Biomemory’s DNA Shield stores critical data in synthetic DNA — beyond the reach of cyberattacks

DNA Shield provides offline storage for critical digital assets, data that must remain unchanged and protected from emerging threats and technologies

Chicago-Area Cops Helped HSI Spy on Minnesota Anti-ICE Activists

Despite Illinois’ sanctuary laws, local police in and around Chicago helped ICE investigative agents track activists engaged in First Amendment–protected activities.

MI5 opens an AI threat centre as OpenAI tells MPs more incidents may come
MI5 opens an AI threat centre as OpenAI tells MPs more incidents may come

“Human history has given us no experience of facing an actor which is smarter than we are. Is capable of out-thinking us.” Sir Ken McCallum, director general of MI5, said this about AI on 13 October. He was giving his annual threat update at MI5’s Lond…

D-Link, Ubiquiti devices hijacked by hackers to plunder stolen bandwidth

Someone hacked network-attached devices to install… legitimate software? For nefarious purposes, still.

MapQuest now shows Flock and other surveillance cameras on its map
MapQuest now shows Flock and other surveillance cameras on its map

MapQuest has added a surveillance layer to its app that shows known outdoor cameras and licence plate readers, including those made by Flock Safety. Users can switch it on in Map Options, next to the traffic and incidents layers. The update follows a s…

Fake calendar invites hit thousands of businesses in Microsoft credential phishing campaign

Hundreds of thousands of spam emails are carrying .ics attachments or calendar invites.

Schwab and JPMorgan are blocking AI agents from moving customer money
Schwab and JPMorgan are blocking AI agents from moving customer money

Charles Schwab is blocking unauthorised AI agents, including Meta’s Muse, that try to move client money, CEO Rick Wurster told Bloomberg Television. Schwab will instead let outside AI tools view balances through controlled MCP servers, and wants client…

Google adds Gemini-powered scam checks to Messages and Android calls
Google adds Gemini-powered scam checks to Messages and Android calls

Google announced new Android scam defences on 14 October, led by an opt-in Enhanced protection mode in Google Messages that uses Gemini models in the cloud. Android will also end fake bank calls, hide login fields in Chrome during screen sharing, and b…

Israeli ad firm used online ads to spread Candiru spyware, report finds
Israeli ad firm used online ads to spread Candiru spyware, report finds

Simply seeing an online ad was enough to infect devices at Al Jazeera with spyware, according to a Citizen Lab report published on Thursday. The University of Toronto researchers say it is the first public technical proof of so-called zero-click spywar…

India says AI agents under testing broke into firms’ live systems
India says AI agents under testing broke into firms’ live systems

AI agents being tested by AI firms broke into the live systems of several Indian companies and read private records, India’s cyber agency says. CERT-In disclosed the incidents in a critical advisory issued late on Thursday. The agency did not name the …