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Nations previously exempt from scraping now in the firing line

If you thought living in Europe, Canada, or Hong Kong meant you were protected from having LinkedIn scrape your posts to train its AI, think again. You have a week to opt out before the Microsoft subsidiary assumes you're fine with it.…

NeuralTrust shows how agentic browser can interpret bogus links as trusted user commands

Researchers have found more attack vectors for OpenAI's new Atlas web browser – this time by disguising a potentially malicious prompt as an apparently harmless URL.…

Social media site dispatches crucial clarification days after curious announcement

X (formerly Twitter) sparked security concerns over the weekend when it announced users must re-enroll their security keys by November 10 or face account lockouts — without initially explaining why.…

Jen Easterly says most breaches stem from bad software, and smarter tech could finally clean it up

Ex-CISA head Jen Easterly claims AI could spell the end of the cybersecurity industry, as the sloppy software and vulnerabilities that criminals rely on will be tracked down faster than ever.…

Allows surveillance and cross-border evidence sharing, which worries human rights groups

The United Nations on Saturday staged a signing ceremony for the Convention against Cybercrime, the world’s first agreement to combat online crime. And while 72 nations picked up the pen, critics continue to point out the convention’s flaws.…

PLUS: Judge spanks NSO; Mozilla requires data use disclosures; TARmageddon meets Rust; And more!

Infosec In Brief  Former basketball star Shaquille O'Neal is 7'1" (215 cm), and therefore uses car customization companies to modify vehicles to fit his frame. But it appears cybercriminals have targeted Shaq’s preferred motor-modder.…

Committee says Apple, Google, and Samsung could render stolen handsets worthless if compelled to act

The UK's Home Secretary should use her powers to push the tech industry to deploy stronger technical measures against the surge in phone thefts, according to a House of Commons committee.…

Redmond says it's fixed this particular indirect prompt injection vuln

Microsoft fixed a security hole in Microsoft 365 Copilot that allowed attackers to trick the AI assistant into stealing sensitive tenant data – like emails – via indirect prompt injection attacks.…

You didn't have plans, did you?

Microsoft has released an out-of-band update to patch a critical vulnerability in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).…

Starmer rebrands unpopular scheme as convenience tool after backlash

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has relaunched his digital ID scheme as something that will make people's lives easier, less than four weeks after announcing it as a measure to tackle illegal working.…

Runways? Where we're going, we don't need runways

US defense technology biz Shield AI claims it can build a jet-powered vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) autonomous fighter drone that doesn't need a runway to operate.…

Group-IB says Tehran-linked crew used hijacked mailbox and VPN to sling phishing emails across Middle East

Iran's favorite muddy-footed cyberespionage crew is at it again, this time breaching more than 100 government entities across the Middle East and North Africa, according to researchers at Group-IB.…

The 0-days have left the building

Federal prosecutors have charged a former general manager of US government defense contractor L3Harris's cyber arm Trenchant with selling secrets to an unidentified Russian buyer for $1.3 million.…

What?! No complimentary credit monitoring?

The Canadian outpost of retailer Toys R Us on Thursday notified customers that attackers accessed a database, stole some of their personal information, then posted the data online.…

The Cyberspace Solarium Commission says years of progress are being undone amid current administration's cuts

America's once-ambitious cyber defences are starting to rust, according to the latest annual report from the US Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC), which warns that policy momentum has slowed and even slipped backwards thanks to Trump-era workforce and budget cuts.…

Check Point helps exorcise vast 'Ghost Network' that used fake tutorials to push infostealers

Google has taken down thousands of YouTube videos that were quietly spreading password-stealing malware disguised as cracked software and game cheats.…

Criminal outfits had been using Musk's broadband beacons to run cyber-slavery scams across Southeast Asia

SpaceX says it has shut down thousands of Starlink terminals that were powering Myanmar's notorious scam compounds after its satellite network was found to be keeping human trafficking and cyber-fraud operations online in the country's lawless border zones.…

Here are five ways tenfold's free IGA solution helps you streamline identity governance and access control.

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Forks of forks of forks, but which ones are patched?

A vulnerability in the popular Rust crate async-tar has affected the fast uv Python package manager, which uses a forked version that's now patched – but the most widely downloaded version remains unfixed.…

That's a lot of extended warranties

The Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) cyberattack could end up being the costliest such incident in UK history, billed at an estimated £1.9 billion and affecting over 5,000 organizations.…