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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to find out how America’s national security and intelligence agencies are using artificial intelligence (AI). The ACLU said it made the request out of concern that AI was being used in ways that could violate Americans’ civil rights.  The request follows the March 1 release of a 16-chapter report containing recommendations on how AI, machine learning, and associated technologies should be used by the Biden…

A forensic audit of India’s largest independent mobile payments network has been ordered following an alleged data breach. Reports that data in the care of MobiKwik had been leaked online began circulating on social media in February. Earlier this week, a website on the Darknet appeared to show that 8.2 TB of data had been exfiltrated from the company. On March 30, the hacking group Jordandaven claimed to have stolen a MobiKwik database containing 36…

COVID lockdowns may be behind a major change toward targeting e-commerce and using new forms of attacks, Kaspersky finds. Getty Images/iStockphoto If 2020 proved anything it’s that humans are resilient, and that goes doubly for cybercriminals engaged in financial crimes. Kaspersky found that the overall volume of threats to PCs and Android devices decreased in 2020, but rather than this being a positive sign it only signaled a concentrated shift toward new targets, new methods…

Finding the right Systems and Organizations Controls (SOC 2) auditor for your organization By Patrick Murray, chief product officer, Tugboat Logic Given the heightened scrutiny and due diligence organizations place on their vendors nowadays, growing organizations need SOC 2 as a part of the security program – and that involves selecting an auditor that will best fit your unique needs. This article serves as a quick and comprehensive guide on the key considerations CTOs must…

A website owner who received millions of dollars in kickbacks for connecting internet users to Darknet marketplaces has pleaded guilty in a US court to conspiracy to commit money laundering.  Thirty-seven-year-old Brazil resident Tal Prihar owned and operated DeepDotWeb along with his co-defendant and fellow Israeli national, 34-year-old Michael Phan.  Established in 2013, the site not only provided general information about the Darknet, but also featured links to specific sites where users could buy illegal firearms,…

Firefox’s new feature automatically redirects from HTTP to HTTPS and should be considered a must-use for the security-minded. Jack Wallen explains, and shows you how to enable it. Image: Mozilla We all use a web browser throughout the day. I probably spend at least seven hours a day within a web browser. Not only am I spending a large portion of my day using a browser, I’m also transmitting important (and sometimes sensitive) data. Because…

Today we’re featuring a blog from Adam Gordon Bell at Earthly who writes about how BuildKit, a technology developed by Docker and the community, works and how to write a simple frontend. Earthly uses BuildKit in their product. Introduction How are containers made? Usually, from a series of statements like `RUN`, `FROM`, and `COPY`, which are put into a Dockerfile and built.  But how are those commands turned into a container image and then a…