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The Register: “With AI’s rise, AI web crawlers are strip-mining the web in their perpetual hunt for ever more content to feed into their Large Language Model (LLM) mills. How much traffic do they account for? According to Cloudflare, a major content delivery network (CDN) force, 30% of global web traffic now comes from bots. …
The Guardian: “A ChatGPT model gave researchers detailed instructions on how to bomb a sports venue – including weak points at specific arenas, explosives recipes and advice on covering tracks – according to safety testing carried out this summer. OpenAI’s GPT-4.1 also detailed how to weaponise anthrax and how to make two types of illegal …
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, August 23, 2025 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly …
PCMag – “Your internet-connected TV has Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) features that track what you watch. Here’s how to disable it, along with smart privacy advice from security experts. Smart televisions offer internet access, streaming apps, and sometimes even built-in cameras and microphones. They’re also collecting loads of personal data in order to sell it …
MakeUseOf – “I use Firefox primarily because I have always believed it’s the gold standard for privacy. This is more than an assumption—it’s how the browser markets itself. However, after many years of using the browser, I quit. It took some deep digging, but honestly, beyond the surface, the cracks begin to show…So yes, I …
Coalition for Independent Technology Research: “A report on the struggle to keep public-interest technology research alive and the growing Coalition working to protect it. What’s At Stake – Understanding how technology shapes society shouldn’t be dictated by corporate agendas or political interests. It should be driven by and for the public, because without independent research, …
PCMag – Installing a VPN isn’t the end of the story. To truly secure your connection, you need to dive into pro-level settings—like kill switches and LAN protection—that take your privacy to the next level. You might think that installing and connecting to a VPN is all you need for better privacy or bypassing geographical …
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, August 16, 2025 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly …
Follow up to previous posts – National Public Data Published Its Own Passwords; Is Your SSN in the National Public Data Breach? Here’s How to Find Out; and How to Remove Your Profile From National Public Data; See also PC Mag – “National Public Data, a website infamous for its role in leaking millions of …
Follow up to Federal court filing system hit in sweeping hack and the New York Times Russia Is Suspected to Be Behind Breach of Federal Court Filing System – See Politico: “The intrusion into the federal judiciary’s case filing system was like “taking candy from a baby,” said one person with knowledge of the hack. …
SCWorld: LAS VEGA: “Just as it had at BSides Las Vegas earlier in the week, the risks of artificial intelligence dominated the Black Hat USA 2025 security conference on Aug. 6 and 7. We couldn’t see all the AI-related talks, but we did catch three of the most promising ones, plus an off-site panel discussion …
Follow up to Federal court filing system hit in sweeping hack see the New York Times – Russia Is Suspected to Be Behind Breach of Federal Court Filing System. “Federal officials are scrambling to assess the damage and address flaws in a sprawling, heavily used computer system long known to have vulnerabilities. Investigators have uncovered …
