A week in security (August 17 – August 23)
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Your polite reply to that text is worth $2 on the dark web
Most wrong-number texts are harmless. Some are the first step in a carefully planned scam. By replying, you may be confirming that your number is…
Medical records, SSNs, and bank details exposed in CareCloud data breach
Healthcare technology giant CareCloud has confirmed that a data breach earlier this year impacted more than 3.75 million people, making it one of the largest…
Zombie Card: An expired Visa credit card can be used for purchases
Did you know there is still a good reason to physically destroy your expired credit card? Scientific research found that the expiration date used by…
9 million images of people’s faces exposed by reverse lookup service
Researcher Jeremiah Fowler found a cloud database containing more than 9 million image files accessible without authentication, WIRED reports. The leaky bucket, containing some 450…
Your Mac already has a built-in firewall. Here’s how to get more from it
Your Mac comes with a built-in firewall, but it’s probably not something you’ve given much thought to. A firewall helps control incoming connections—requests from apps…
Twitch wants your content for Amazon AI training. Here’s how to opt out
The Dutch Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) has advised Twitch users to opt out of sharing data with Amazon AI. Twitch launched as a live-video platform and…
ChatGPT for Teens tackles risky chats and homework shortcuts
OpenAI has addressed complaints around teens’ use of its ChatGPT system by introducing ChatGPT for Teens, a version of the AI assistant designed specifically for…
Scammers are using fake crypto AML checkers to drain your wallet
Scammers are creating fake crypto wallet-checking sites that promise to tell you whether a wallet is linked to suspicious activity. Instead, they try to trick…
41 deceptive download sites show a real link, then send you somewhere else
We identified a network of 41 websites impersonating popular games and Windows software, all designed to push visitors towards the same Download Studio installer. The…
Sideloading on Android: What it is, why it’s risky, and how to do it more safely
A Google spokesperson announced on Reddit that it has started rolling out the first version of its Advanced Flow, designed to make installing apps from unverified…
Update Chrome now: Two critical vulnerabilities fixed
Chrome is rolling out an update for its desktop versions. The update includes 15 security fixes, two of which address critical buffer overflow vulnerabilities. The…