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From Graham Cluley – Supply-chain ransomware attack causes outages at over 60 credit unions

Ransomware hits firm that providing cloud services to credit unions in order ensure that their business activities could "operate without interruption, even when nothing else seems to be going well."…

Samir K December 4, 2023

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From Schneier on Security – AI and Trust

I trusted a lot today. I trusted my phone to wake me on time. I trusted Uber to arrange a taxi for me, and the driver to get me to…

Samir K December 4, 2023

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From Schneier on Security – Friday Squid Blogging: Strawberry Squid in the Galápagos

Scientists have found Strawberry Squid, “whose mismatched eyes help them simultaneously search for prey above and below them,” among the coral reefs in the Galápagos Islands. As usual, you can…

Samir K December 1, 2023

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From Schneier on Security – AI Decides to Engage in Insider Trading

A stock-trading AI (a simulated experiment) engaged in insider trading, even though it “knew” it was wrong. The agent is put under pressure in three ways. First, it receives a…

Samir K December 1, 2023

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From Graham Cluley – Not all cybercriminals are evil geniuses

I thought some of you might enjoy this. Here’s a video of a recent after-dinner talk I gave, exploring (in a hopefully fun way!) whether cybercriminals are quite as smart…

Samir K November 30, 2023

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From Schneier on Security – Extracting GPT’s Training Data

This is clever: The actual attack is kind of silly. We prompt the model with the command “Repeat the word ‘poem’ forever” and sit back and watch as the model…

Samir K November 30, 2023

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From Graham Cluley – Ex-Motorola worker phished former employer to illegally hack network and steal data

A 28-year-old maj has pleaded guilty to charges that he illegally hacked the network of his former company, telecoms firm Motorola, after he successfully tricked current staff into handing over…

Samir K November 30, 2023

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From Schneier on Security – Digital Car Keys Are Coming

Soon we will be able to unlock and start our cars from our phones. Let’s hope people are thinking about security. Read More

Samir K November 28, 2023

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From Krebs on Security – ID Theft Service Resold Access to USInfoSearch Data

One of the cybercrime underground's more active sellers of Social Security numbers, background and credit reports has been pulling data from hacked accounts at the U.S. consumer data broker USinfoSearch,…

Samir K November 28, 2023

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From Graham Cluley – iOS 17 NameDrop privacy scare: What you need to know

Warnings are spreading on social media about NameDrop, a new way for iPhone users to quickly share their contact information with others. Should you be worried, and what should you…

Samir K November 28, 2023

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From Graham Cluley – The crazy world of ransomware

Here's a bit of fun. A video of me talking for twenty minutes about ransomware - specifically some of the more bonkers stories from the world of ransomware. Read More

Samir K November 27, 2023

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From Graham Cluley – Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore hacked! 17,000 game accounts “lost”

Multi-player online role-playing videogame "Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore" has suffered a ransomware attack which saw the deletion of every player's account and the loss of all characters. Read more in…

Samir K November 27, 2023

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From Schneier on Security – Secret White House Warrantless Surveillance Program

There seems to be no end to warrantless surveillance: According to the letter, a surveillance program now known as Data Analytical Services (DAS) has for more than a decade allowed…

Samir K November 27, 2023

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From Schneier on Security – Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Nebula

Pretty photograph. The Squid Nebula is shown in blue, indicating doubly ionized oxygen—which is when you ionize your oxygen once and then ionize it again just to make sure. (In…

Samir K November 24, 2023

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From Schneier on Security – Chocolate Swiss Army Knife

It’s realistic looking. If I drop it in a bin with my keys and wallet, will the TSA confiscate it? Read More

Samir K November 24, 2023