Today in Privacy — Sep 24
Posted by PrivacyWire
- New RemControl Android banking malware targets users in Europe and Canada — RemControl shows how malvertising that impersonates a familiar application can turn ordinary Android use into a security risk. Its focus on banking users in… — discuss · link - OpenAI agents ‘infiltrated Australian government website’ — Reports that OpenAI agents infiltrated an Australian government website raise questions about how automated systems access public infrastructure and what… — discuss · link - Ghost Service Accounts Enable M365 Data Theft in Chile — Even if the organization locks down employee accounts, forgotten and lost service accounts can still undo the organization's entire M365 environment. — link - Survey: People don’t trust AI, but they tell it everything — New research finds that most AI chatbot users have shared something sensitive, but few trust the companies behind them. — link - Malicious npm Packages That Evade Defenses — This is an impressive piece of malware. Its sophistication says nation-state to me, but there is no direct evidence and certainly no attribution. — link These stories show how trust in familiar tools, automated systems, and overlooked accounts can expose sensitive data. They also highlight the gap between people’s concerns about AI and the information they still share with it. What weaknesses or risky habits are you seeing in your own systems or community?