"Less than half of the security teams using AI agents are confident they have appropriate guardrails to deploy them."

What are the security risks of deploying AI agents?
Learn more: https://cacm.acm.org/news/the-security-risks-of-deploying-ai-agents/

#technews #AIagents #cybersecurity

🇳🇱 Dutch experts warn U.S. takeover of DigiD platform poses national security risks

｢ Dutch privacy advocates, legal scholars and technology experts are demanding immediate transparency from the Ministry of Economic Affairs over the planned acquisition of Solvinity, the Dutch company that operates the platform underlying DigiD, by the U.S. multinational Kyndryl, citing risks to national security, de Volkskrant reports ｣

https://nltimes.nl/2026/01/15/dutch-experts-warn-us-takeover-digid-platform-poses-national-security-risks

#digitalsovereignty #cybersecurity #privacy

CCIA, @SIIA, and fellow innovators have urged House Energy & Commerce Committee leaders to reconsider the App Store Freedom Act, legislation that could undermine key app store safeguards and create serious #Cybersecurity and #Privacy risks, especially for kids and teens. https://www.siia.net/siia-joins-coalition-letter-raising-concerns-about-the-app-store-freedom-act/

Oopsie!

Claude Cowork Exfiltrates Files https://www.promptarmor.com/resources/claude-cowork-exfiltrates-files

#ai #llm #vulnerability #cybersecurity

🚀 Threema, the Swiss privacy-first messaging app, announces a new chapter: Comitis Capital acquires it from Afinum Management. Privacy mission, leadership & roadmap stay unchanged— ! 🔒🇨🇭 Read more: https://cyberinsider.com/secure-messaging-app-threema-announces-change-of-ownership/ #Threema #Privacy #Cybersecurity #Newz

When privacy services say "we can't read your emails," ask: is that the default, or does it require technical setup most users will never complete?

I analyzed Mailfence's security claims and documented the gap between their marketing language and what users actually get.

Spoiler: TLS ≠ E2EE, server-side decryption ≠ privacy, and Belgian data centers can't protect plaintext from Belgian courts.

Full investigation: https://kaifisahil.substack.com/p/dissecting-mailfences-security-claims?r=6p8e80

#Privacy #EmailSecurity
#OpenPGP #CyberSecurity #PrivacyTools

Been a few months, but a new edition of Scrolls is now out! #infosec #cybersecurity #fediverse #indieweb

https://shellsharks.com/scrolls/scroll/2026-01-13

Everyone mentioned below is featured or contributed in some way to this latest scroll. Thanks as always!!

@andyc @ros @Jayhoffmann @rsgbengi @Thoogah @timb_machine @mttaggart @ben @amin @stefan @CuppaRex @hryggrbyr @CuppaRex @hryggrbyr @mistfunk @HisVirusness @thomasareed @andnull @gleick @esoadamo @cobb @sethmlarson @hamatti @boblord @gisgeek

Staples was found not properly erasing returned computers by the Privacy Commissioner, 15 years after the previous failure.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/staples-canada-personal-information-laptops-privacy-commissioner-9.7043684
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Le Commissaire à la protection de la vie privée a trouvé que Bureau en gros n’a pas supprimé adéquatement les ordinateurs retournés, 15 ans après la précédente occurrence.

https://lp.ca/7QgKaj?sharing=true

#Staples #BureauEnGros #InfoSec #InformationSecurity #Cybersecurity #Privacy #ViePrivée

Arti 1.9.0 released with SOCKS proxy dynamic port support, relay circuit data handling, and directory authority key certificates for Tor's Rust implementation. 🛠️
Progress on relays and onion services advances next-gen privacy infrastructure, though still experimental for production use. 🔒

@torproject

🔗 https://blog.torproject.org/arti_1_9_0_released/

#TechNews #Privacy #Tor #OpenSource #Rust #Security #Anonymity #FOSS #Cybersecurity #DigitalRights #Internet #Linux #Censorship #Development #Networking #Arti #Mozilla

pcTattletale spyware founder Bryan Fleming pleads guilty to federal hacking and illegal surveillance software charges after HSI probe. 📱
The case highlights how stalkerware operators openly market non-consensual tracking, raising accountability gaps despite known privacy risks. ⚖️

🔗 https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/06/founder-of-spyware-maker-pctattletale-pleads-guilty-to-hacking-and-advertising-surveillance-software/

#TechNews #Privacy #Security #Spyware #Data #Rights #Stalkerware #Law #Accountability #Surveillance #Tech #Cybersecurity #Justice #DigitalRights #Crime

Telegram adds passkey support for secure, phishing-resistant logins across devices, replacing SMS verification codes. 🔐
Phone number requirement persists, raising ongoing privacy concerns around KYC compliance and account linking. 📱

🔗 https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/01/07/telegram-adds-passkey-support-still-requires-phone-number/

#TechNews #Privacy #Security #Passkeys #Telegram #Data #Encryption #Rights #Accountability #DigitalRights #Messaging #Tech #FIDO #Cybersecurity #Freedom #Signal #Chat #KYC

Signal leaders warn agentic AI is an insecure, unreliable surveillance risk

https://coywolf.com/news/productivity/signal-president-and-vp-warn-agentic-ai-is-insecure-unreliable-and-a-surveillance-nightmare/

#HackerNews #Signal #AI #surveillance #insecure #unreliable #agenticAI #cybersecurity

Betterment investment advisor reports data breach, crypto scam notification

Betterment suffered a data breach on January 9, 2026, after attackers used social engineering to compromise third-party marketing tools and send fraudulent crypto scam notifications to users.

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#cybersecurity #infosec #incident #databreach
https://beyondmachines.net/event_details/betterment-investment-advisor-reports-data-breach-crypto-scam-notification-s-3-w-2-z/gD2P6Ple2L

"By now, we’ve all heard the familiar refrain: “It’s for your safety.” It’s the soothing mantra of every government official who’s ever wanted a peek behind your digital curtains.

This week, with a move that would make East Germany blush, the UK government officially confirmed its intention to hand Ofcom (yes, that Ofcom, the regulator that once investigated whether Love Island was too spicy) the keys to your private messages.

The country, already experiencing rapidly declining civil liberties, is now planning to scan encrypted chats for “bad stuff.”

Now, for those unfamiliar, Ofcom is the UK’s communications regulator that has recently been given censorship pressure powers for online speech.

It’s become the government’s Swiss Army knife for everything from internet censorship to now, apparently, full-blown surveillance.

Under the Online Safety Act, Ofcom has been handed something called Section 121, which sounds like a tax loophole but is actually a legal crowbar for prying open encrypted messages."

https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-orders-ofcom-to-explore-encryption-backdoors

#UK #Ofcom #Surveillance #CyberSecurity #Encryption #Backdoors

UK Orders Ofcom to Explore Encryption Backdoors

https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-orders-ofcom-to-explore-encryption-backdoors

#HackerNews #UK #Encryption #Backdoors #Ofcom #Cybersecurity #Privacy #Tech #News

Flock Hardcoded the Password for America's Surveillance Infrastructure 53 Times

https://nexanet.ai/blog/53-times-flocksafety-hardcoded-the-password-for-americas-surveillance-infrastructure

#HackerNews #FlockSafety #Surveillance #Infrastructure #Password #Breach #Cybersecurity #Privacy #Issues #America

WA state governor demonstrating that people hate AI slop so much they are willing to turn each chatbot into flock camera for teens.

Just watch, if conservatives are ever in power this will be used to detect queers, brown kids asking historical questions and women looking for abortions.

AI slop is bad, not so bad I'm willing to force mass surveillance on teens.

#BobFerguson #Liberals #AISlop #cybersecurity #privacy #flock #surveillance #teens #freedomofspeech #mentalhealth

Roblox begins global age verification for chat features.

Facial age estimation and ID checks aim to protect minors, but raise privacy and data security concerns.

https://www.technadu.com/roblox-begins-global-age-verification-for-chat-features/617927/

#Privacy #OnlineSafety #CyberSecurity

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Roblox Begins Global Age Verification for Chat Features

Age verification changed the internet in 2025 – here's what it means for your privacy in 2026

Digital rights groups say that age verification measures compromise privacy, weaken data security, and invite unprecedented levels of censorship

#surveillance #privacy #censorship #ageverification #socialmedia #security #cybersecurity #technology #tech

https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/age-verification-changed-the-internet-in-2025-heres-what-it-means-for-your-privacy-in-2026

Virginia’s teen safety law is now enforceable, requiring platforms to limit data collection, restrict addictive UX patterns, and default minors to high privacy settings.

https://www.technadu.com/new-virginia-teen-safety-law-sparks-debate-legal-challenges/617828/

Security experts warn that age-verification enforcement could create centralized stores of sensitive identity data, increasing breach risk and attack surface. Legal challenges are already testing whether the law is enforceable without undermining privacy and security.

#Privacy #TeenSafety #CyberSecurity #DigitalRights

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New Virginia Teen Safety Law Sparks Privacy Debate and Legal Challenges

We found cryptography bugs in the elliptic library using Wycheproof

https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/11/18/we-found-cryptography-bugs-in-the-elliptic-library-using-wycheproof/

#HackerNews #cryptography #bugs #elliptic #library #Wycheproof #cybersecurity #TrailofBits

End-to-end encryption protects messages.
Metadata protects (or exposes) people.

Recent research shows how WhatsApp metadata can be enumerated, correlated, and used for device fingerprinting and targeting — without touching message content.

I analysed the implications for privacy, GDPR, and why federated protocols like XMPP and Matrix represent a different governance model.

🔗 https://www.nicfab.eu/en/posts/whatsapp-metadata-privacy/

#Privacy #Metadata #GDPR #Cybersecurity #DigitalRights #XMPP #Matrix

@matrix
@xmpp

With over 100 VPNs available on the internet, it can be difficult to pick one that’s best for you. One tip: It’s a bad thing if you find yourself constantly thinking about your VPN while using it. @Engadget has more pointers:

https://flip.it/-BQRYF

#Tech #VPN #Internet #CyberSecurity #Technology

A hacker-turned-source turns up dead. A secret order to allow U.K. officials to spy on users. And who could forget the Trump administration accidentally texting its war plans to a reporter. These are just a few of @Techcrunch’s best cybersecurity stories from 2025 that were originally reported on by other organizations. Quite an informative and gripping batch.

https://flip.it/ZhRZ_4

#Tech #CyberSecurity #Technology #Security #Hacking

Cybercriminals collected the credentials in #phishing campaigns targeting American citizens through fraudulent ads on Google and Bing search services that led to fake banking portals.

NOTE it says through ads served by #Google and #Bing.

The most important point in the article is, "... Online banking users are recommended to bookmark official banking portals instead of searching on Google or Bing or to use ad blockers that hide promoted results entirely".

Ad blockers are for security, regardless of what Google and others try to tell you. They are essential protection.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-seizes-domain-storing-bank-credentials-stolen-from-us-victims/

#Cybersecurity #Phishing #Scam

LOL ARRL's website certificate disappeared or is misconfigured. h/t @w6kme

#hamradio #cybersecurity #arrl

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Potential Security Risk ahead for ARRL website

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home.arrl.org "Not Secure"

I don't think anyone is surprised by this article due to the #uk when it comes to #cybersecurity.
for old geezer clients: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4qpwprw9vo

Inquiry ongoing after UK government hacked, says minister

Cyber security officials have confirmed they are aiding an investigation after a minister said the UK government had been hacked.

It is understood a Chinese affiliated group is suspected of being behind the attack.

#UK #NCSC #GCHQ #China #security #cybersecurity #hackers #hacking #hacked

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4qpwprw9vo