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Cyborg-Tauben: Russisches Startup testet Fernsteuerung per Gehirn-Chip
Das russische Startup Neiry will Tauben über ein Gehirnimplantat fernsteuern. Die Firma sieht zivile Anwendungen, Experten warnen vor anderen Einsatzfeldern.

Agentic cybersecurity startup Surf AI, which helps teams read signals from identity, cloud, and other tools, emerges from stealth with $57M in seed and Series A (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2026/03/1…

Exclusive: Cybersecurity startup Surf AI raises $57M
Surf AI helps expand security teams through AI agents.

The UK government withdraws a proposal to let AI companies train on copyrighted works, unless creators opt out, after a News Media Association-led campaign (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/uk-gove…

UK Government backs down on plan to water down copyright in favour of AI firms
The UK Government has withdrawn its support for plans to make it easier for AI companies to steal copyright content.

Citizen Lab links Cellebrite to the hacking of a Kenyan presidential candidate’s phone
https://cyberscoop.com/citizen-lab-kenya-cellebrite-phone-cracking-boniface-mwangi-forensic-evidence/

Citizen Lab links Cellebrite to the hacking of a Kenyan presidential candidate’s phone
Researchers have found forensic evidence suggesting that Kenyan authorities used Cellebrite’s phone-cracking technology on the device of a prominent human rights activist after arresting him, according to a report published Tuesday.

Investigation: the US FedRAMP authorized Microsoft service GCC High to handle sensitive government data in 2024, despite years of concerns about its security (ProPublica)
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-cloud-fedramp-cybersecurity-government…

Federal Cyber Experts Thought Microsoft’s Cloud Was “a Pile of Shit.” They Approved It Anyway.
A federal program created to protect the government against cyber threats authorized a sprawling Microsoft cloud product, despite the company’s inability to fully explain how it protects sensitive data.

Noch ein paar der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Überwachung weltweit: Bundesregierung winkt UN-Cybercrime-Konvention durch

OPM adds cybersecurity jobs to Tech Force hiring program
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-retention/2026/04/opm-adds-cybersecurity-jobs-to-tech-force-hiring-program/

OPM adds cybersecurity jobs to Tech Force hiring program
The new cybersecurity recruitment expansion comes after the loss of thousands of federal tech experts under the Trump administration's workforce reductions.

RunSybil, whose AI agent runs continuous autonomous penetration testing on live apps to find and document vulnerabilities, raised $40M led by Khosla Ventures (Sharon Goldman/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/03/18/e…

Exclusive: AI cybersecurity startup RunSybil, founded by OpenAI’s first security hire, raises $40 million led by Khosla Ventures
RunSybil was cofounded by security researchers who worked at OpenAI and Meta. It automates penetration testing.

Copyright-Ärger: Neuer KI-Videogenerator von Bytedance vorerst nur in China
Hyperrealistische Szenen mit Darth Vader, Tom Cruise und Co gingen bereits viral. Doch Urheberrechtsinhaber laufen gegen Bytedance Sturm.

How cyberscammers are bypassing major banks' KYC facial scans using stolen biometric data and virtual camera tools sold via Telegram channels (Fiona Kelliher/MIT Technology Review)
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/15/1135898/cyberscammer…

Cyberscammers are bypassing banks’ security with illicit tools sold on Telegram
MIT Technology Review identified nearly two dozen channels and groups purporting to break major crypto exchanges and name-brand banks.