Last week Apple fixed an issue that let the FBI forensically extract copies of incoming Signal messages from a defendant’s iPhone, even after the app had been deleted, because copies of those messages were stored in the iPhone’s notification database. The move comes directly in response to 404 Media’s coverage of a case in which…
In a continued effort to protect Springfield utilities from outside cyber threats, city officials have once again joined a grant program aimed at providing the necessary services for protection against digital attacks. At their monthly meeting last week, the City of Springfield Board of Mayor and Aldermen unanimously approved a resolution authorizing its participation in
Aiming to safeguard national security using advanced AI, cybersecurity experts at the University of North Texas have received $3 million from the Department of Defense to help the department overhaul its hiring processes. The UNT researchers, led by computer science and engineering faculty Ram Dantu and Cihan Tunc, received $2.1 million in funding from the…
“I genuinely respect your accomplishments and think you are the most inspiring entrepreneur of our time,” Altman wrote in an X post to Musk.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff ‘joked’ with employees who had traveled to the United States for a Salesforce all-hands meeting that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were in the building keeping tabs on them, 404 Media has learned. Multiple employees told 404 Media about the joke, and 404 Media obtained internal Slack chats showing employees discussing…
Why most endpoint protection still treats ransomware as just another piece of malware, and what changes when you watch the data instead of the attacker. Categories: Products & Services Tags: Ransomware, Endpoint, Sophos Endpoint, EDR, AI, artificial intelligence
A judge ordered the reinstatement of a video game developer after he was fired as part of a scheme cooked up by a CEO using ChatGPT. Facing the possibility of paying out a massive bonus to the developer of Subnautica 2, the CEO of publisher Krafton used ChatGPT to create a plan to take over…
Palantir, the surveillance giant, is taking on an increased role with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including finding the physical location of people who are marked for deportation, according to Palantir Slacks and other internal messages obtained by 404 Media. The leak shows that Palantir’s work with ICE includes producing leads for law enforcement to…
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Countries race to elevate their AI competency by building datacenters. It is critical to bake environmental sustainability into the design.
