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The Predator Files describe another nefarious global spyware campaign

SECURITY By DAVID STROM3 YEARS AGO

A group of journalists and researchers today released evidence of a massive campaign to spy on numerous political leaders across the globe. Called “The Predator Files,” the project covers the use of potent spyware that targeted more than 50 social media accounts …

Red Cross aims to make civilian wartime hacking more humanitarian

SECURITY By DAVID STROM3 YEARS AGO

The role of civilian hackers during warfare continues to expand, and now at least one group is trying to set up some rules of engagement. But whether the proposal from the International Committee of the Red Cross announced Wednesday will gain any traction …

The rise and fall of Clearview.AI and the evolution of facial recognition

AI By DAVID STROM3 YEARS AGO

Facial recognition software has come full circle, from tech darling to tech disaster. Now, its rise and fall have been chronicled by Kashmir Hill (pictured below), a technology reporter for the New York Times who has tracked its potential and problems through …

After 10 years of crypto scammers, there’s still a rocky road ahead

BLOCKCHAIN By DAVID STROM3 YEARS AGO

Running a criminal cryptocurrency enterprise has certainly gotten more complicated. It was 10 years ago this week when Ross Ulbricht walked into a branch of the San Francisco public library to spend another day running the Silk Road, his marketplace for buying …

Zero-trust networking creator John Kindervag joins Illumio as chief evangelist

SECURITY By DAVID STROM3 YEARS AGO

John Kindervag, the originator of the term zero-trust networking, has joined Illumio Inc. as its chief evangelist. Kindervag, whose appointment was announced Monday, has had a long and successful career in information security, including serving on various advisory boards and more than …

How ‘purple teams’ collaborate to assess cybersecurity threats

SECURITY By DAVID STROM3 YEARS AGO

Security penetration testing provider SpecterOps Inc. today became the latest company to offer a “purple team” assessment, a sign that the collaborative approach to cybersecurity is catching on. The concept refers to using both defensive and offensive measures to understand the weak …

Security threats of AI large language models are mounting, spurring efforts to fix them

SECURITY By DAVID STROM3 YEARS AGO

A new report on the security of artificial intelligence large language models, including OpenAI LP’s ChatGPT, shows a series of poor application development decisions that carry weaknesses in protecting enterprise data privacy and security. The report is just one of many examples …

Yet another hack hits NFT marketplace OpenSea

SECURITY By DAVID STROM3 YEARS AGO

One of the largest nonfungible token marketplaces OpenSea was hacked once again this week. The hack follows two other attacks, the last back in June 2022, when a third-party contractor was able to download emails of its users and newsletter subscribers and …

Passkeys gain steam: new product from 1Password, Yubico goes public

SECURITY By DAVID STROM3 YEARS AGO

Today is a big day for passkeys as two leaders in the market, 1Password and Yubico AB, announced milestones of a different sort for the growing security method. 1Password became the latest security provider to embrace passkeys — mostly, since this is …

A new study finds ChatGPT is quite gender-biased

AI By DAVID STROM3 YEARS AGO

Two Oxford, U.K.-based organizations today released a study examining the inherent gender bias of 13 AI-based chatbots, and the results aren’t encouraging. The study examined the responses to various prompts and ranked them according to professional bias of women and men in …

David Strom

Latest from David Strom

The Predator Files describe another nefarious global spyware campaign

Red Cross aims to make civilian wartime hacking more humanitarian

The rise and fall of Clearview.AI and the evolution of facial recognition

After 10 years of crypto scammers, there’s still a rocky road ahead

Zero-trust networking creator John Kindervag joins Illumio as chief evangelist

Security threats of AI large language models are mounting, spurring efforts to fix them

Yet another hack hits NFT marketplace OpenSea

Passkeys gain steam: new product from 1Password, Yubico goes public

A new study finds ChatGPT is quite gender-biased

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