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🎧COSIC reveals hundreds of millions of earbuds & speakers need a patch to prevent wireless hacking & tracking. Flaws in 17 models using #Google’s #FastPair let attackers hijack devices, eavesdrop, and track users. Watch our demo: youtube.com/watch?v=-j45Sh… #cosic #kuleuven

Kwetsbaarheden in MS PhotoDNA datanews.knack.be/nieuws/securit… Ook Google gebruikt dat voor CSAM Criminelen omzeilen kinderporno-detectie met minimale aanpassingen en kunnen ook onterecht brave familiefoto's als kinderporno aanmerken Daar waarschuwden we dus al voor 👇 #ChatControl

Proton Mail Shared User Information with the Police schneier.com/blog/archives/…

🚨Someone just open sourced a computer that works when the entire internet goes down. It's called Project N.O.M.A.D. A self-contained offline survival server with AI, Wikipedia, maps, medical references, and full education courses. No internet. No cloud. No subscription. It just works. Here's what's packed inside: → A local AI assistant powered by Ollama (works fully offline) → All of Wikipedia, downloadable and searchable → Offline maps of any region you choose → Medical references and survival guides → Full Khan Academy courses with progress tracking → Encryption and data analysis tools via CyberChef → Document upload with semantic search (local RAG) Here's the wildest part: A solar panel, a battery, a mini PC, and a WiFi access point. That's it. That's your entire off-grid knowledge station. 15 to 65 watts of power. Works from a cabin, an RV, a sailboat, or a bunker. Companies sell "prepper drives" with static PDFs for $185. This gives you a full AI brain, an entire encyclopedia, and real courses for free. One command to install. 100% Open Source. Apache 2.0 License.

Who would have thought that academic research could be abused in such a terrible way 😉

Major props to @bpreneel1 and the rest of the team at Gent and Leuven for this. Also this may be of particular interest to @Cyberleagle and @terrorwatchdog.

@bpreneel1 @Cyberleagle @terrorwatchdog It's fascinating to me that @Ofcom make efforts to admit how broken & risky #PhotoDNA is — entirely up front — yet somehow fail to spell out what the *impact* of such weakness offers to bad actors. To do that, you have to ask an academic. ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/…

COSIC researcher Alireza Aghabagherloo presented “Evaluating the Robustness of RL-based Autonomous Intersection Control to Data Integrity Attacks” at the IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (#PerCom) 2026.

‘Microsoft confirmed that at least some of the demonstrated attacks affect the currently deployed version of PhotoDNA, though specific details were withheld for safety reasons.’

Our #PhotoDNA robustness study features in today’s discussion on large‑scale scanning technologies. Science matters. 🔗 patrick-breyer.de/en/end-of-chat…

Vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s PhotoDNA are quite significant. Remember this next time Client Side Scanning is mooted. The research group behind this are really well respected so it’s worth being aware of for a tool being relied upon by eprint.iacr.org/2026/486

"Une étude flamande révèle des failles de sécurité dans un logiciel réputé de Microsoft" #photodna lalibre.be/dernieres-depe…

"Une étude flamande révèle des failles de sécurité dans un logiciel réputé de Microsoft" #photodna dhnet.be/dernieres-depe…

"Une étude belge démontre que les logiciels IA censés protéger les mineurs sur TikTok et Instagram ne fonctionnent pas" #photodna 7sur7.be/tech/une-etude…

"Des chercheurs découvrent des failles dans un système de détection de contenus pédopornographiques" #photodna datanews.levif.be/actualite/secu…

"Une étude flamande révèle des failles de sécurité dans un logiciel réputé de Microsoft" #photodna rtbf.be/article/une-et…

Our #photodna research in GVA: "Dé tool die al 17 jaar gebruikt wordt om beelden van kindermisbruik op te sporen, blijkt lek: “Beelden kunnen gemanipuleerd worden voor onterechte beschuldigingen”" gva.be/binnenland/de-…

Our #photodna research in Het Nieuwsblad: "Dé tool die al 17 jaar gebruikt wordt om beelden van kindermisbruik op te sporen, blijkt lek: “Beelden kunnen gemanipuleerd worden voor onterechte beschuldigingen”" nieuwsblad.be/binnenland/de-…

Microsofts PhotoDNA, een tool in gebruik sinds 2009 om bekend misbruikmateriaal (CSAM) op te sporen geeft vals positieven waardoor mensen vals beschuldigd worden terwijl ze geen CSAM bezitten. Onderzoekers van KU Leuven ontdekken structurele problemen. msn.com/nl-be/nieuws/o…

Straf: Belgische onderzoekers vinden serieuze lekken in 'AI-misbruikscanner' die TikTok, Instagram en Snapchat gebruiken. hln.be/tech/lekken-in…

Moxie Marlinspike, of Signal fame, announces partnership with Meta to bring end-to-end encryption to Meta AI Chat