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3 Tools to Round Out Your Privacy Protection Toolbox
PRIVACY PRIVACY It’s common practice to pull down the window shades at night. Homeowners invest in high fences. You may even cover the PIN pad when you type in your secret four-digit code at ATMs. Privacy is key to going about your daily life comfortably in your surroundings. Why shouldn’t privacy also extend to your…
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Hacked Cellebrite and MSAB Software Released
PRIVACY PRIVACY Cellebrite is an cyberweapons arms manufacturer that sells smartphone forensic software to governments around the world. MSAB is a Swedish company that does the same thing. Someone has released software and documentation from both companies. Read More
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Hackers Hijack NortonLifeLock Customer Accounts
PRIVACY PRIVACY Thousands reportedly suffer compromise after possible credential stuffing campaign Read More
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US Court Orders $17m Be Given to BitConnect Victims
PRIVACY PRIVACY Firm essentially operated as a Ponzi scheme Read More
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How AI chatbot ChatGPT changes the phishing game
PRIVACY PRIVACY ChatGPT, OpenAI’s free chatbot based on GPT-3.5, was released on 30 November 2022 and racked up a million users in five days. It is capable of writing emails, essays, code and phishing emails, if the user knows how to ask. By comparison, it took Twitter two years to reach a million users. Facebook…
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TikTok Fined Over $5m for Cookie Violations
PRIVACY PRIVACY French regulator says social network broke its data protection law Read More
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The Big Difference Between Online Protection Software and Antivirus
PRIVACY PRIVACY Authored by Dennis Pang Online protection software. Antivirus. The two words get used interchangeably often enough. But sure enough, they’re different. And yet directly related when you take a closer look. The term “antivirus” has been with us for decades now, dating back to the first software that was designed to prevent computers…
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Upcoming Speaking Engagements
PRIVACY PRIVACY This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking at Capricon, a four-day science fiction convention in Chicago. My talk is on “The Coming AI Hackers” and will be held Friday, February 3 at 1:00 PM. The list is maintained on this page. Read More
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Booklist Review of A Hacker’s Mind
PRIVACY PRIVACY Booklist reviews A Hacker’s Mind: Author and public-interest security technologist Schneier (Data and Goliath, 2015) defines a “hack” as an activity allowed by a system “that subverts the rules or norms of the system […] at the expense of someone else affected by the system.” In accessing the security of a particular system,…
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Friday Squid Blogging: How to Buy Fresh or Frozen Squid
PRIVACY PRIVACY Good advice on buying squid. I like to buy whole fresh squid and clean it myself. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here. Read More