The dark side of YouTube: Malicious links, phishing, and deepfakes
With billions of users, YouTube has become a tempting target for cybercriminals. They post malicious links in video descriptions and comments. Some send phishing emails…
Author: Cybernoz
Does News Consumption Destroy Creativity?
I don’t know a single truly creative mind who is a news junkie – not a writer, not a composer, mathematician, physician, scientist, musician, designer,…
Phishing emails delivering infostealers surge 84%
Cybercriminals continued to shift to stealthier tactics, with lower-profile credential theft spiking, while ransomware attacks on enterprises declined, according to IBM. Researchers observed an 84%…
How Google Uses Reputation Data to Improve Security Across Its Properties
Google researchers have combined a number of reputation techniques to create a system that is 99 percent successful in detecting and blocking malicious executables downloaded…
Verizon discovers spike in ransomware and exploited vulnerabilities
Cybercriminals and state-sponsored threat groups exploited vulnerabilities and initiated ransomware attacks with vigor last year, escalating the scope of their impact by hitting more victims…
Insurance Companies Make U.S. Healthcare Expensive
Because insurers are paid a fixed percentage of the claims they administer, they have no incentive to hold down costs. Worse than that, they have…
My Friend Writes Like This
A bird hit my windshield on the freeway, on the way home from work this morning. I pulled over on the next exit, and picked…
What This Site is About
And when I say “this site”, I’m really saying “me”. Existentialism: How to create our own meaning and our own happiness, since it doesn’t exist…
ChatGPT Creates Working Exploit for CVE’s Before Public PoCs Released
In a development that could transform vulnerability research, security researcher Matt Keeley demonstrated how artificial intelligence can now create working exploits for critical vulnerabilities before…
Programming Atrophy
It’s stunning to me how stale one can become when they don’t code for a while. I just put together a quick little something in…
Will super-smart AI be attacking us anytime soon?
What practical AI attacks exist today? “More than zero” is the answer – and they’re getting better. 22 Apr 2025 • , 3 min. read…
How to Secure the Extended Enterprise
Modern organizations rely on a sprawling network of third-party vendors, suppliers, and partners to drive innovation and operational efficiency. However, this interconnected ecosystem introduces significant…