Category «Cybercrime»

The Bletchley Declaration by Countries Attending the AI Safety Summit

Follow up to President Biden’s Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence, see Policy paper, The Bletchley Declaration by Countries Attending the AI Safety Summit, 1-2 November 2023 Published 1 November 2023. “…We affirm that, whilst safety must be considered across the AI lifecycle, actors developing frontier AI …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

How Google Chrome Can Identify Typos in URLs to Keep You Safe Online

Make Use Of: “Key Takeaways Google Chrome’s new URL inspector feature checks for typos in URLs and suggests the correct website, helping users avoid error messages, broken links, scams, and phishing sites. The feature uses autocomplete suggestions based on keywords to predict the website users are trying to search for, making web navigation easier and …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Search Engines

What to Do If You’re Concerned About the 23andMe Breach

EFF: “In early October, a bad actor claimed they were selling account details from the genetic testing service, 23andMe, which included alleged data of one million users of Ashkenazi Jewish descent and another 100,000 users of Chinese descent. By mid-October this expanded out to another four million more general accounts. The data includes display name, …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Privacy

The Race to Save Our Secrets From the Computers of the Future

The New York Times: Quantum technology could compromise our encryption systems. Can America replace them before it’s too late? [read free] “They call it Q-Day: the day when a quantum computer, one more powerful than any yet built, could shatter the world of privacy and security as we know it. It would happen through a …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Digital Rights, Legal Research, Privacy

AI’s Threats to Election Security

Brennan Center for Justice: “Increasing awareness of the power of artificial intelligence coincides with growing public anxiety about the future of democracy, with significant concern about AI’s potential to harm elections. A new series from the Brennan Center and Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology explores how AI could impact various parts of …

Subjects: AI, Censorship, Congress, Cybercrime, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation, Social Media

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 21, 2023

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 21, 2023 – 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 …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Commerce, E-Records, Government Documents, Legal Research, Microsoft, Privacy, Search Engines

Google just changed how you log in to your account

Washington Post [read free]: “Google is changing how you log into your account, but don’t worry — it’ll make your life easier. This month, Google said it’s making “passkeys” the default log-in option for Google accounts. That means that instead of typing in a password, you’ll log into your Google account and Google apps with …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Mail, Internet, Privacy

AI in Banking and Finance, October 15, 2023

Via LLRX – AI in Banking and Finance, September 15, 2023 – This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government reports, industry white papers, academic papers and speeches on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. The chronological links provided are to the primary sources, and as available, …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Economy, EU Data Protection, Food and Nutrition, Government Documents, Housing, Privacy

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 14, 2023

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 14, 2023. 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 …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Mail, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, ID Theft, Internet, Privacy

Privacy professionals need to be aware of tech abuse

iapp, Simson Garfinkel, CIPP/US: “Features designed to improve privacy and protect children in online services, apps and networked devices also make it easier for abusers to maintain control in abusive relationships.  “Ever since caller ID and GPS became part of our lives, we’ve known that digital technologies can be used by abusers to harm or …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Legal Research, Privacy

Protesters Decry Meta’s “Irreversible Proliferation” of AI

IEE Spectrum: “Efforts to make AI open source have become a lightning rod for disagreements about the potential harms of the emerging technology. Last week, protesters gathered outside Meta’s San Francisco offices to protest its policy of publicly releasing its AI models, claiming that the releases represent “irreversible proliferation” of potentially unsafe technology. But others …

Subjects: AI, Civil Liberties, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Social Media