Subject: This Company Is Secretly Turning Your Zoom Meetings into AI Podcasts
Source: 404media.co
https://www.bespacific.com/this-company-is-secretly-turning-your-zoom-meetings-into-ai-podcasts/404 Media no paywall:
“WebinarTV, a company that bills itself as “a search engine for the best webinars,” is secretly scanning the internet for Zoom meeting links, recording the calls, and turning them into AI-generated podcasts for profit. In some cases, people only found out that their Zoom calls were recorded once WebinarTV reached out to them directly to say their call was turned into a podcast in an attempt to promote WebinarTV’s services. WebinarTV claims to host more than 200,000 webinars. It’s not clear how it’s recording so many Zoom calls without permission, but in some cases the stolen videos posted to WebinarTV can put call participants at risk. Tom Rademacher, a teacher and editor, told me he organized a Zoom call for educators and education advocates in the months after Donald Trump was elected to discuss keeping kids safe from ICE. “I very intentionally did not record the webinar since we’d be talking politics and there were some local electeds and district leaders that were on,” Rademacher told me. “There were definitely people on there who it would have been bad politically and professionally to be, especially at the time, linked to being anti-Trump in an education space.” Rademacher received an email on October 7, 2025, from WebinarTV VP of communications Sarah Blair, whose profile image appears to be AI-generated and who has no online presence. “Your webinar is featured on the Phil & Amy Show,” Blair said in her email. “They talk about the highlights from your webinar – without giving away too much – to entice viewers. To listen to the show, click Highlights tab on the OnDemand page or click here.” The link sent Rademacher to a page on WebinarTV.us which featured a full recording of the Zoom recording, an AI-generated video summary of the meeting, “chapters” that sent the viewers to different parts of the meeting, and an AI-generated episode of the “Phil & Amy Show,” in which two AI-generated personalities discuss the content of the call, including quips and rapport between Phil and Amy. “By suddenly having the whole meeting be public so you could see what [participants] were saying, after all the talk about safe spaces, it just felt super gross,” Rademacher told me. Rademacher asked Blair how she got the recording of the meeting and asked that WebinarTV take it down, which it did….
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Source: Consumer Reports
https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics-computers/wireless-routers/c36971/?INTKEY=I61PVBR2C
Citing national security concerns, the FCC has banned all new foreign-made router models from being imported or sold in the U.S. And, because virtually every consumer WiFi router available in the U.S. today is manufactured overseas, this has understandably raised a lot of questions.
The good news: If you already own a WiFi router, nothing changes for you. But the decision could reshape the router market in the months ahead. Here’s what you need to know.
- What’s the Reason for the Ban?
- Does This Affect the Router You Already Own?
- Are Any Routers Actually Made in the U.S.?
- Should You Rush Out and Buy a New Router?
- Can Manufacturers Still Sell Foreign-Made Routers?
- What Are Router Makers Saying?
Source: ITRC via WTAE
https://www.wtae.com/article/this-new-scam-could-trick-you-into-downloading-malware/70848118
A new scam is exploiting a familiar internet security check — tricking people into compromising their own computers.
The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) is warning that criminals are using realistic-looking fake CAPTCHA pages to trick Windows users into running malicious commands that install information-stealing malware.
CAPTCHAs are commonly used to verify that a user is human, often by asking them to click images or check a box. But in this scam, the page prompts users to follow a series of keyboard steps to continue.
Source: FedScoop
https://fedscoop.com/omb-ai-guidance-data-privacy-gao-report/
Governmentwide guidance on artificial intelligence from the Office of Management and Budget falls short of addressing myriad privacy-related risks agencies should take into account, according to a new watchdog report.
The Government Accountability Office reviewed OMB AI guidance and hosted a three-day virtual panel made up of a dozen privacy experts from various professional fields. The takeaway from the watchdog and those experts was that AI guidance from the White House office “does not fully address all the identified privacy-related risks and challenges.”
“Given the risks and challenges, additional guidance from OMB could help ensure agencies take appropriate steps to protect the privacy of sensitive data when using AI,” the GAO said in a press release accompanying the report. “Without this additional direction, risks are increased that agencies’ use of AI would disclose sensitive data, or compromise privacy in other ways.”
In the experts’ minds, the remaining eight challenges have been just “partially addressed” by OMB in its guidance as of January. Those challenges are:
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“Without additional information or direction on addressing these challenges, agencies will be hindered in protecting privacy when using AI, as well as making the public aware of the associated risks and steps they are taking … to mitigate them,” the report concluded.
Source: Route Fifty
https://www.route-fifty.com/public-safety/2026/03/tech-issues-continue-haunt-911-systems/412394/
Many still operate using outdated technology and are prone to cyberattacks, leading advocates and lawmakers to call for more funding to make up the shortfall.
A recent report by the Idaho Legislature’s Joint Legislative Oversight Committee called for the creation of a statewide 911 program amid rising costs and aging technology.
The report warned that the state’s call centers and call-handling systems are expected to reach their end of life within the next two years, while its radio systems are not far behind. And while many states are transitioning to Next Generation 911, an internet-based system known as NG911 that allows for text, photo and video messaging, as well as better location detection, among other upgrades, the system is not ready for that change and not funded appropriately. Idaho relies on a $1 monthly phone line fee to fund its local 911 systems.
Fragile tech systems have emerged as one of the biggest issues in 911 emergency calling and dispatching, and they have shown few signs of going away. A report last year from emergency communications and response platform Carbyne, and NENA: The 9-1-1 Association, a trade group for 911 professionals, found that 88% of emergency call centers had experienced a tech outage in the last year, up from 75% the year before. Nine percent reported being subject to a cyberattack.
Upgrading 911 technology is a daunting prospect, however. In a 2018 report to Congress, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimated it would cost between $9.5 and $12.7 billion over 10 years to expand NG911 capabilities to every call center nationwide.
Technology is changing so rapidly, however, that some worry about obsolescence almost as soon as they have upgraded their systems. And with cyberattacks sure to multiply, especially from nation-state actors determined to cripple critical infrastructure, it is a troubling time.
Subject: Lawmakers Warn VPN Use May Let NSA Spy on You
Source: Wired via Newser
https://www.newser.com/story/386187/lawmakers-warn-vpn-use-may-let-nsa-spy-on-you.html
Firing up that VPN to shield your privacy might be doing the opposite, a group of Democratic lawmakers warns. Six members of Congress have asked Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to publicly say whether Americans who route their internet traffic through overseas VPN servers are effectively being treated as foreigners under US surveillance rules, reports Wired. If so, they would lose constitutional protections against warrantless monitoring in the process. Read the full story.
Filed: https://www.newser.com/section/7/technology-news-headlines.html
Source: tech.co
https://tech.co/news/report-voice-based-phishing-surges
In 2025, phishing incidents are nearly twice as likely to start with voice impersonation (11%), not emails (6%).
Key Takeaways
- Highly interactive voice phishing is the second-most common cyberthreat vector, making up 11% of incidents.
- Email phishing only makes up 6% of incidents, says a new Google report.
- Voice social engineers can target IT help desks to bypass multifactor authentication.
Voice Phishing Surged Across 2025, New Data Shows
“Highly interactive voice phishing saw a significant surge to 11%, becoming the second-most commonly observed vector” in 2025, the report said.
However, it notes that “exploits remained the most common initial infection vector for the sixth consecutive year, accounting for 32% of intrusions.”
What does voice phishing look like in practice? Some groups target IT help desks with the aim of fully bypassing typical security measures like multifactor authentication (MFA) in order to get the initial access to software-as-a-service (SaaS) environments that they need.
Most recently, we covered a study by Armis that claimed cyber crime had hit a global “tipping point.” We’ve also heard from yet another study which determined that a full 68% of professionals say existing security tools can’t mitigate new threats.
Source: MakeUseOf
https://www.bespacific.com/your-phones-bluetooth-is-broadcasting-more-than-you-think-heres-how-to-limit-it/
MakeUseOf: I treat Bluetooth like a light switch. I turn it off when I don’t need it, and assume it’s gone. You did too, right? Turns out, we’re wrong. When you’re not actively connected to anything, your phone is still talking, constantly, to anyone nearby set up to listen. Your Bluetooth signal isn’t really turned off. Instead, it’s advertising your smartphone, broadcasting identifiers, and in some cases, actually connecting to tracking systems you’ve definitely never agreed to be tracked by…I think most are familiar with the concept of a Bluetooth connection. You enable Bluetooth on your two devices, hit pairing mode, and make a connection. It doesn’t always work seamlessly, but for the most part, Bluetooth is super simple to use and does the job. The only issue is that Bluetooth is often broadcasting more than you realize when you’re not connected to a device — and at times, even when you’ve hit the Bluetooth toggle on your device. That’s because when you disconnect
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Source: The Hill
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5813633-ai-health-data-privacy/
Americans are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT for something deeply personal: their health. They are asking about symptoms, medications, mental health struggles and even sharing lab results and imaging reports.
For many, AI has quietly become the first stop before seeing a physician — faster than a clinic visit, more accessible than a specialist and seemingly more private than discussing sensitive concerns with another human. A January report from OpenAI says that among its 800 million active ChatGPT users, one in four enters a query about health care weekly. Over 40 million per day ask ChatGPT health care-related questions.
But that sense of privacy is, in many cases, an illusion.
Most Americans assume that if they are discussing health, their information is protected under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. That assumption is dangerously outdated. HIPAA applies to doctors, hospitals and insurers — not to consumer AI platforms.