Trump Terminates DHS Advisory Committee Memberships, Disrupting Cybersecurity Review
DHS terminates advisory committees, including CSRB, halting investigations into Chinese cyberattacks and AI safety.
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BT’s Security Chief: Why AI Poses Such a Risk to Security
BT’s security chief Tris Morgan says the telecommunications group logs 200 million potential cyber attacks daily as AI drives new security challenges
Will 2025 See a Rise of NHI Attacks?
The flurry of non-human identity attacks at the end of 2024 demonstrates extremely strong momentum heading into the new year. That does not bode well.
What Is a Zero Trust Security Model? (2025)
Understand Zero Trust security and how it protects your data by verifying every user and device.
Trump’s DHS Guts Board Investigating Chinese Hacking Group Salt Typhoon
The DHS’ acting director said that anyone who got canned is ‘welcome to reapply.’
Zuckerberg ‘Loves’ AI Slop Image From Spam Account That Posts Amputated Children
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg “loved” an AI-generated slop image of a horse made out of bread posted by a spam page on Facebook that also posts AI-generated images of children with amputations and regularly circumvents Facebook’s algorithm to link users offsite to ad-laden AI-generated content farms. The page, “Faithful,” is verified, operated out of Romania,…
TikTok Says It’s Not Censoring ‘Free Palestine’ Comments. Users See Something Different
On Monday, a day after TikTok came back online for the U.S., people started noticing that the app would not let them comment “free palestine.” Several TikTok users posted screenshots on X and Bluesky showing the message they received after trying to comment “free palestine” under other people’s posts. TikTok users started reporting this on…
Medical Device Company Tells Hospitals They’re No Longer Allowed to Fix Machine That Costs Six Figures
The manufacturer of a machine that costs six figures used during heart surgery has told hospitals that it will no longer allow hospitals’ repair technicians to maintain or fix the devices and that all repairs must now be done by the manufacturer itself, according to a letter obtained by 404 Media. The change will require…
Podcast: TikTok and the Tech Oligarchy
We start this week with the TikTok ban: how we got here, what happened, and, most importantly, why it means we need more decentralized services. Jason runs us through it. After the break, Joseph breaks down a site called GeoSpy which is marketing geolocation technology to the cops. In the subscribers-only section, we all scroll…
Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative to the Tech Oligarchy
If it wasn’t already obvious, the last 72 hours have made it crystal clear that it is urgent to build and mainstream alternative, decentralized social media platforms that are resistant to government censorship and control, are not owned by oligarchs and dominated by their algorithms, and in which users own their follower list and can…