New AI “agents” could hold people for ransom in 2025
A paradigm shift in technology is hurtling towards us, and it could change everything we know about cybersecurity. Uhh, again, that is. When ChatGPT was…
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Valley News Live exposed more than a million job seeker’s resumes
Making your own bad news is not what Valley News Live had in mind, but negligence comes at a price. Cybernews researchers found an unprotected…
WhatsApp says Paragon is spying on specific users
WhatsApp has accused the professional spyware company Paragon of spying on a select group of users. WhatsApp, the Meta-owned, end-to-end encrypted messaging platform, said it…
ClickFix vs. traditional download in new DarkGate campaign
During the past several months there have been numerous malware campaigns that use a technique something referred to as “ClickFix”. It often consists of a…
Cybercrime gets a few punches on the nose
It’s not often that we get to share good news, so we wanted to grab this opportunity and showcase some progress made by law enforcement…
Microsoft advertisers phished via malicious Google ads
Just days after we uncovered a campaign targeting Google Ads accounts, a similar attack has surfaced, this time aimed at Microsoft advertisers. These malicious ads,…
The DeepSeek controversy: Authorities ask where does the data come from and how safe is it?
The sudden rise of DeepSeek has raised concerns and questions, especially about the origin and destination of the training data, as well as the security…
These are the 10 worst PIN codes
Australian news outlet ABC NEWS analyzed a data set of 29 million 4-digit PIN numbers that people actually used to secure their devices, ATM withdrawals,…
The new rules for AI and encrypted messaging, with Mallory Knodel (Lock and Code S06E01)
This week on the Lock and Code podcast… The era of artificial intelligence everything is here, and with it, come everyday surprises into exactly where…
Three privacy rules for 2025 (Lock and Code S06E02)
This week on the Lock and Code podcast… It’s Data Privacy Week right now, and that means, for the most part, that you’re going to…
Apple users: Update your devices now to patch zero-day vulnerability
Apple has released a host of security updates across many devices, including for a zero-day bug which is being actively exploited in iOS. Apple said:…
UnitedHealth almost doubles victim numbers from massive Change Healthcare data breach
UnitedHealth says it now estimates that the data breach on its subsidiary Change Healthcare affected 190 million people, nearly doubling its previous estimate from October.…