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Security News Bites for February 28, 2025

Screens at HUD Display AI Video of Donald Trump Sucking … Okay, I know that was click bait. As Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) employees walked into headquarters on Monday, they were greeted by large television screens showing video of the President sucking Elon Musk’s toes. Staff could not initially turn off the […]

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EU’s “Gatekeeper” Rules Boost Smaller Players

And big US players are not happy. Apple has been forced to allow users to specify non-Safari browsers as their default. Browser choice was also opened in the Android world although users could already use any browser they want to. Mostly, it is about companies like Apple, Google, TikTok and a few other mega players […]

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Would You Know if the Chinese Were Inside Your Org? The Repubs Didn’t!

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Microsoft warned the GOP in July 2024, just before the convention, that the Chinese had been roaming around in their emails for months. If hackers use a light touch – make sure that they don’t flag emails as read when YOU haven’t read them, don’t delete any of […]

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If You Wonder Why They Are Interested in You …

You hear about these stories over and over again – because they work. Federal authorities in Mexico arrested a serial seductress who, it is alleged, drugged and robbed elderly men over a three year period, in Las Vegas. She also seduced some younger men and some women. Mexican police arrested Aurora Phelps, 43, who’s accused […]

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Security News Bites for February 21, 2025

Is Russia Reining-In Ransomware? Historically, if you are a ransomware hacker you are in heaven in Russia as long as you don’t attack targets favored by the Kremlin. Putin has arrested, unexpectedly, Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev, a famous Russian hacker who was indicted in the U.S. He paid a fine and had to give Putin a […]

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Google Replaces Cookies with Fingerprints for Even Less Privacy

Google has been warning everyone that cookies as a tracking mechanism were going away for a couple of years now. This is not because Google found a soul but rather because Google knows that browsers and users can block or trash cookies making them ineffective as a way to track where you go. In addition, […]

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