An FTC report says that Americans last year lost $2.1 billion in social media scams, such as shopping and investment schemes. Social media site have become the place where most of these scams start, and more than half of that money was stolen in scams began on Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram.
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Explore how geofence warrants and AI-assisted searches challenge the Fourth Amendment. Can 18th-century privacy laws survive 21st-century digital surveillance?
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Beyond the "headline breach," modern enterprises face a persistent threat: steady-state data leakage. Learn why traditional privacy definitions fail and how "authorized" data flows in workplace apps create continuous legal and operational risk.
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China-sponsored threat groups like Salt Typhoon and Flax Typhoon are increasingly relying on multiple massive botnets comprising edge and IoT devices to run their cyber espionage and network intrusion campaigns, CISA and other security agencies say. The use of such "covert networks" makes it more difficult to detect and mitigate their campaigns.
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The intersection of constitutional law and cybersecurity enforcement, specifically the Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial in regulatory data privacy cases.
Central Conflict: Whether federal agencies (like the FCC, SEC, or FTC) can administratively impose monetary penalties for data misuse without a jury, or if such actions are "Suits at common law" requiring Article III court proceedings.
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A group of unauthorized users reportedly has gained access to Anthropic’s controversial Claude Mythos Preview AI frontier model despite the AI vendor’s efforts to keep it out of public hands by limiting the organizations that can use it. Bloomberg reported that the unnamed group had tried multiple ways to gain access to the AI model..
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A privacy expert warns Chrome still allows browser fingerprinting and tracking, raising concerns after Google’s shift away from third-party cookie changes.
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Data breach litigation faces a valuation crisis as courts and the Trump v. IRS case grapple with the "concrete harm" requirement and the actual dollar value of privacy.
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NIST said it overwhelmed by the surge in the number of CVEs submissions in recent years, so it is paring back the analysis work it does on the dangerous security flaws. Security experts say the number of new vulnerabilities detected will only grow during the AI era and that the private sector will need to pick up the slack left by NIST's decision.
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Comcast customers affected by the 2023 breach may qualify for cash, reimbursement, and identity protection under a proposed $117.5 million settlement.
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Android users may be eligible for a payout from Google’s $135 million settlement over background data use. Here’s who qualifies and how to claim.
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Google has brought end-to-end encrypted Gmail to Android and iOS for eligible Workspace users, extending secure mobile email without extra apps.
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The dark web is often misunderstood, but it plays an important role in both privacy technology and cybercrime activity. In this episode, Tom Eston speaks with cybersecurity researcher and educator John Hammond about what the dark web actually is and how it has evolved in recent years. The discussion covers underground marketplaces, ransomware leak sites, […]
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