Deep Fake and Other Social Engineering Tactics
How Bots and AI are Fueling Disinformation
The rise of advanced AI and large language models has fundamentally altered the landscape of disinformation ...
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Email Attacks Surge, Ransomware Threat Remains Elevated
There has been a dramatic rise in email attacks and ransomware incidents, with an Acronis report noting a staggering 293% increase in email attacks in the first half of 2024 compared to ...
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WTH? Google Auth Bug Lets Hackers Login as You
Richi Jennings | | G Suite, Google Apps, Google Apps for Work, Google Workspace, OAuth, oauth 2.0, oauth abuse, Oauth Application Abuse, SB Blogwatch, securing oauth
G Suite Sours: Domain owners flummoxed as strangers get Google for their domains ...
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Why Biometrics are Key to a Safe Paris Olympics
Biometrics can be a force for major good in our society and around various facets of the upcoming Paris Olympics, most notably public safety ...
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PKfail: 800+ Major PC Models have Insecure ‘Secure Boot’
Richi Jennings | | Binarly, BIOS, BIOS update, Certificate and Key Management, hardware supply chain, key management, Key Management Problem, PKfail, Private Key Management, SB Blogwatch, secure boot, UEFI, UEFI Failing, UEFI firmware, UEFI vulnerabilities, Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)
Big BIOS bother: Hundreds of PC models from vendors such as HP, Lenovo, Dell, Intel, Acer and Gigabyte shipped with useless boot protection—using private keys that aren’t private ...
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Deepfake Attacks Prompt Change in Security Strategy
Organizations can keep their deepfake response plans current by continuously monitoring industry trends and integrating new technologies ...
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EFF Angry as Google Keeps 3rd-Party Cookies in Chrome
Richi Jennings | | adtech, Advertising, Advertising and AdTech, adverts, Chrome, CMA, Competition and Markets Authority, cookie, Cookie Consent, cookieconsent, cookies, Data Privacy, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, FLEDGE, FLoC, GOOG, google, Google Chrome, ICO, information commissioner's office, IP Protection, Privacy, Privacy Sandbox, regulatory capture, SB Blogwatch, Surveillance capitalism, Topics, tracking, tracking cookies, web cookie, zero trust
Regulatory capture by stealth? Google changes its mind about third-party tracking cookies—we’re stuck with them for the foreseeable ...
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How to Prepare Your Workforce for the Deepfake Era
Of all of the AI-powered weapons, the one that your employees may be the least equipped to resist is deepfake technology. ...
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Phishing Threat Actor Leverages AI to Target Multiple Crypto Brands
A crypto phishing campaign has been identified in which a threat actor employs AI-generated content to create 17,000 phishing lure sites impersonating more than 30 major cryptocurrency brands, including Coinbase, Crypto.com, Metamask ...
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Data Breaches Impact Growing Number of Victims, ITRC Finds
The number of data breach victims in the first half (H1) of 2024 has surged to 1,078,989,742, marking a 490% increase compared to the same period in 2023, which saw 182,645,409 victims ...
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