap...

ICE's $2 Million Contract With a Spyware Vendor Is Under White House Review

Immigration and Customs Enforcement's contract with Paragon Solutions faces scrutiny over whether it complies with the Biden administration's executive order on spyware, WIRED has learned...

Microsoft and Security Incentives

Former senior White House cyber policy director A. J. Grotto talks about the economic incentives for companies to improve their security--in particular, Microsoft: Grotto told us Microsoft had to be "dragged kicking and screaming" to provide logging capabilities to the government by default, and...

The Sad Truth of the FTC's Location Data Privacy Settlement

The FTC forced a data broker to stop selling “sensitive location data.” But most companies can avoid such scrutiny by doing the bare minimum, exposing the lack of protections Americans truly have...

When Maximum Effort Doesn't Equate to Maximum Results

It’s no secret that security teams are feeling beleaguered as a result of the barrage of data, events, and alerts generated by their security tools, to say nothing of the increased budget scrutiny and constrained staff resources that continue to plague cybersecurity practitioners. The trick is...

A Penetration Testing Buyer's Guide for IT Security Teams

The frequency and complexity of cyber threats are constantly evolving. At the same time, organizations are now collecting sensitive data that, if compromised, could result in severe financial and reputational damage. According to Cybersecurity Ventures, the cost of cybercrime is predicted to hit ...

FBI Surveillance Fears Are Uniting a Badly Broken Congress

The FBI has collected sensitive data on millions of Americans without warrants, drawing intense scrutiny from Congress and turning the agency into a punching bag across the political divide...

TikTok probed over child privacy practices

The privacy protection authorities for Canada, Quebec, British Columbia, and Alberta have announced they will start an investigation into TikTok's privacy practices, especially in relation to its younger users. The investigation will include whether the company obtained valid and meaningful conse...

Is the FSI innovation rush leaving your data and application security controls behind?

Fuelled by rising consumer expectations for innovative services and easy real-time access to financial products and information, financial services industries FSI and fintech organizations are racing to out-innovate each other and capture market share. The sizeable growth of investments into the...

Russia’s Sway Over Criminal Ransomware Gangs Is Coming Into Focus

Questions about the Kremlin’s relationships with these groups remain. But researchers are finally getting some answers...

New TikTok Privacy Policy Confirms Chinese Staff Can Access European Users' Data

Popular short-form video-sharing service TikTok is revising its privacy policy for European users to make it explicitly clear that user data can be accessed by some employees from across the world, including China. The ByteDance-owned platform, which currently stores European user data in the U.S...

Uber Says It's Investigating a Potential Breach of Its Computer Systems

Ride hailing giant Uber disclosed Thursday it's responding to a cybersecurity incident involving a breach of its network and that it's in touch with law enforcement authorities. The New York Times first reported the incident. The company pointed to its tweeted statement when asked for comment on...

Twitter security under scrutiny after former executive turns whistleblower

A former Twitter executive has acted as a whistleblower and alleged some serious problems. Provided these accusations are true, the disclosure shows a side of Twitter that poses a threat to its own users' personal information, to company shareholders, to national security, and to democracy...

The Most Popular Period-Tracking Apps, Ranked by Data Privacy

Under increased scrutiny, certain period-tracking apps are seeing a surge of new users. Which are as safe as they claim to be?...

Most Orgs Would Take Security Bugs Over Ethical Hacking Help

Enterprises are putting greater stock in cybersecurity, but outdated “security by obscurity” is still prevailing as companies wrestle with security awareness and shy away from bug-bounty programs. That’s according to new survey data from HackerOne, which found that a full 65 percent of...