I talked to FBI cyber boss Brett Leatherman about Winter SHIELD, his priorities for the bureau and concerns about FBI cyber work. cyberscoop.com/brett-leathe...
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I talked to FBI cyber boss Brett Leatherman about Winter SHIELD, his priorities for the bureau and concerns about FBI cyber work. cyberscoop.com/brett-leathe...
“Focus too much on matters of geopolitics, and you can lose sight of something arguably even more profound,” Jacob Stern writes. “Actual militaries are deploying actual lasers in actual combat”:
@gamersnexus.bsky.social decided to take no prisoners with this one ;)
The thing about the U.S. and Israel is that both of their leaders are trying to stay out of prison.
OpenAI said a Chinese law enforcement agency uploaded reports to ChatGPT that details a worldwide digital operation to track and silence regime critics at home and abroad. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iAc... | cyberscoop.com/chinese-chat...
“The whole thing, if you read it, if you listen to it, it reads like a white nationalist speech.”
Anthropic refused to bow to the Pentagon’s demands to remove certain restrictions on its AI. What happens next could amount to the most extreme regulation in the short history of the tech, @willgottsegen.com reports.
Iran’s regime is weak, and America has leverage, Thomas Wright argues. So why is the Trump administration choosing between throwing Tehran a diplomatic lifeline and plunging into a major war?
Not sure if the iPhone’s Lockdown Mode is for you? Here’s some advice on who it’s for and when to use it. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
The more media mergers we see, the more copyright is doing the opposite of its intended purpose: instead of encouraging creativity, it’s discouraging it. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Feb. 21, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Wikipedia receives hundreds of legal demands every year to remove user-written content. Almost all are rejected. We spoke with Wikimedia’s legal team about how Section 230 helps protect volunteer editors and public knowledge. www.eff.org/pages/inter...
Behind police tech's slick marketing is a sprawling, under-scrutinized industry that relies on manufacturing the appearance of effectiveness, not measuring it. EFF partnered with CJJ and IPVM on a new report to help you see through the spin: www.eff.org/document/se...
Contrary to what password managers say, a server compromise can mean game over.
arstechnica.com/security/202...
Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro has announced a new cyber attribution framework and naming scheme for threat actors
The new format is SHADOW-ELEMENT-NUMBER
www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/sec...
Remember when Musk did Nazi salutes on national television and the entire right side of the political spectrum tried to say they weren't Nazi salutes?
Europe aims to rely less on US defence after Trump's Greenland push reut.rs/4cwEQp3
A busy this.weekinsecurity.com newsletter is out: Ivanti zero-days used to hack governments; South Korea blames Coupang breach on management, Trenchant boss stole exploits capable of accessing "millions" of computers, Discord's age-checking (despite breach), and much more news you might've missed.
Apple, Google, Meta, Bluesky, Ring, Telegram—all these companies could offer stronger protections for our chats and our data. www.encryptitalready.org
“It’s just unbelievable the failures of this Department of Justice.”
American surveillance giant Palantir has filed a lawsuit against Swiss magazine Republik over two articles that exposed vulnerabilities in its products.
The articles triggered a government investigation. The government eventually dropped the Palantir contract.
www.republik.ch/2026/02/14/p...
Palantir vs. the "Republik": US analytics firm takes magazine to court | Discussion
A story about an AI-generated article contained fabricated, AI-generated quotes.
In “Autocracy in America,” Minnesota residents tell Anne Applebaum what drove them to act. Applebaum also speaks with contributing writer Robert F. Worth about what the response of federal agents tells us about what comes next. Listen here:
Log files that describe the history of the internet are disappearing. A new project hopes to save them
Juries will soon hear arguments in a case against Meta and Google that could reshape social media protections for kids. www.wired.com/story/meta-g...
The far-right National Rally leads the polls before the 2027 French presidential election.
But the party's strategic vision on Russia remains ambiguous at best — and could have major implications for NATO.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/fran...
