Today in Privacy — Sep 15
Posted by PrivacyWire
- CISA: Critical VMware RCE flaw now exploited by ransomware gangs — Ransomware groups now targeting the VMware vCenter flaw means unpatched virtualization infrastructure is a direct gateway to sensitive data and internal… — discuss · link - The latest AI doomsayer is China’s intelligence boss — The warning from China’s intelligence chief signals that AI is being framed as a national security issue, justifying tighter state control over technology and… — discuss · link - 'Sandworm' Chains Cisco Vulnerabilities to Deploy Cyclops Blink — The notorious Russian threat group is spreading an upgraded version of the botnet malware, which the FBI disrupted in 2022. — discuss · link - Using AI for Weapons Development — Last week, Anthropic released a long and detailed document describing current misuses of their Claude models. I’m still reading it, but I wanted to flag this:… — discuss · link - The High Crime of “LMAO”: How Cops Are Treating Mass Surveillance As a Joke — Here's a riddle: Why did a Goshen Police Department officer search 6,474 automated license plate reader (ALPR) networks, representing data from 82,413 cameras,… — discuss · link These stories all trace back to the same pressure points: unpatched infrastructure, the weaponization of AI, and law enforcement treating mass surveillance as routine. The line between external cyberattack and internal data collection keeps blurring, so what are you actually seeing in your own networks or communities?