Inside the Booming ‘AI Pimping’ Industry
Credit to Author: Jason Koebler, Emanuel Maiberg| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000
AI-generated influencers based on stolen images of real-life adult content creators are flooding social media.
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Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in Germany
Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra, Dell Cameron| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 04:00:00 +0000
More than 3 billion phone coordinates collected by a US data broker expose the detailed movements of US military and intelligence workers in Germany—and the Pentagon is powerless to stop it.
Read moreImmigration Police Can Already Sidestep US Sanctuary City Laws Using Data-Sharing Fusion Centers
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Built to combat terrorism, fusion centers give US Immigration and Customs Enforcement a way to gain access to data that’s meant to be protected under city laws limiting local police cooperation with ICE.
Read moreBitfinex Hacker Gets 5 Years for $10 Billion Bitcoin Heist
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2024 11:30:00 +0000
Plus: An “AI granny” is wasting scammers’ time, a lawsuit goes after spyware-maker NSO Group’s executives, and North Korea–linked hackers take a crack at macOS malware.
Read moreMore Spyware, Fewer Rules: What Trump’s Return Means for US Cybersecurity
Credit to Author: Eric Geller| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Experts expect Donald Trump’s next administration to relax cybersecurity rules on businesses, abandon concerns around human rights, and take an aggressive stance against the cyber armies of US adversaries.
Read moreTeen Behind Hundreds of Swatting Attacks Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges
Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 01:37:28 +0000
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.
Read moreThese Guys Hacked AirPods to Give Their Grandmas Hearing Aids
Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 19:07:15 +0000
Three technologists in India used a homemade Faraday cage and a microwave oven to get around Apple’s location blocks.
Read moreICE Started Ramping Up Its Surveillance Arsenal Immediately After Donald Trump Won
Credit to Author: Caroline Haskins| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement put out a fresh call for contracts for surveillance technologies before an anticipated surge in the number of people it monitors ahead of deportation hearings.
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