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China using AI to develop robots that can hide in sea launch bombs and cyber attacks

CyberSecurity Insiders

China is once again in the news for misusing the technology of Artificial Intelligence. Privacy advocates across the world say that such mass surveillance programs do more bad than good as they make the populace get a feeling that their government never trusts them.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 419 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

ransom Dragon Breath APT uses double-dip DLL sideloading strategy International Press Cybercrime San Bernardino County pays $1.1-million ransom Dragon Breath APT uses double-dip DLL sideloading strategy International Press Cybercrime San Bernardino County pays $1.1-million

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A week in security (April 12 – 18)

Malwarebytes

Source: The Verge) The use of facial recognition for surveillance, or algorithms that manipulate human behaviour, is set to be banned under proposed EU regulations on artificial intelligence. Source: Europol) New information was revealed about how the FBI managed to get into the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone. Source: BBC).

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MY TAKE: Why companies and consumers must collaborate to stop the plundering of IoT systems

The Last Watchdog

On the immediate horizon, IoT systems will bring us autonomous vehicles and something called “digital twins” – virtual representations of physical objects infused with artificial intelligence. Mirai ultimately was used to carry out massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. This is a sign of IoT attacks to come.

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Facebook May Have Gotten Hacked, and Maybe It’s Better We Don’t Know

Adam Levin

A week after it landed with a curious (and most likely spurious) thud, Zuckerberg’s announcement about a new tack on consumer privacy still has the feel of an unexpected message from some parallel universe where surveillance (commercial and/or spycraft) isn’t the new normal.

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