Australia has prohibited the use of DeepSeek, a Chinese AI chatbot, on all government devices following advice from security agencies about privacy and malware risks. The decision mirrors similar moves made by Italy and Taiwan and requires all non-corporate commonwealth entities to remove DeepSeek instances from their systems and devices. The directive has cross-party political support in Australia. Other nations have also raised concerns about DeepSeek’s security and data practices.
CISA Adds Apache, Microsoft Bugs to Know Exploited Vulnerabilities Database
The U.S. CISA updated its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, highlighting several critical vulnerabilities including Apache OFBiz (CVE-2024-45195), Microsoft .NET Framework (CVE-2024-29059), and Paessler PRTG
