The sickening truth: Healthcare data breaches reach all-time high
Healthcare records for more than 184 million Americans were breached in 2024, but you can take steps to minimize that risk. Kurt the CyberGuy explains.
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Gootloader inside out
Open-source intelligence reveals the server-side code of this pernicious SEO-driven malware – without needing a lawyer afterward
GlobalX, Airline for Trump’s Deportations, Hacked
Hackers have targeted GlobalX Air, one of the main airlines the Trump administration is using as part of its deportation efforts, and stolen what they say are flight records and passenger manifests of all of its flights, including those for deportation, 404 Media has learned. The data, which the hackers contacted 404 Media and other…
Researchers Say the Most Popular Tool for Grading AIs Unfairly Favors Meta, Google, OpenAI
The most popular method for measuring what are the best chatbots in the world is flawed and frequently manipulated by powerful companies like OpenAI and Google in order to make their products seem better than they actually are, according to a new paper from researchers at the AI company Cohere, as well as Stanford, MIT,…
Chinese AI App DeepSeek Soars in Popularity, Startling Rivals
The company said Monday it was temporarily limiting new sign ups due to “large-scale malicious attacks” on its services.
Senator Tries Bringing Anti-Porn Age Verification Law to New York
A New York state senator is trying to introduce the same age verification legislation that has resulted in massive porn sites—including Pornhub and its network of sister sites—going dark across much of the U.S. south and midwest. The bill, introduced by Republicans Jake Ashby and Assemblywoman Mary Beth Walsh, is almost identical to every other…
Microsoft stacks up 113 CVEs for January Patch Tuesday
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American Schools Were Deeply Unprepared for ChatGPT, Public Records Show
📄 This article was primarily reported using public records requests. We are making it available to all readers as a public service. FOIA reporting can be expensive, please consider subscribing to 404 Media to support this work. Or send us a one time donation via our tip jar here. In February 2023, a brief national…
a16z-Backed AI Site Civitai Is Mostly Porn, Despite Claiming Otherwise
In the two years that I’ve been reporting about Civitai, a platform for sharing AI image generation models that has been instrumental in the production of AI generated non-consensual porn, Civitai has consistently argued that the amount of adult content on the site has been overstated. But new research shows that, if anything, the amount…
From inbox clutter to costly compromise: Why email threats still matter
Email-based attacks aren’t relics of the past. They’re active, sophisticated, and increasingly lucrative for attackers.