August 28, 2024
Microsoft hosts a security summit but no press, public allowed
CrowdStrike, other vendors, friendly govt reps…but not anyone who would tell you what happened op-ed Microsoft will host a security summit next month with CrowdStrike and other "key" endpoint security partners joining the fun — and during which the CrowdStrike-induced outage that borked millions of Windows machines will…
Dick’s Sporting Goods discloses cyberattack
Authorities probing unwanted intrusion; hard questions ahead Dick's Sporting Goods, America's largest retail chain for outdoorsy types, has admitted that it suffered a cyberattack last week.…
From Copilot to Copirate: How data thieves could hijack Microsoft’s chatbot
Prompt injection, ASCII smuggling, and other swashbuckling attacks on the horizon Microsoft has fixed flaws in Copilot that allowed attackers to steal users' emails and other personal data by chaining together a series of LLM-specific attacks, beginning with prompt injection.…
The ultimate dual-use tool for cybersecurity
Sword or plowshare? That depends on whether you're an attacker or a defender Sponsored Feature Artificial intelligence: saviour for cyber defenders, or shiny new toy for online thieves? As with most things in tech, the answer is a bit of both.…
Woman uses AirTags to nab alleged parcel-pinching scum
Phew! Consumer-grade tracking devices are good for more than finding your keys and stalking Theft of packages is an ongoing problem, so one California woman tried a high tech solution to the problem – and her use of Apple’s consumer-grade AirTags tracking devices led to two arrests.…
Chinese broadband satellites may be Beijing’s flying spying censors, think tank warns
Ground stations are the perfect place for the Great Firewall to block things China finds unpleasant The multiple constellations of broadband-beaming satellites planned by Chinese companies could conceivably run the nation's "Great Firewall" content censorship system, according to think tank The Australian Strategic Policy Institute. And if they…