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  • Security and Privacy Journalist, Freelance
  • None, Forbes, ISMS.online, ITPro, SC Magazine, The Stack
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Freelance Security & Privacy Journalist. Bylines: @guardian @WIRED @InfosecurityMag @ITPro @Assured_Intel @Forbes. kate.oflaherty@techjournalist.co.uk
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What The Microsoft 365 Copilot “SearchLeak” Issue Says About AI Era Risk

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By Kate O'Flaherty Verified, Danny Bradbury, Dan Raywood Verified
| ISMS.online
The Copilot SearchLeak vulnerability chain shows how any AI assistant can evolve from a productivity feature into a new path into data that inherits the user’s reach. What lessons can security and compliance leaders learn? In June, researchers at Varonis Threat Labs unveiled a critical vulnerability chain in Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise dubbed “SearchLeak”.
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What US AI Restrictions Mean For UK Security Leaders

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By Kate O'Flaherty Verified
| SC Magazine UK Verified
In June, the US government issued an order to Anthropic, forcing to disable its most advanced AI models amid concerns over national security. The export controls required the AI firm to restrict access to its Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 models to foreign nationals, whether inside or outside the country. Later in the month, the White House requested OpenAI limit the release of its GPT 5.6 model to a small number of government-approved partners because of its advanced capabilities.
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Meta’s Muse Image AI Tool—Here’s How To Opt Out

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By Kate O'Flaherty Verified
| Forbes Verified
Meta has released Muse Image, an AI tool that uses publicly-available Instagram profile pictures to generate images. NurPhoto via Getty Images Meta has released Muse Image, an AI tool that uses publicly-available Instagram profile pictures to generate images. It’s perhaps not surprising that the release of Muse Image has quickly resulted in a sizeable public backlash, as users realize you have to opt out of your photo being used by the tool, rather than in.
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