Many companies are exploring the use of generative artificial intelligence technology (“AI”) in day-to-day operations. Some companies prohibit the use of AI until they get their heads around the risks. Others are allowing the use of AI technology and waiting to see how it all shakes out before determining a company stance on its use.
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Privacy Tip #360 – Ethical Issues When Using AI Technology
Slow down when adopting and using Artificial Technology tools (AI). There are a number of issues that have been presented in literature regarding the use of AI tools, one of which centers around ethical concerns. When exploring the use of AI, methods used to explore the use of social media platforms, allowing technology companies to…
Social Media Enables Social Engineering Scams
The more one uses and shares on social media, the more information is publicly available for cyber attackers to use to exploit users’ personal and professional information.
It is hard for people to realize that every single thing shared on any social media platform is available for friends and foes alike to access and use.
UK Law May Create ‘Duty of Care’ for Social Media Companies
The UK is reportedly considering legislation that would impose a ‘duty of care’ on social media companies to regulate harmful content on their platforms. This push for an online safety bill was triggered by the high-profile death of a 14-year-old by suicide. The child had been repeatedly exposed to online content encouraging viewers to engage…
Privacy Tip #351 – Stay Safe While Using Social Media
The Federal Trade Commission has estimated that 25 percent of social media users have been individually targeted by scammers, with losses totaling more than $770 million. Although the use of social media can be fun, it also poses risk to users.
Here is an article that gives a good analysis of the risks of using…
The FCC Wants You to Delete TikTok
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr asserted that TikTok poses an “unacceptable national security risk” in a letter to the CEOs of Google and Apple urging the companies to remove the app from their mobile app stores. According to Carr, TikTok’s history of “surreptitious access of private and sensitive U.S. user data by persons located in Beijing…
CISA Issues Guidance on Protecting Organizations’ Social Media Accounts
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently issued guidance on protecting the security of organizations’ social media accounts to reduce the risk of unauthorized access to those accounts.
The guidance, entitled The Capacity Enhancement Guide (CEG): Social Media Account Protection, provides tips for organizations to protect social media accounts from malicious cyber actors. CISA…
Be Wary of Requests for Personal Information on Social Media
I was scrolling through a social media site this week, and was struck by how many requests asked people to respond to questions regarding their biographical information. For example, what was the number one album when you were a senior in high school? What was your favorite beach or park when you were growing up?…
Privacy Tip #200 – Iranian Backed Hacking Group Using LinkedIn To Deliver Malicious Documents
Fireeye published research last week that it has identified a phishing campaign by APT34, which is known to be a hacking group out of Iran, that all LinkedIn users should be aware of when considering adding a LinkedIn contact. In particular, if you receive a LinkedIn request from someone named Rebecca Watts from Cambridge University,…
Privacy Tip #128 – Basic Smartphone Settings to Thwart Hackers
When talking to colleagues and friends, it appears that folks do not understand how their smartphones work and the data that can be accessed through them. This prompted me to again give basic steps that can be used to protect personal information that can be accessed, legitimately and in an unauthorized manner through the settings…