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Trump shares AI misinformation suggesting he has Taylor Swift’s endorsement

Trump shares AI misinformation suggesting he has Taylor Swift’s endorsement

After being a major target of deepfakes himself, Donald Trump has falsely shared AI-generated images of Taylor Swift and ...

Daniel Croft • Tue, 20 Aug 2024
Charles Sturt University aims for a technology-led aged-care revolution

Charles Sturt University aims for a technology-led aged-care revolution

University researchers are embarking on a project that could detect “anomalies” among the elderly in real time.

David Hollingworth • Tue, 20 Aug 2024
Ukrainians targeted by hackers using Kursk Oblast POW photos

Ukrainians targeted by hackers using Kursk Oblast POW photos

Ukraine has discovered the spread of a malicious email campaign using photos and information on Kursk Oblast prisoners ...

Daniel Croft • Tue, 20 Aug 2024
Thales 2024 Critical Infrastructure report reveals a rise in ransomware and a lack of readiness

Thales 2024 Critical Infrastructure report reveals a rise in ransomware and a lack of readiness

Human error is a leading cause of cloud-based breaches, while “security consistency” is a key challenge for the sector, ...

David Hollingworth • Tue, 20 Aug 2024
Toyota confirms data breach as threat actors claim 240GB exfiltrated and published

Toyota confirms data breach as threat actors claim 240GB exfiltrated and published

Toyota has confirmed that a cyber attack has occurred on its systems after threat actors claimed to have breached the ...

Daniel Croft • Tue, 20 Aug 2024
Exclusive: RansomHub dumps terabytes of Australian data on dark web

Exclusive: RansomHub dumps terabytes of Australian data on dark web

Documents from four Australian victims and one Kiwi company posted online include passport scans, medical data, and ...

David Hollingworth • Tue, 20 Aug 2024
Iranian ChatGPT accounts banned for generating US election disinformation

Iranian ChatGPT accounts banned for generating US election disinformation

OpenAI has revealed that it has banned a swarm of Iranian ChatGPT accounts for creating false and misleading content ...

Daniel Croft • Mon, 19 Aug 2024
National Public Data starts notifying victims after billions impacted by data breach

National Public Data starts notifying victims after billions impacted by data breach

The US background-checking firm has filed its notification with US authorities and is contacting 1.3 billion ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 19 Aug 2024
Australian musicians rally for industry AI regulation

Australian musicians rally for industry AI regulation

Thousands of Australian musicians have banded together against the threat of artificial intelligence on human-made music ...

Daniel Croft • Mon, 19 Aug 2024
US lawmakers call for investigation into TP-Link over possible Chinese hacking threat

US lawmakers call for investigation into TP-Link over possible Chinese hacking threat

Two members of the House Select Committee on China have raised concerns over router maker TP-Link’s “unusual degree of ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 19 Aug 2024
Flight tracking service FlightAware warns users of ‘data security incident’

Flight tracking service FlightAware warns users of ‘data security incident’

Over 10,000 aircraft operators and more than 13 million users could have had their personal details and passwords ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 19 Aug 2024
ANZUS Treaty could be triggered by cyber attack, say Albanese and Luxon

ANZUS Treaty could be triggered by cyber attack, say Albanese and Luxon

Australia and New Zealand’s prime ministers have announced that a major cyber attack on either country could ignite a ...

Daniel Croft • Fri, 16 Aug 2024
Ransomware attack on farmer kills cow and her calf

Ransomware attack on farmer kills cow and her calf

A ransomware attack has taken the life of a cow and its calf in Switzerland after a farmer’s systems were breached by ...

Daniel Croft • Fri, 16 Aug 2024
New research outlines the top 5 malware strains you need to be aware of

New research outlines the top 5 malware strains you need to be aware of

Here’s everything you need to know about LummaC2, Rust-based stealers, SocGholish, AsyncRAT, and Oyster malware strains

David Hollingworth • Fri, 16 Aug 2024
Palo Alto ‘marketing decision’ sparks fury at Black Hat

Palo Alto ‘marketing decision’ sparks fury at Black Hat

Palo Alto Networks has issued an apology after the company came under fire for dressing its event hostesses in branded ...

Daniel Croft • Wed, 14 Aug 2024
Report: AI-powered cyber threats on the rise across critical sectors

Report: AI-powered cyber threats on the rise across critical sectors

Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 has released concerning statistics that point to a sharp increase in exposures in the ...

David Hollingworth • Thu, 15 Aug 2024
US Army analyst charged with leaking national security data to China, pleads guilty

US Army analyst charged with leaking national security data to China, pleads guilty

A US Army intelligence analyst charged with selling national security information to China has pleaded guilty.

Daniel Croft • Thu, 15 Aug 2024
xAI’s GenAI platform Grok gets image generation – very, very, unfiltered image generation

xAI’s GenAI platform Grok gets image generation – very, very, unfiltered image generation

Elon Musk’s latest move in the generative AI space is raising eyebrows, with AI images of Disney characters killing each ...

David Hollingworth • Thu, 15 Aug 2024
Rhysida claims ransomware attack on The Washington Times

Rhysida claims ransomware attack on The Washington Times

The Rhysida ransomware gang has listed major conservative US media outlet on the dark web, claiming to have “exclusive ...

Daniel Croft • Thu, 15 Aug 2024
Electronic Frontiers Australia questions government’s Trust Exchange program

Electronic Frontiers Australia questions government’s Trust Exchange program

EFA boss says new digital ID system would make Australia “the mother of all honeypots”.

David Hollingworth • Thu, 15 Aug 2024