Security News This Week: The Cloud Company at the Center of a Global Hacking Spree

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Plus: A framework for encrypting social media, Russia-backed hacking through Microsoft Teams, and the Bitfinex Crypto Couple pleads guilty.

of indictments against former US president Donald Trump, a tumultuous 2024 election season , and the rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence, 2024 is shaping up to be a complete nightmare.. Not only will there be more BS to sift through thanks to tools like ChatGPT and Google’s Bard, but the disinformation will likely be more effective, and even tailored to target specific groups with frightening consequences. Of course, some of this could be fixed with new regulations.

AI might be the new frontier for security researchers. But regular ol’ platforms are still a wealth of terrible vulnerabilities. The latest is the. Researchers recently discovered flaws in the Points API that exposed people’s private information. And a bug in a Points administrator website could have allowed an attacker to give themselves unlimited airline miles and hotel points. But don’t get any big ideas, hackers—all the flaws have since been fixed.

The Points bugs aren’t the only ones patched recently. If you use Apple iOS, Google Android, or Microsoft products,But that’s not all. Each week, we round up the security and privacy stories we didn’t cover in depth ourselves. Click the headlines to read the full stories. And stay safe out there.

 

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