Rednote Draws a Line Between China and the World
…We have automatically redirected you to rednote.com.” The user says he registered his account with a Chinese phone number years ago, but suspects his account was converted because of using a…
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Disneyland Now Uses Face Recognition on Visitors
…Meanwhile, given the proliferation and increasing sensitivity of some work using AI, OpenAI rolled out an “advanced” security risk mode for ChatGPT and Codex accounts facing heightened risk of attack. New research…
Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild
…In the case of the Turkish and Malaysian targets, Google writes in its blog post that customers of the Turkish security and surveillance firm PARS Defense appear to have used the intrusion…
The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine
…That night, Richards posted photos to her Instagram account. The images were included in the MSG security report. “What a great night,” she wrote in the captions. “I pray that this new…
How ‘Handala’ Became the Face of Iran’s Hacker Counterattacks
…The group has “combined the noisy, chaotic playbook of a hacktivist group with the destructive capabilities of a nation-state,” says Justin Moore, a threat intelligence researcher at security firm Palo Alto…
It Takes 2 Minutes to Hack the EU’s New Age-Verification App
A WIRED investigation this week revealed new details about the private surveillance state instituted by MSG owner Jim Dolan and his head of security, John Eversole. According to court records and WIRED…
WhatsApp Adds Meta AI Chats That Are Built to Be Fully Private
…With Incognito Chat, WhatsApp will only be able to see that an account used the feature, according to Meta. Meta invites third-party audits and vulnerability reports on Private Processing and says…
A Kid With a Fake Mustache Tricked an Online Age-Verification Tool
The new approach is part of a series of measures Meta adopted as part of an AI-based security strategy designed to correct the limitations of traditional methods, which rely heavily on…
The FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones
…Meanwhile, the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a new directive to federal agencies this week in reaction to new AI threats that includes a requirement to fix the most…
Discord Sleuths Gained Unauthorized Access to Anthropic’s Mythos
…And if you’re looking for a deep dive, WIRED investigated the yearslong feud behind the prominent privacy and security conscious mobile operating system GrapheneOS. Plus we looked at the strange tale…