3 priorities for adopting proactive identity and access security in 2025
Explore three strategies from Microsoft for improving identity and access management to take a more proactive approach to cybersecurity.
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Nuclei flaw lets malicious templates bypass signature verification
A now-fixed vulnerability in the open-source vulnerability scanner Nuclei could potentially allow attackers to bypass signature verification while sneaking malicious code into templates that execute on local systems. […]
Podcast: A Massive Breach Reveals the Truth Behind ‘Secret Desires AI’
We start this week with Sam’s piece about a massive leak of an AI chatbot, and how it showed that people were taking ordinary women’s yearbook photos and using them to make AI porn. After the break, Jason explains how a recent change on X exposed a bunch of grifters all around the world. In…
X Will Stop Paying People for Sharing Unlabeled AI-Generated War Footage
X said it will temporarily demonetize accounts that share AI-generated war footage without a label. The decision comes days after the US and Israel launched airstrikes in Iran and AI-slop war footage flooded social media timelines across the internet. “Today we are revising our Creator Revenue Sharing policies to maintain authenticity of content on Timeline…
Here’s how data awareness can tackle cybercrime’s complexity
Personal data enables cybercrime, yet securing data remains a significant challenge for cyber leaders, who face competing priorities.
Waymo Is Getting DoorDashers to Close Doors on Self Driving Cars
Waymo, Google’s autonomous vehicle company, and DoorDash, the delivery and gig work platform, have launched a pilot program that pays Dashers, at least in one case, around $10 to travel to a parked Waymo and close its door that the previous passenger left open, according to a joint statement from the company given to 404…
The Video Game Industry’s Existential Crisis (with Jason Schreier)
The video game industry has had a turbulent few years. The pandemic made people play more and caused a small boom, which then subsided, resulting in wave after wave of massive layoffs. Microsoft, one of the major console manufacturers, is shifting its strategy for Xbox as the company shifts its focus to AI. And now,…
What is DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup that shook the tech world?
DeepSeek R1, the surprisingly efficient and powerful Chinese AI model, has taken the technology industry by storm and is rattling nerves on Wall Street.
The 800-Year-Old Mystery of a Lost Medieval Legend Is Solved, Researchers Say
🌘 Subscribe to 404 Media to get The Abstract, our newsletter about the most exciting and mind-boggling science news and studies of the week. A major mystery about a long-lost legend that was all the rage in Medieval England but survives in only one known fragment has been solved, according to a study published on…
Battling Ransomware: How Healthcare Organizations Can Strengthen Cybersecurity to Protect Patient Data
Recognizing its vulnerability to cybercrime, the healthcare industry continues to prioritize cybersecurity. Here are some areas where organizations should be focusing their efforts.