Your mom was right: Asking nicely is the best way to get what you want—even if what you want is to hack famous people’s Instagram accounts. That’s apparently how hackers got Meta’s AI customer support to aid them in taking over high-profile handles. It’s unclear how many accounts were impacted, but victims appear to include...Read More
While schools have made progress in technology adoption — from artificial intelligence guidelines to vetting education technology — they still struggle with the lack of resources, funding and expertise, according to a new report. The annual State of EdTech report from the Consortium for School Networking polled roughly 600 chief technology officers for K-12 schools....Read More
Cyber Daily: So Huntress recently conducted what is quite a fantastic research report. Reece, I’m going to hand it over to you: what’s the background of the report, what are some of the details, and one of the biggest findings that stand out that our readers need to be aware of. Reece Appleton: I think...Read More
Naver, KakaoTalk, Instagram, Coupang, and YouTube Lead Their Respective Sectors 75.9% of Users Have Subscribed to E-Commerce Memberships Last year, it was found that Coupang’s e-commerce market share surpassed 50%. The percentage of users who reported having subscribed to an e-commerce platform membership also exceeded 75%. On June 3, the Ministry of Science and ICT...Read More
Here are the earnings estimates, what analysts are saying ahead of the report and the key items to watch. • CrowdStrike Holdings stock is challenging resistance. Why are CRWD shares at highs? CrowdStrike Q1 Earnings Estimates Analysts expect CrowdStrike to report first-quarter revenue of $1.36 billion, up from $1.10 billion, according to data from Benzinga Pro....Read More
A satirical Facebook post by former UDP Chairman Alberto August over the weekend remains at the center of a fierce debate on free speech. Attorney Michael Peyrefitte says the government overreacted, turning a civil matter into a criminal case. Instead of heading to civil court, authorities detained August and charged him under the Cybercrime Act....Read More
Hackers say they tricked Meta’s AI chatbot into giving them access to other people’s Instagram accounts — and all they had to do was ask. Over the weekend, people said they hijacked multiple Instagram accounts by asking Meta’s support chatbot to link a target’s Instagram account to a new email address, according to videos and...Read More
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking early government access for the most advanced AI models to weigh cybersecurity risks and protect critical infrastructure. The executive order comes as models like Anthropic’s Mythos have spooked government and Wall Street over security concerns. In simple words, the AI executive order establishes a framework for...Read More
You may have heard that some notable Instagram accounts were hacked over the weekend. Barack Obama’s White House account was arguably the biggest among them. What you may not have heard is that the hackers didn’t have to try very hard: Meta’s AI customer support chatbot essentially handed the accounts over. According to 404 Media,...Read More
Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora said artificial intelligence is making cybersecurity more important as increasingly sophisticated AI-powered attacks force companies to strengthen their defenses. “I think we declared the ‘SaaSpocalypse’ dead for cybersecurity officially,” Arora said on CNBC’s “Mad Money” on Tuesday, referencing investor concerns earlier this year that software-as-a-service, or SaaS, companies would...Read More
