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New Deep Fake Technology Used For Crypto Scams
New Deep Fake Technology Used For Crypto Scams
A new report from researchers with Bitdefender labs sheds light on the methods hackers are using to stream-jack high-profile YouTube personalities, which has been steadily increasing over the last few years. For years, scammers ha...
OpenAI Walks Back On Its Ban On AI-Military Usage
OpenAI Walks Back On Its Ban On AI-Military Usage
OpenAI is no longer following its promise of banning the use of AI use in military tools. In the past, OpenAI was strictly against letting the military use their tools for any means, whether that was for weapons, security, or inte...
Turkey Bans VPNs Ahead of Elections
Turkey Bans VPNs Ahead of Elections
Turkey has banned VPNs ahead of national elections in March. The country already restricts its citizens from accessing certain sites on the internet, including news sites. To bypass this censorship, many citizens use a VPN, which...
Google Fixes Serious Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
Google Fixes Serious Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
Google patched a serious zero-day vulnerability with the company’s web browser, Google Chrome. The vulnerability (tagged as CVE-2024-0519) could be used to completely crash a user’s Chrome browser from a distance. Before the patch...
FBI, CISA Warn Against Credential-Stealing Androxgh0st Botnet
FBI, CISA Warn Against Credential-Stealing Androxgh0st Botnet
The hackers behind the Androxgh0st malware are creating a botnet capable of stealing cloud credentials from major platforms, US cyber agencies said on Tuesday. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and t...
X Account Compromised, SEC Says No Threat to Other Systems
X Account Compromised, SEC Says No Threat to Other Systems
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said the recent breach of its X account didn’t affect the agency’s other systems. “While SEC staff is still assessing the scope of the incident, there is currently no evidence that the u...
150,000 WordPress Sites at Risk Due to Vulnerable Plugin
150,000 WordPress Sites at Risk Due to Vulnerable Plugin
Security researchers have uncovered a pair of critical vulnerabilities in a popular WordPress plugin that could potentially allow hackers full control over affected websites. The vulnerabilities were found in the email delivery to...
Ontario City Social Media Hacked — Used For Crypto Scams
Ontario City Social Media Hacked — Used For Crypto Scams
The official X account of Peterborough in Ontario, Canada faced a hack that saw its social media presence used for crypto scamming. The city is home to over 80,000 citizens. Fortunately, with the profile at less than 110 followers...
UK Tightens On Illegal Fire TV Stick Streaming
UK Tightens On Illegal Fire TV Stick Streaming
You may receive a notice in the mail if you live in the UK and use popular free (but illegal) streaming services like Sky TV with your Fire TV Stick. You could even receive a knock on the door from the police if you’ve been watchi...
Romance Scammer Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison
Romance Scammer Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison
A Nigerian national working alongside a Nigerian crime ring was sentenced by a judge to 10 years and one month in prison. Olugbenga Lawal (33) was a Nigerian national living in Indianapolis, Indiana. He worked directly with the le...