But generative AI’s ability to strengthen security and fortify defenses can keep bad actors in check.

Source: We’re at a Pivotal Moment for AI and Cybersecurity

404 Media recently exposed Patternz, a global phone spy tool that tracks movements and interests through advertising data. Other internal documents now show the technology was marketed as a way to detect riots.

Source: Phone Spy Tool Pitched for ‘Riot Detection’ in NYC

A Consumer Reports investigation found that Facebook collected data on each user from an average of 2,230 companies.

Source: Each Facebook User Is Monitored by Thousands of Companies – Consumer Reports

The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has admitted to buying internet browsing records from data brokers to identify the websites and apps Americans use that would otherwise require a court order, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said last week. “The U.S. government should not be funding and legitimizing a shady industry whose flagrant violations of Americans’ privacy are not just unethical, but illegal

Source: NSA Admits Secretly Buying Your Internet Browsing Data without Warrants

The first edition of Pwn2Own Automotive has ended with competitors earning $1,323,750 for hacking Tesla twice and demoing 49 zero-day bugs in multiple electric car systems between January 24 and January 26. […]

Source: Pwn2Own Automotive: $1.3M for 49 zero-days, Tesla hacked twice

The U.S. National Security Agency buys Americans’ internet browsing information from commercial brokers without a warrant, the agency’s director told Democratic Senator Ron Wyden in a letter made public on Thursday.

Source: US National Security Agency buys web browsing data without warrant, letter shows | Reuters