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Chatbot prompts reveal the engineer’s alleged efforts to set up a covert listening device days before one was found in a meeting room used by high-level executives. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/SBNt05w

Investigators also sought permission to use an invasive surveillance tool called a cell-site simulators against journalist Georgia Fort and a Minnesota state Senate candidate. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/nNOHvDm

Anti-cybercrime initiatives are increasingly using AI to scam the scammers by tricking them into talking to lifelike bots that they think are real victims. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/nFAtw6b

Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/Eh8QxLl

With no accurate Big Tech mapping app to help him, Anas Hattab launched a Telegram group to get himself home at night. Now nearly 350,000 Palestinians rely on it to navigate the occupied West Bank. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/r6V0OBs

At a recent event for security firm NordVPN, NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal revealed that he got hacked—and warned the public about the need to “have control of their own information.” from Security Latest https://ift.tt/TeIik2h

The US government’s Tradewinds initiative has made it easier to throw millions of dollars at “nontraditional” defense contractors, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/NnfPsw2

Millions have downloaded Meta’s AI agent Muse. But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/4tWuUNO

DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/Vt1es5H

While the focus has been on AI agents’ hacking capabilities, a recently patched vulnerability in a ChatGPT app shows that AI software is itself an inviting—and vulnerable—target. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/p5xZVzS

Traverse barriers and checkpoints in the occupied West Bank—your choices reflect the reality of nearly 3.5 million Palestinians who live there. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/kCTOWPR

In an exclusive interview with WIRED, Paragon Solutions CEO Andrew Boyd reveals the limits of the company’s promise to keep bad actors from abusing its powerful espionage tool. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/updzVbU

Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Our joint investigation reveals the system that has divided the West Bank and measures what it cost people to move through it. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/qaFZRkL

A nonprofit in California is doing what Hugging Face has not—attempting to hold OpenAI legally accountable for the actions of its agents. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/za8iO52

Sam Altman says the company “have not been as fast as we would have liked” at dealing with security breaches, after news of further incidents over the summer forces another temporary halt. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/Tit5S70

In an era of increasingly sophisticated AI-fueled scams, a retro threat may be lurking in your mailbox. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/nTzxQNA

The country’s prime minister expressed disappointment at being informed of the hack only via email. Now Australia is investigating whether OpenAI broke the law. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/j4bo9AZ

Meta says it issued a fix for the Muse zero-day vulnerability that would have let attackers do “whatever” they wanted on a victim’s Mac, highlighting the inherent dangers of AI helpers. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/O6PfnLl

Cisco Talos researchers created a new framework for identifying malware and hacking tools that rely on AI chatbots—and quickly discovered something unusual. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/aYD7sie

Your conversations with AI chatbots are both highly personal and deeply vulnerable to surveillance. Here’s how you can protect yourself. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/OYRQ0LK