Privacy News Data watchdog fines Clearview AI $33M • The Register - Clearview scrapes photos from all over the internet, adds them to its database, then sells the data to advertisers and governments, some who use it without appropriate legal permissions (think 4th amendment/warrantless surveillance issues) Election News Spamouflage trolls pretend to be American patriots on X • The Register - #China - People’s Republic of China propaganda crew ramps up X and TikTok work claiming to be American citizens and “frustrated Conservatives”. The threat actor group is using AI generated content of Pres. Biden, VP Harris, and fmr Pres. Trump. Overall, users are able to identify that something isn’t “right” about the accounts, though the propagandist are getting better. Senior NY State staffer charged over alleged China links • The Register - Chinese and North Korean threat actors aren’t only a cyber threat. Federal officials have arrested tens of individuals across the US for serving the C
Hardware Backdoor Discovered in RFID Cards Used in Hotels and Offices Worldwide (thehackernews.com) - Hardware backdoor means even with appropriate controls, threat actors can still attack hotel and office doors around the globe. The FM11RF08S backdoor enables any entity with knowledge of it to compromise all user-defined keys on these cards, even when fully diversified, simply by accessing the card for a few minutes. Russia fears Ukraine hijacking home CCTV systems for intel • The Register - This is genius, the Russians have asked users in the Bryansk, Kursk, and Belgorod regions to shut off dating apps and IP cameras that Ukranians are using for intelligence gathering. 110K domains targeted by ‘sophisticated’ cloud extortionists • The Register - Those in the study who eventually found their S3-stored data replaced with a ransom note had exposed their environment variables, failed to refresh credentials regularly, and didn’t adopt a least-privilege architecture. Attackers zeroed