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DeepSeek Bans Continue to Emerge, But How Far Will U.S. Lawmakers Go?
Aside from Italy there are DeepSeek bans already out in Australia, South Korea and Taiwan. The espionage risks are obvious. U.S. lawmakers have already seen restrictions on use of the app in Congress and will likely approve a total ban from government devices.
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Paragon Spyware Grabs Headlines as WhatsApp Reports Government Targeting of Civilians
You’ve heard about Pegasus spyware for years, now get ready for Paragon. While Paragon spyware is supposed to only be sold to “good guy” governments for law-abiding purposes, new accusations levied by WhatsApp may put it under the same spotlight.
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CISA Warning Highlights Actively Exploited Critical Vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook
A CISA warning to federal agencies has put a spotlight on a critical Microsoft Outlook vulnerability that allows for remote code execution and can grant an attacker control over a target system.
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Is DeepSeek Chat History Safe? Database Leak Highlights Upstart AI Company’s Security Struggles
Researchers warn that the DeepSeek database leak was so easy to find with cursory scanning that it is very possible that less ethical parties came across it first. Chat history was exposed along with keys and potentially other internal information.
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Suit Alleging LinkedIn’s Use of “Premium” Private Messages for Training AI Models Dropped After New Evidence Surfaces
LinkedIn’s Premium service subscribers got a scare from allegations of it using private messages for training AI models, but that lawsuit has now been dismissed in light of new evidence presented by the company.
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Chinese AI Company DeepSeek Recovering From Apparent DDoS Cyber Attack
The now-prominent Chinese AI company has been beset with issues in its first few weeks of relevance: jailbreaking, censorship, hallucination issues, and now a cyber attack that halted new user registrations.
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Cloudflare CDN Flaw That Exposes Location Data Might Be Repeatable With Other Services
The Cloudflare CDN flaw does not provide specific location data on a target, but can place them within about 50 to 300 miles by finding the content server closest to them. The delivery time of an image or other unique file can be traced to the device.
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Amidst Executive Order Spree, Trump Rescinds 2023 Directive on AI Risks
The now-repealed Executive Order 14110 was issued on Oct. 30, 2023 and applied to the country’s leading AI developers, requiring them to share the results of internal safety tests with the federal government and keep them apprised of any AI risks applicable to national security.
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Breach of US Treasury Exposed Contents of Secretary Janet Yellen’s Computer to Chinese Hackers
The December breach of the US Treasury by Chinese hackers apparently included theft of information from Secretary Janet Yellen’s computer, according to anonymous official sources speaking with Bloomberg News.
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Biden’s Final Cybersecurity Executive Order Stresses Software Design Security, Federal Agency Preparedness
After nearly four years of heavy activity on US cyber defense, the Biden administration has wrapped up its term with one more sprawling cybersecurity executive order that beefs up federal agencies.