Tag: law

  • The Register: 15 ransomware gangs ‘go dark’ to enjoy ‘golden parachutes’

    Source URL: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/09/14/in_brief_infosec/ Source: The Register Title: 15 ransomware gangs ‘go dark’ to enjoy ‘golden parachutes’ Feedly Summary: PLUS: China’s Great Firewall springs a leak; FBI issues rare ‘Flash Alert’ of Salesforce attacks; $10m bounty for alleged Russian hacker; and more Infosec In Brief 15 ransomware gangs, including Scattered Spider and Lapsus$, have announced that…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: gpt-5 and gpt-5-mini rate limit updates

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/12/gpt-5-rate-limits/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: gpt-5 and gpt-5-mini rate limit updates Feedly Summary: gpt-5 and gpt-5-mini rate limit updates OpenAI have increased the rate limits for their two main GPT-5 models. These look significant: gpt-5 Tier 1: 30K → 500K TPM (1.5M batch) Tier 2: 450K → 1M (3M batch) Tier 3:…

  • Slashdot: Swiss Government Looks To Undercut Privacy Tech, Stoking Fears of Mass Surveillance

    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/09/12/0755253/swiss-government-looks-to-undercut-privacy-tech-stoking-fears-of-mass-surveillance?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Swiss Government Looks To Undercut Privacy Tech, Stoking Fears of Mass Surveillance Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The proposed Swiss government law requiring service providers to collect user identification and retain data poses severe threats to privacy and online anonymity. This has prompted companies like Proton…

  • The Register: Google lands £400M MoD contract for secure UK cloud services

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/12/google_cloud_mod_contract/ Source: The Register Title: Google lands £400M MoD contract for secure UK cloud services Feedly Summary: Deal promises sovereign datacenters, AI, and cybersecurity to strengthen communication links with US The UK’s Ministry of Defence has signed a £400 million ($540 million) contract with Google sovereign cloud to support security and analytics workloads.……

  • Slashdot: Britannica and Merriam-Webster Sue Perplexity Over AI ‘Answer Engine’

    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/09/11/2016238/britannica-and-merriam-webster-sue-perplexity-over-ai-answer-engine?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Britannica and Merriam-Webster Sue Perplexity Over AI ‘Answer Engine’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a lawsuit against Perplexity AI, an AI startup accused by Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster of improperly using their content. This case highlights critical issues surrounding AI and copyright infringement,…

  • The Register: Spectre haunts CPUs again: VMSCAPE vulnerability leaks cloud secrets

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/11/vmscape_spectre_vulnerability/ Source: The Register Title: Spectre haunts CPUs again: VMSCAPE vulnerability leaks cloud secrets Feedly Summary: AMD Zen hardware and Intel Coffee Lake affected If you thought the world was done with side-channel CPU attacks, think again. ETH Zurich has identified yet another Spectre-based transient execution vulnerability that affects AMD Zen CPUs and…

  • The Register: Akira ransomware crims abusing trifecta of SonicWall security holes for extortion attacks

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/10/akira_ransomware_abusing_sonicwall/ Source: The Register Title: Akira ransomware crims abusing trifecta of SonicWall security holes for extortion attacks Feedly Summary: Patch, turn on MFA, and restrict access to trusted networks…or else Affiliates of the Akira ransomware gang are again exploiting a critical SonicWall vulnerability abused last summer, after a suspected zero-day flaw actually turned…