Schneier on Security

MARCH 19, 2024

Today, tech’s darling is artificial intelligence. 1: Advertising The role advertising plays in the internet arose more by accident than anything else. Advertising was the obvious business model, if never the best one. Big Tech needs something to persuade advertisers to keep spending on their platforms.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 11, 2025

Technical support consultant using programming to upgrade artificial intelligence simulation model As AI tools boom in popularity, cyberthieves are exploiting the excitement with fake AI video editing platforms that lure users into downloading malware.

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Bleeping Computer

APRIL 5, 2024

Hackers are using Facebook advertisements and hijacked pages to promote fake Artificial Intelligence services, such as MidJourney, OpenAI's SORA and ChatGPT-5, and DALL-E, to infect unsuspecting users with password-stealing malware. [.]

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The Hacker News

JUNE 7, 2024

Google is urging third-party Android app developers to incorporate generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) features in a responsible manner. The new guidance from the search and advertising giant is an effort to combat problematic content, including sexual content and hate speech, created through such tools.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 18, 2023

But for all the consternation over the potential for humans to be replaced by machines in formats like poetry and sitcom scripts, a far greater threat looms: artificial intelligence replacing humans in the democratic processes—not through voting, but through lobbying.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

AUGUST 5, 2020

targeted advertising driven by a predictive model based on a customer’s profile) – which, of course, may be easier to access for compliance purposes. More articles on AI, including our piece on Artificial Intelligence in Smart Cities , are available on our Business Going Digital microsite. Share on Facebook.

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Joseph Steinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The price that I paid, while still reasonable, was the best that I had seen advertised for the particular model that I wanted, and the vendor from which I ordered the appliance was (and is) a respectable online retailer of decent size.

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The Hacker News

JULY 26, 2023

Following the footsteps of WormGPT, threat actors are advertising yet another cybercrime generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool dubbed FraudGPT on various dark web marketplaces and Telegram channels. Netenrich security researcher Rakesh Krishnan

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The Hacker News

JULY 15, 2023

With generative artificial intelligence (AI) becoming all the rage these days, it's perhaps not surprising that the technology has been repurposed by malicious actors to their own advantage, enabling avenues for accelerated cybercrime.

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Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 18, 2024

As I have warned for decades, just as they are in the physical world, “too good to be true” prices found online are often scams; one should be especially careful when dealing with retailers who advertise such prices but who are also previously unknown to the buyer.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

It's obvious in the debates on encryption and vulnerability disclosure, but it's also part of the policy discussions about the Internet of Things, cryptocurrencies, artificial intelligence, social media platforms, and pretty much everything else related to IT. Government Needs You. Government needs technologists at all levels.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Mass surveillance ushered in the era of personalized advertisements; mass spying will supercharge that industry. Their true customers—their advertisers—will demand it. Governments around the world already use mass surveillance; they will engage in mass spying as well. Corporations will spy on people.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 16, 2024

Importantly artificial intelligence services, internet platforms, and other technology companies should remain vigilant of this active and proposed regulation, as they could be subject to liability based on content available through their services or platform. Second, the ELVIS Act narrows the TPRPA's advertising exemption under Tenn.

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Security Affairs

JULY 16, 2023

The WormGPT case: How Generative artificial intelligence (AI) can improve the capabilities of cybercriminals and allows them to launch sophisticated attacks. Generative AI, or generative artificial intelligence, is a type of machine learning that is able to produce text, video, images, and other types of content.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 29, 2018

Add to that the websites we visit that Google tracks through its advertising network, our Gmail accounts, our movements via Google Maps , and what it can collect from our smartphones. Its goal is psychological manipulation, in the form of personalized advertising to persuade you to buy something or do something, like vote for a candidate.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

– Artificial Intelligence – $841 million – Cloud – $789 million. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The investments of the US administration in the Cyberspace Domain ($9.8

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Mass surveillance ushered in the era of personalized advertisements; mass spying will supercharge that industry. Their true customers—their advertisers—will demand it. Governments around the world already use mass surveillance; they will engage in mass spying as well. Corporations will spy on people.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 14, 2024

In what may come as a surprise to nobody at all, there’s been yet another complaint about using social media data to train Artificial Intelligence (AI). In a similar case about the use of personal data for targeted advertising, Meta argued that it has a legitimate interest that overrides users’ fundamental rights.

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Penetration Testing

APRIL 16, 2025

Google has released its 2024 Ads Safety Report, outlining the companys growing reliance on artificial intelligence to eliminate The post Google Ads Safety Report: AI Drives Fraud Prevention appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity.

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Security Affairs

JULY 26, 2023

FraudGPT is another cybercrime generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool that is advertised in the hacking underground. According to Netenrich, this generative AI bot was trained for offensive purposes, such as creating spear phishing emails, conducting BEC attacks, cracking tools, and carding.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 14, 2022

There is value in our private data and not just for advertising companies. Applying artificial intelligence and using natural language processing to dissect the complex privacy policies is the right way forward. Whenever offered with a possibility to protect the privacy of our data, we will take it.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is planning to use Artificial Intelligence to assign the CVSS scores to reported vulnerabilities. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 25, 2025

If you are worried about revealing your exact locationor if you maybe even fib about it at timesthere are some good reasons to worry about what is visible in background photos, because Artificial Intelligence (AI) is getting very good at guessing where you are based on the smallest of clues.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 21, 2024

While Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a powerful tool to manage this overwhelming volume, its effectiveness isn't without limitations, as vendors flood the market with false advertising and promises.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2022

However, quickly Twitter users proved that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) adhere to the “ garbage in, garbage out ” law in computer science. For example, women see fewer advertisements about entering into science and technology professions than men do.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 12, 2025

First, neither plaintiff alleged that they were harmed by targeted advertisements or the like and instead alleged that a procedural violation of CIPA was sufficient to confer standing. The courts in both cases held that the plaintiffs failed to allege a concrete injury in fact as required to satisfy Article III standing.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2019

On 2016 I was working hard to find a way to classify Malware families through artificial intelligence (machine learning). Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Tech Republic Security

AUGUST 7, 2023

Read about a new tool advertised on the Dark Web called WormGPT. ChatGPT-related security risks also include writing malicious code and amplifying disinformation.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

5 Ways artificial intelligence Is Being Used to Keep Sensitive Information Secure. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Unsigned Firmware running on peripherals could expose Windows, Linux systems to hack.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Beijing is investing heavily in new technologies, including missiles, nuclear weapons, Artificial Intelligence. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” concludes NATO chief. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 3, 2019

I wouldn't want to formulate public policy about artificial intelligence and robotics without a security technologist involved. Today, when the ACLU advertises for a staff attorney, paying one-third to one-tenth normal salary, it gets hundreds of applicants. Public-interest technology isn't new.

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Security Affairs

MAY 10, 2019

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. . “The collective provided a list of specific indicators through which it is possible to identify the company even when a seller is not disclosing its name.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Experts believe Artificial intelligence (AI) could introduce new cybersecurity concerns, and that the upcoming 5G network could pose new risks as well. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2020

“Manipulations can be made through simple technology like Photoshop or through sophisticated tools that use artificial intelligence or “deep learning” techniques to create videos that distort reality – usually called “ deepfakes.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Once again, we see this assumption by a social media platform that it’s OK to use content posted on their platform for training Artificial Intelligence (AI). If you’re uploading images from the camera roll, only add images of yourself.” It isn’t! It’s even worse to do it without explicit user consent.

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BH Consulting

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Cyber insurance industry faces a pivotal year The cyber insurance industry faces a pivotal year, influenced by evolving ransomware threats, regulatory changes, and the integration of artificial intelligence (AI). The current ePrivacy Directive and related national laws remain in force.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 5, 2019

I wouldn't want to formulate public policy about artificial intelligence and robotics without a security technologist involved. Today, when the ACLU advertises for a staff attorney, paying one-third to one-tenth normal salary, it gets hundreds of applicants. Public-interest technology isn't new.

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