Zac Paulson, Director of Product and Strategy at North Dakota-based ABM Technology Group, sits down with Channel Insider: Partner POV host Katie Bavoso to explain the process behind selling his former business TrueIT to Advanced Business Methods, a legacy copy and print company. During his tenure as CEO of TrueIT, Paulson says his managed services…
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Senators, witnesses: $3B for ‘rip and replace’ a good start to preventing Salt Typhoon-style breaches
The $3 billion that Congress folded into the annual defense policy bill to remove Chinese-made telecommunications technology from U.S. networks would be a huge start to defending against breaches like the Salt Typhoon espionage campaign, senators and hearing witnesses said Wednesday. Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel recently told Hill leaders that the $1.9 billion…
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How to Protect Yourself From the Salt Typhoon Hack, No Matter What the FBI Says
Hackers have gained sweeping access to U.S. text messages and phone calls — and in response, the FBI is falling back on the same warmed-over, bad advice about encryption that it has trotted out for years. In response to the Salt Typhoon hack, attributed to state-backed hackers from China, the bureau is touting the long-debunked…
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Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp hit by massive worldwide outage
Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp suffered a massive worldwide Wednesday afternoon, with services impacted in varying degrees based on user’s region. […]
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Latest round of MITRE ATT&CK evaluations put cybersecurity products through rigors of ransomware
MITRE Corporation released findings Wednesday from its latest round of ATT&CK evaluations, assessing the capabilities of enterprise cybersecurity solutions against some of the most prevalent ransomware tactics and North Korean malware. The sixth such evaluation from the nonprofit research organization measured 19 different vendors’ ability to protect enterprise systems by evaluating them against two prominent…
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Microsoft closes 2024 with extensive security update
In its final Patch Tuesday update of 2024, Microsoft has addressed 71 new security vulnerabilities, including a zero-day flaw that is currently being actively exploited. The zero-day vulnerability, documented as CVE-2024-49138, is a bug in the company’s Windows Common Log File System (CLFS). It poses a significant threat as it enables attackers to achieve system-level…
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Microsoft closes 2024 with extensive security update
In its final Patch Tuesday update of 2024, Microsoft has addressed 71 new security vulnerabilities, including a zero-day flaw that is currently being actively exploited. The zero-day vulnerability, documented as CVE-2024-49138, is a bug in the company’s Windows Common Log File System (CLFS). It poses a significant threat as it enables attackers to achieve system-level…
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Don’t Believe This Cryptic Video Purportedly Uploaded by Luigi Mangione
The video was startling. Hours after Luigi Mangione was arrested for his alleged role in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a clip appeared on a YouTube page bearing the suspect’s name and image. Titled “The Truth,” it began with a countdown timer and the message: “If you see this, I’m already under arrest.” Next,…
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She Joined Facebook to Fight Terror. Now She’s Convinced We Need to Fight Facebook.
For two years, Hannah Byrne was part of an invisible machine that determines what over 3 billion people around the world can say on the internet. From her perch within Meta’s Counterterrorism and Dangerous Organizations team, Byrne helped craft one of the most powerful and secretive censorship policies in internet history. Her work adhered to…
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Documents Contradict Google’s Claims About Its Project Nimbus Contract With Israel
When questioned about its controversial cloud computing contract with the Israeli government, Google has repeatedly claimed the so-called Project Nimbus deal is bound by the company’s general cloud computing terms of service policy. While that policy would prohibit uses that lead to deprivation of rights, injury, or death, or other harms, contract documents and an…
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These Tech Firms Won’t Tell Us If They Will Help Trump Deport Immigrants
President-elect Donald Trump vows to start his second term with the immediate mass deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants. Like everything else, deportations of the 21st century are an increasingly data-centric undertaking, tapping vast pools of personal information sold by a litany of companies. The Intercept asked more than three dozen companies in the data…
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Meta-Powered Military Chatbot Advertised Giving “Worthless” Advice on Airstrikes
Meta’s in-house ChatGPT competitor is being marketed unlike anything that’s ever come out of the social media giant before: a convenient tool for planning airstrikes. As it has invested billions into developing machine learning technology it hopes can outpace OpenAI and other competitors, Meta has pitched its flagship large language model, Llama, as a handy…
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Meta-Powered Military Chatbot Advertised Giving “Worthless” Advice on Airstrikes
Meta’s in-house ChatGPT competitor is being marketed unlike anything that’s ever come out of the social media giant before: a convenient tool for planning airstrikes. As it has invested billions into developing machine learning technology it hopes can outpace OpenAI and other competitors, Meta has pitched its flagship large language model, Llama, as a handy…
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Meta-Powered Military Chatbot Advertised Giving “Worthless” Advice on Airstrikes
Meta’s in-house ChatGPT competitor is being marketed unlike anything that’s ever come out of the social media giant before: a convenient tool for planning airstrikes. As it has invested billions into developing machine learning technology it hopes can outpace OpenAI and other competitors, Meta has pitched its flagship large language model, Llama, as a handy…
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The Intercept’s Lawsuit Against OpenAI Advances on Claim It Removed Reporters’ Bylines
In an order on Friday, a federal court rejected OpenAI’s effort to toss a lawsuit filed by The Intercept over using its journalists’ work to train ChatGPT without permission or credit. One of The Intercept’s claims under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act will move forward against OpenAI, although another claim was dismissed, along with all…
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The Intercept’s Lawsuit Against OpenAI Advances on Claim It Removed Reporters’ Bylines
In an order on Friday, a federal court rejected OpenAI’s effort to toss a lawsuit filed by The Intercept over using its journalists’ work to train ChatGPT without permission or credit. One of The Intercept’s claims under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act will move forward against OpenAI, although another claim was dismissed, along with all…
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The Intercept’s Lawsuit Against OpenAI Advances on Claim It Removed Reporters’ Bylines
In an order on Friday, a federal court rejected OpenAI’s effort to toss a lawsuit filed by The Intercept over using its journalists’ work to train ChatGPT without permission or credit. One of The Intercept’s claims under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act will move forward against OpenAI, although another claim was dismissed, along with all…
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Trump’s Election Is Also a Win for Tech’s Right-Wing “Warrior Class”
Donald Trump pitched himself to voters as a supposed anti-interventionist candidate of peace. But when he reenters the White House in January, at his side will be a phalanx of pro-military Silicon Valley investors, inventors, and executives eager to build the most sophisticated weapons the world has ever known. During his last term, the U.S.…
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Trump’s Election Is Also a Win for Tech’s Right-Wing “Warrior Class”
Donald Trump pitched himself to voters as a supposed anti-interventionist candidate of peace. But when he reenters the White House in January, at his side will be a phalanx of pro-military Silicon Valley investors, inventors, and executives eager to build the most sophisticated weapons the world has ever known. During his last term, the U.S.…
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Trump’s Election Is Also a Win for Tech’s Right-Wing “Warrior Class”
Donald Trump pitched himself to voters as a supposed anti-interventionist candidate of peace. But when he reenters the White House in January, at his side will be a phalanx of pro-military Silicon Valley investors, inventors, and executives eager to build the most sophisticated weapons the world has ever known. During his last term, the U.S.…
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Crypto Sweep Puts Congress on Notice: Vote With Us or We’ll Come After You With Millions
The cryptocurrency industry took a victory lap Wednesday. Devotees of digital currencies had cause to celebrate: An ally in Donald Trump had taken the White House and a slew of pro-crypto congressional candidates won races that included at least two Senate seats. Only two years after the spectacular collapse of frauds like Sam Bankman-Fried ushered…
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Crypto Sweep Puts Congress on Notice: Vote With Us or We’ll Come After You With Millions
The cryptocurrency industry took a victory lap Wednesday. Devotees of digital currencies had cause to celebrate: An ally in Donald Trump had taken the White House and a slew of pro-crypto congressional candidates won races that included at least two Senate seats. Only two years after the spectacular collapse of frauds like Sam Bankman-Fried ushered…
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Crypto Sweep Puts Congress on Notice: Vote With Us or We’ll Come After You With Millions
The cryptocurrency industry took a victory lap Wednesday. Devotees of digital currencies had cause to celebrate: An ally in Donald Trump had taken the White House and a slew of pro-crypto congressional candidates won races that included at least two Senate seats. Only two years after the spectacular collapse of frauds like Sam Bankman-Fried ushered…
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Trump Might Get Unfettered Surveillance Powers. How Did We Get Here?
If Donald Trump wins on Tuesday, he will regain the keys to a global surveillance apparatus with few limits. Privacy advocates have warned since Edward Snowden’s revelations in 2013 that the government’s surveillance tools could be misused by presidents of any stripe. In the intervening decade, however, Congress has failed to rein in those powers.…
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Trump Might Get Unfettered Surveillance Powers. How Did We Get Here?
If Donald Trump wins on Tuesday, he will regain the keys to a global surveillance apparatus with few limits. Privacy advocates have warned since Edward Snowden’s revelations in 2013 that the government’s surveillance tools could be misused by presidents of any stripe. In the intervening decade, however, Congress has failed to rein in those powers.…
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U.S. Military Makes First Confirmed OpenAI Purchase for War-Fighting Forces
Less than a year after OpenAI quietly signaled it wanted to do business with the Pentagon, a procurement document obtained by The Intercept shows U.S. Africa Command, or AFRICOM, believes access to OpenAI’s technology is “essential” for its mission. The September 30 document lays out AFRICOM’s rationale for buying cloud computing services directly from Microsoft…
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U.S. Military Makes First Confirmed OpenAI Purchase for War-Fighting Forces
Less than a year after OpenAI quietly signaled it wanted to do business with the Pentagon, a procurement document obtained by The Intercept shows U.S. Africa Command, or AFRICOM, believes access to OpenAI’s technology is “essential” for its mission. The September 30 document lays out AFRICOM’s rationale for buying cloud computing services directly from Microsoft…
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Netflix Wiped Most of Its “Palestinian Stories” Collection — and Erased the Whole Thing in Israel
In 2021, Netflix moved to create a new movie collection for its viewers. “Netflix will launch the Palestinian Stories collection, showcasing films from some of the Arab world’s finest filmmakers,” said an announcement of the new grouping. “[T]he collection is a tribute to the creativity and passion of the Arab film industry as Netflix continues…
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Netflix Wiped Most of Its “Palestinian Stories” Collection — and Erased the Whole Thing in Israel
In 2021, Netflix moved to create a new movie collection for its viewers. “Netflix will launch the Palestinian Stories collection, showcasing films from some of the Arab world’s finest filmmakers,” said an announcement of the new grouping. “[T]he collection is a tribute to the creativity and passion of the Arab film industry as Netflix continues…
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Crypto PAC Throws a Lifeline to Ted Cruz in Tightening Senate Battle
Two political action committees with ties to the cryptocurrency industry are coming off the sidelines to help Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, as he faces an unexpectedly tight reelection fight with Democratic U.S. Rep. Colin Allred. Allred is not known as a crypto skeptic; he voted for the industry’s top-priority bill this year. That has not…
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Crypto PAC Throws a Lifeline to Ted Cruz in Tightening Senate Battle
Two political action committees with ties to the cryptocurrency industry are coming off the sidelines to help Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, as he faces an unexpectedly tight reelection fight with Democratic U.S. Rep. Colin Allred. Allred is not known as a crypto skeptic; he voted for the industry’s top-priority bill this year. That has not…
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Meta’s Israel Policy Chief Tried to Suppress Pro-Palestinian Instagram Posts
A former senior Israeli government official now working as Meta’s Israel policy chief personally pushed for the censorship of Instagram accounts belonging to Students for Justice in Palestine — a group that has played a leading role in organizing campus protests against Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza. Internal policy discussions reviewed by The Intercept show Jordana Cutler, Meta’s Israel…
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Meta’s Israel Policy Chief Tried to Suppress Pro-Palestinian Instagram Posts
A former senior Israeli government official now working as Meta’s Israel policy chief personally pushed for the censorship of Instagram accounts belonging to Students for Justice in Palestine — a group that has played a leading role in organizing campus protests against Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza. Internal policy discussions reviewed by The Intercept show Jordana Cutler, Meta’s Israel…
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After Major Industry Donor Pops Up, Harris Makes Bizarre Proposal: Crypto for Black Men
Days after a leading crypto industry figure endorsed her, Vice President Kamala Harris gave cryptocurrencies a vague embrace this week — as part of a pitch to Black men. Along with a pledge to legalize weed, the policy document released by Harris’s campaign Monday made a bid for Black men’s votes with ambiguous wording about…
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After Major Industry Donor Pops Up, Harris Makes Bizarre Proposal: Crypto for Black Men
Days after a leading crypto industry figure endorsed her, Vice President Kamala Harris gave cryptocurrencies a vague embrace this week — as part of a pitch to Black men. Along with a pledge to legalize weed, the policy document released by Harris’s campaign Monday made a bid for Black men’s votes with ambiguous wording about…
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Pegasus Spyware Maker Said to Flout Federal Court as It Lobbies to Get Off U.S. Blacklist
Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, serves a primarily rural district anchored in Waco, a city of 150,000. It’s unclear why he is so interested in NSO Group, the infamous Israeli spyware firm that was blacklisted by the U.S. for its role in human rights abuses. Between February and July, though, Sessions and his team met eight…
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Pegasus Spyware Maker Said to Flout Federal Court as It Lobbies to Get Off U.S. Blacklist
Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, serves a primarily rural district anchored in Waco, a city of 150,000. It’s unclear why he is so interested in NSO Group, the infamous Israeli spyware firm that was blacklisted by the U.S. for its role in human rights abuses. Between February and July, though, Sessions and his team met eight…
Global Security News, North America, Technology
The Pentagon Wants to Use AI to Create Deepfake Internet Users
The United States’ secretive Special Operations Command is looking for companies to help create deepfake internet users so convincing that neither humans nor computers will be able to detect they are fake, according to a procurement document reviewed by The Intercept. The plan, mentioned in a new 76-page wish list by the Department of Defense’s…
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The Pentagon Wants to Use AI to Create Deepfake Internet Users
The United States’ secretive Special Operations Command is looking for companies to help create deepfake internet users so convincing that neither humans nor computers will be able to detect they are fake, according to a procurement document reviewed by The Intercept. The plan, mentioned in a new 76-page wish list by the Department of Defense’s…
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Elizabeth Warren’s Crypto Haters Are Burning Cash in Her Senate Race
There’s zero chance that a Republican will win this year’s Senate election in Massachusetts. That hasn’t stopped the crypto industry from lighting money on fire in a doomed bid to defeat Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Cryptocurrency figures have given the majority of the donations or loans to the effort to replace Warren, an industry scourge, with…
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Elizabeth Warren’s Crypto Haters Are Burning Cash in Her Senate Race
There’s zero chance that a Republican will win this year’s Senate election in Massachusetts. That hasn’t stopped the crypto industry from lighting money on fire in a doomed bid to defeat Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Cryptocurrency figures have given the majority of the donations or loans to the effort to replace Warren, an industry scourge, with…
Global Security News, Politics, Technology
Crypto Billionaires Could Flip the Senate to the GOP. Here’s What They Want.
After two elections where he bucked Ohio’s rightward trend, Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown is clinging to the narrowest of polling leads. If he loses to unpopular car salesman Bernie Moreno next month, he might have crypto to blame. Cryptocurrency companies are pouring tens of millions of dollars into the race through a super PAC in…
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Crypto Billionaires Could Flip the Senate to the GOP. Here’s What They Want.
After two elections where he bucked Ohio’s rightward trend, Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown is clinging to the narrowest of polling leads. If he loses to unpopular car salesman Bernie Moreno next month, he might have crypto to blame. Cryptocurrency companies are pouring tens of millions of dollars into the race through a super PAC in…
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Internet Archive Was Exposing User Email Addresses for Years Before Recent Breach
The Internet Archive recently was the target of a data breach that exposed information related to 31 million users, including their usernames and email addresses, among other materials. The group SN_Blackmeta has claimed responsibility for a concurrent DDoS attack that took the site offline. The party responsible for the data breach has not yet been identified. Related New York Times Doesn’t…
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Internet Archive Was Exposing User Email Addresses for Years Before Recent Breach
The Internet Archive recently was the target of a data breach that exposed information related to 31 million users, including their usernames and email addresses, among other materials. The group SN_Blackmeta has claimed responsibility for a concurrent DDoS attack that took the site offline. The party responsible for the data breach has not yet been identified. Related New York Times Doesn’t…