what a week! Police on Monday… Luigi Mangione, 26, was arrested And accused him of the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione's five-day run-in from authorities ended after he was spotted eating dinner at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania, about 300 miles from Manhattan, where Thompson was shot on the morning of December 4. Officers say they found Mangione carrying a fake ID and a 3D. -Printed “Ghost Gun,” The model of which is known as FMDA, or “Free Men Don't Ask”.
Meanwhile, a spate of mysterious drone sightings in New Jersey and neighboring states caused so much havoc that it immediately attracted federal attention. While many people were surprised Why couldn't the US Army shoot down the drones?The FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and independent experts say The drone mystery may be no secretAnd drones are probably mostly airplanes.
As far as more terrestrial threats are concerned, We have reached the far-right realm of the “activist club.” Small groups of young, fitness-focused men who are steeped in extremist ideology and have been linked to a number of violent attacks. While Robert Rundo, the man who helped invent the Active Club Network, was sentenced in federal court this week, Active Clubs are growing rapidly around the world.
Finally, we investigated fraudulent schemes Use tiny cameras to gain an illegal edge in pokerAnd we inquired about ways Humans will use generic AI to make the world a more dangerous place,
But not only this. Each week, we round up privacy and security news that we haven't covered in depth ourselves. Click on titles to read full stories. And stay safe there.
Back in May, Microsoft joyfully Announced Recall, an AI feature for some Windows PCs that silently takes screenshots every five seconds and then allows you to easily search through the resulting digital footprint. Forgot where you saw a recipe online? Tapping a few keywords into the recall could, theoretically, get the dish found again. It didn't take long for the privacy and security community to find gapping hole in feature,
In response, Microsoft delayed the launch of the recall and ultimately made some important changes-Such as opting-in to recalls instead of turning them on by default, better encrypting information captured by recalls, and adding authentication to access stored data. The recall finally launched for some users this month.
However, this week, the recall is being tested by Tom's Hardware Showcased A key security measure put in place by Microsoft may still fail. With a recall setting called “Filter sensitive information” turned on, tests of Tom's Hardware found that it still took screenshots of some sensitive information such as credit card numbers and Social Security numbers. When the publisher typed a credit card number and a username and password into the Notepad window, they were collected in the screenshot. “Similarly, when I filled out a loan application PDF in Microsoft Edge, entering a Social Security number, name, and date of birth, the recall nailed it,” Avraham Piltsch. writesHowever, when details were entered on some online stores the tool did not record the details.