Cybersecurity Threats Hit Mid-Market Firms Where It Hurts: The Bottom Line
When it rains, it pours, especially for middle-market companies caught in the crosshairs of uncertainty. Sandwiched between a competitive landscape full
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World Economic Forum 2025: Navigating Cybersecurity in an Era of Complexity
What was the cyber outlook at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this past week? From President Trump’s address to new white papers, here’s your roundup.
Podcast: The Truth Behind DeepSeek
We start this week with Emanuel’s rundown on the DeepSeek situation, the Chinese-made AI that has rocked stock markets and the wider AI industry. After the break, Sam explains how metadata in U.S. government memos lists Project 2025 members as the memo authors. In the subscribers-only section, Jason and Sam explain how GitHub is showing…
Cyber security expert warns of new PayPal scam
The sender email and links look legitimate, ultimately allowing the scammer access to your PayPal account.
Scientists Discovered a Cow That Uses Tools Like a Chimpanzee
Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that scratched the sweet spot, extended a hand, went over the hill, and ended up on Mercury. First, a clever cow single-hoofedly upends assumptions about bovine intelligence. Next, we’ve got the oldest rock art ever discovered, the graying of modern zoos, and the delightfully…
IRS Accessed Massive Database of Americans Flights Without a Warrant
The IRS accessed a database of hundreds of millions of travel records, which show when and where a specific person flew and the credit card they used, without obtaining a warrant, according to a letter signed by a bipartisan group of lawmakers and shared with 404 Media. The country’s major airlines, including Delta, United Airlines,…
DeepSeek hit with ‘large-scale’ cyber-attack after AI chatbot tops app stores
Attack forces Chinese company to temporarily limit registrations as app becomes highest rated free app in US
AI in Cybersecurity: What’s Effective and What’s Not – Insights from 200 Experts
Survey of 200 cybersecurity experts reveals how AI is reshaping defenses, key benefits, and major challenges.
Our Zine About ICE Surveillance Is Here
We are very proud to present 404 Media’s zine on the surveillance technology used by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. While we have always covered surveillance and privacy, for the last year, you may have noticed that we have spent an outsized amount of our attention and time reporting on the ways technology companies are powering…
Lawyers Caught Citing AI-Hallucinated Cases Call It a ‘Cautionary Tale’
This article was produced in collaboration with Court Watch, an independent outlet that unearths overlooked court records. Subscribe to them here. After a judge called out a law firm for citing fake cases in court documents, the attorneys admitted to AI “hallucinating” the cases. In a court order filed last week, Wyoming District Judge Kelly Rankin demanded…