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Malware disguised as ChatGPT apps are being used to lure victims, Meta says
PRIVACY PRIVACY Facebook’s parent company, Meta, has issued a warning that hackers are taking advantage of people’s interest in ChatGP and other generative AI applications to trick them into installing malware that pretends to provide AI functionality. Since March, Meta has discovered about 10 malware families using AI themes to compromise business accounts across the internet…
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The Strongest Passwords and the Best Way to Create (and Remember) Them
PRIVACY PRIVACY Some of the strongest passwords you can use are the ones you don’t have to remember. Strange as that may sound, it’s true, if you use a password manager. A password manager creates and securely stores strong, unique passwords for each of your accounts—and does all the remembering for you. And remembering is…
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ISTARI, University of Cambridge education program to elevate cyber leaders into business leaders
PRIVACY PRIVACY Cybersecurity advisory firm ISTARI is partnering with the Cambridge Judge Business School (CJBS) at the University of Cambridge to deliver global education aimed at elevating technical cybersecurity leaders into “transformative business leaders.” The Navigator program features four days of in-person learning led by an academic faculty alongside industry-leading experts, the two parties said.…
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Large Language Models and Elections
PRIVACY PRIVACY Earlier this week, the Republican National Committee released a video that it claims was “built entirely with AI imagery.” The content of the ad isn’t especially novel—a dystopian vision of America under a second term with President Joe Biden—but the deliberate emphasis on the technology used to create it stands out: It’s a…
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The impact of blockchain technology on the future of finance
PRIVACY PRIVACY The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author. AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. The future of finance is being reshaped by blockchain technology. This revolutionary technology has the potential to revolutionize how people and…
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Consumer Group Slams Bank App Fraud Failings
PRIVACY PRIVACY Which? wants banks to improve customer outreach and security Read More
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Malicious HTML Attachment Volumes Surge
PRIVACY PRIVACY File type remains the most dangerous in email-borne threats Read More
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US Authorities Dismantle Dark Web “Card Checking” Platform
PRIVACY PRIVACY Try2Check helped cyber-criminals test stolen card details Read More
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Apple and Google join forces to combat AirTag stalking
PRIVACY PRIVACY Apple and Google have announced that they are teaming up in order to combat the safety risks associated with AirTags and other tracking devices. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Read More
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Smashing Security podcast #320: City Jerks, AI animals, and is the BBC hacking again?
PRIVACY PRIVACY Two unsavoury websites suffer from a worrying leak, scientists are going animal crackers over AI, and the BBC is intercepting scammers’ live phone calls with victims. All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined…