Facebook wants to look at your entire camera roll for “AI restyling” suggestions, and more
Facebook’s pursuit of your personal data continues apace, and now it has a new target: photos on your phone that...
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Corpse-eating selfies, and other ways to trick scammers (Lock and Code S06E14)
This week on the Lock and Code podcast… There’s a unique counter response to romance scammers. Her name is Becky...
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AT&T to pay compensation to data breach victims. Here’s how to check if you were affected
AT&T is set to pay $177 million to customers affected by two significant data breaches. These breaches exposed sensitive personal information of...
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Android threats rise sharply, with mobile malware jumping by 151% since start of year
The Android threat landscape in the first half of 2025 has entered a new phase. An era marked not just...
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A week in security (June 23 – June 29)
June 27, 2025 – An invitation to sign a DocuSign document went through mysterious ways and a way-too-easy Captcha to...
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Fake DocuSign email hides tricky phishing attempt
On my daily rounds, I encountered a phishing attempt that used a not completely unusual, yet clever delivery method. What...
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Jailbroken AIs are helping cybercriminals to hone their craft
Cybercriminals are bypassing the guardrails that are supposed to keep AI models from carrying out criminal activities, according to researchers....
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Why the Do Not Call Registry doesn’t work
The “Do Not Call Registry” receives a lot of hate online for failing to do its job: Stop calls. “What’s...
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Facial recognition: Where and how you can opt out
Our remote team recently took a trip to our Estonian office. When we arrived from our various destinations, we started...
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Many data brokers are failing to register with state consumer protection agencies
Hundreds of data brokers haven’t registered with state consumer protection agencies, according to The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Privacy Rights...
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Sextortion email scammers increase their “Hello pervert” money demands
Every so often the sextortion emails that start with “Hello pervert” get a redesign. You may have received one yourself:...
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Thousands of private camera feeds found online. Make sure yours isn’t one of them
If you have internet-connected cameras in or around your home, be sure to check their settings. Researchers just discovered 40,000...
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