Security and Microsoft Blunders
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Bruce Schneier ☛ Microsoft Is Spying on Users of Its AI Tools
The only way Microsoft or OpenAI would know this would be to spy on chatbot sessions. I’m sure the terms of service—if I bothered to read them—gives them that permission. And of course it’s no surprise that Microsoft and OpenAI (and, presumably, everyone else) are spying on our usage of AI, but this confirms it.
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Ars Technica ☛ Microsoft fixes problem that let Edge replicate Chrome tabs without permission
Microsoft has fixed a problem that resulted in tabs from Google Chrome being imported to Microsoft Edge without user consent, as spotted by The Verge. Microsoft has kept mum on the situation, making the issued update the first time Microsoft has identified this as a problem, rather than typical behavior for the world’s third-most-popular browser.
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Help Net Security ☛ Active Directory outages can cost organizations $100,000 per day - Help Net Security
Forest-wide Active Directory outages increased 172% since 2021, due to a confluence of factors including cyberattacks and human error.
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Security Week ☛ iOS Trojan Collects Face and Other Data for Bank Account Hacking
Chinese hackers use Android and iOS trojans to obtain information needed to steal money from victims’ bank accounts.
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Linux Links ☛ Linux Hardening in Hostile Networks: Server Security from TLS to Tor
This guide explores the approach needed to protect GNU/Linux servers including the implementation of Transport Layer Security protocols and Tor.