In February, Oklahoma native Darren Blanchard attended a city council meeting in Claremore with the plan to speak out against a proposed datacenter in the community. When he went a few seconds over his allotted 3 minute time limit, the city ordered Blanchard arrested and transported to the county jail. The city charged Blanchard with…
Following our article on the challenges posed by agentic AI, we gave OpenClaw access to one of our legacy networks Categories: Threat Research Tags: OpenClaw, LLM, AI, penetration testing, Red Team, CISO, Sophos X-Ops
The FBI was able to forensically extract copies of incoming Signal messages from a defendant’s iPhone, even after the app was deleted, because copies of the content were saved in the device’s push notification database, multiple people present for FBI testimony in a recent trial told 404 Media. The case involved a group of people…
This week we start with Jason’s story about how wildlife cops are doing Flock lookups for ICE. It shows that ICE is gaining access to this sort of information through pretty unexpected ways. After the break, Emanuel tells us all about the AI ban at Wikipedia. In the subscribers-only section, Joseph breaks down a set…
It’s Trans Day of Visibility, and I’m at an event space in the heart of New York City’s Commie Corridor to learn how to become less visible online. The crowd gathered at the aptly-named Trans Pecos in Ridgewood, Queens is here for “404: Deadname Not Found,” a digital self-defense workshop which promises to teach trans…
For the last month Joseph and I have been playing as much Marathon as we can fit into our busy lives. During the pandemic, we bonded over playing Call of Duty: Warzone, and we’ve been chasing that high for years with little success. Bungie’s new extraction shooter finally gave it to us. We should be…
Microsoft has terminated an account associated with VeraCrypt, a popular and long-running piece of encryption software, throwing future Windows updates of the tool into doubt, VeraCrypt’s developer told 404 Media. The move highlights the sometimes delicate supply chain involved in the publication of open source software, especially software that relies on big tech companies even…
No matter the country, industry, or company size, IT and cybersecurity teams report a heavy regulatory load and worry about staying aligned with requirements Categories: Products & Services Tags: CISO, Compliance
No matter the country, industry, or company size, IT and cybersecurity teams report a heavy regulatory load and worry about staying aligned with requirements Categories: Sophos Insights Tags: PRODUCTS & SERVICES, surveys, Compliance, GDPR compliance, regulatory compliance
Maine is getting closer to passing a moratorium on the construction of new datacenters, one of the first in the country. The State’s House and Senate have both passed LD 307, a bill that would pause construction on new datacenters until November 1, 2027. The Senate approved LD 307 by a vote of 19-13 on…
