Aug 25, 2024Ravie LakshmananLaw Enforcement / Digital Privacy Pavel Durov, founder and chief executive of the popular messaging app Telegram, was arrested in France on Saturday, according to French television network TF1. Durov is believed to have been apprehended pursuant to a warrant issued in connection with a preliminary police investigation. TF1 said the probe was … [Read more...] about Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Arrested in France for Content Moderation Failures
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Falcon Content Update Preliminary Post Incident Report
Updated 2024-07-25 1900 UTC Executive Summary PDF This is CrowdStrike’s preliminary Post Incident Review (PIR). We will be detailing our full investigation in the forthcoming Root Cause Analysis that will be released publicly. Throughout this PIR, we have used generalized terminology to describe the Falcon platform for improved readability. Terminology in other documentation … [Read more...] about Falcon Content Update Preliminary Post Incident Report
How to Prevent ChatGPT From Stealing Your Content & Traffic
ChatGPT and similar large language models (LLMs) have added further complexity to the ever-growing online threat landscape. Cybercriminals no longer need advanced coding skills to execute fraud and other damaging attacks against online businesses and customers, thanks to bots-as-a-service, residential proxies, CAPTCHA farms, and other easily accessible tools. Now, the latest … [Read more...] about How to Prevent ChatGPT From Stealing Your Content & Traffic
Apple to Scan Every Device for Child Abuse Content — But Experts Fear for Privacy
Apple on Thursday said it's introducing new child safety features in iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and macOS as part of its efforts to limit the spread of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) in the U.S. To that effect, the iPhone maker said it intends to begin client-side scanning of images shared via every Apple device for known child abuse content as they are being uploaded into … [Read more...] about Apple to Scan Every Device for Child Abuse Content — But Experts Fear for Privacy
Former Yahoo Employee Admits Hacking into 6000 Accounts for Sexual Content
An ex-Yahoo! employee has pleaded guilty to misusing his access at the company to hack into the accounts of nearly 6,000 Yahoo users in search of private and personal records, primarily sexually explicit images and videos. According to an press note released by the U.S. Justice Department, Reyes Daniel Ruiz, a 34-year-old resident of California and former Yahoo software … [Read more...] about Former Yahoo Employee Admits Hacking into 6000 Accounts for Sexual Content