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Jugendschutz: OpenAI und Anthropic erweitern Sicherheit
Anthropic schätzt künftig das Alter der Claude-Nutzer. Bei OpenAI ist Sicherheit neuerdings die oberste Priorität.
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»China bans U.S. and Israeli cybersecurity software over security concerns:
China has told domestic firms to stop using U.S. and Israeli cybersecurity software, citing national security concerns amid rising tech tensions.«
Not that China is wrong, but this is also part of their maintenance of power, just like the USA or Europe and Co.
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China bans U.S. and Israeli cybersecurity software over security concerns
China told domestic firms to stop using US and Israeli cybersecurity software, citing national security concerns amid rising tech tensions

How Sandia Labs’ Chrisma Jackson protects nuclear secrets from hackers around the clock
https://www.abqjournal.com/business/how-sandia-labs-chrisma-jackson-protects-nuclear-secrets-from-hackers-around-the-clock…

How Sandia Labs’ Chrisma Jackson protects nuclear secrets from hackers around the clock
Chrisma Jackson, Sandia National Laboratories’ top cybersecurity director, discusses protecting nuclear weapons data from constant threats and how her team defends against sophisticated attacks around the clock.

Security company Koi finds browser extensions with 8M total installs that collected users' conversations with AI chatbots and sold them for marketing use (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/1…

Browser extensions with 8 million users collect extended AI conversations
The extensions, available for Chromium browsers, harvest full AI conversations over months.

Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, said officers had not used pepper spray and similar measures limited by a judge’s order
-- then was confronted with a video that showed chemical agents were indeed deployed.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/us/po…

Noem Denies Use of Chemical Agents in Minnesota Protests, Then Backtracks
Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, said officers had not used pepper spray and similar measures limited by a judge’s order, then was confronted with a video that showed chemical agents deployed.

Secrets of 800-year-old Chinese Mummy’s Excellent Preservation Revealed https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/secrets-of-800-year-old-chinese-mummys-excellent-preservation-revealed/

Secrets of 800-year-old Chinese Mummy’s Excellent Preservation Revealed
The quality of the preservation was such that his mortal remains emitted a pleasant fragrance 800 years after his entombment. 

Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Notepad : Sicherheitsupdate gegen Codeschmuggel-Lücke
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Microsoft warns that Copilot Actions in Windows, now in beta and off by default, can infect devices and pilfer data, prompting concern from security researchers (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/

Critics scoff after Microsoft warns AI feature can infect machines and pilfer data
Integration of Copilot Actions into Windows is off by default, but for how long?

Seems like the funeral industry in Korea has failed to meet its cybersecurity requirements. Gotta wonder if this is true everywhere. (not that most organizations aren't bad at cyber -- they are -- but haven't read much about the funeral industry).
Exclusive: Funeral Industry Faces Security Gaps as Top Firms Lack Key Certifications

Exclusive: Funeral Industry Faces Security Gaps as Top Firms Lack Key Certifications
Exclusive: Funeral Industry Faces Security Gaps as Top Firms Lack Key Certifications Despite managing sensitive data of millions, funeral companies remain exempt from information security regulations, raising concerns over data protection and ransomware risks

KI-Update kompakt: AI Impact Summit, Security Dashboard, Ring-Kameras, KI-Bremse
Das "KI-Update" liefert drei mal pro Woche eine Zusammenfassung der wichtigsten KI-Entwicklungen.
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