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Highlights
🚨 1. Apple App Store malware.
🤝 2. Paris AI Summit.
🔒 3. Strong wifi passwords.
🛡️ 4. DeepMind Safety Updates.
⚠️ 5. DeepSeek App Risks.
Deep Dive
🚨 1. Malware: iOS App Store Breach Lifehacker
SparkCat steals crypto recovery phrases.
Discovered on iOS and Android.
OCR scans photos for key data.
ComeCome app was first spotted
Discovered by Kaspersky researchers.
Heads up: Verify app reviews & permissions.
🤝 2. AI Governance: Paris Summit Divergence France24 & Reuters
100 countries at AI summit in Paris.
Macron: €109B investment in AI.
US VP JD Vance attended summit.
Trump revoked Biden AI executive order.
Summit co-hosted by France and India.
Heads up: Previous summit was Nov 2024 in San Francisco.
🔒 3. Password: Complexity Matters Cybersecurity News
Analysis of 31M WiFi passwords
Longest pass: 34 characters.
Uppercase letters: +5 points.
Lowercase letters: +5 points.
Numbers: +5 points.
Heads up: Enforce complex & long passwords.
🛡️ 4. AI Safety: Google DeepMind Updates DeepMind
Updates Frontier Safety Framework (FSF).
Strengthens security for AI models.
Focuses on preventing misuse of AI.
Detecting instrumental reasoning usage.
Addresses deceptive alignment risk.
Heads up: Stay informed AI safeguards & developments.
⚠️ 5. DeepSeek: Security Risks Flagged Krebs on Security
Top three to download.
Track devices’s name.
Globally no encryption for data transfer.
Uses insecure 3DES algorithm.
Taiwan and Italy ban DeepSeek.
Heads up: Restrict DeepSeek app on devices.
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