Assuming you are like every other company, you communicate with people. People like employees, customers, suppliers and the media. Given what we are seeing, already, with deepfakes and the the fact that this is only just starting, what is your plan to protect your reputation? Would a competitor or someone else publish a photo, video, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]DEF CON is Canceled, No Really It is a meme. Every year there are announcements that DEF CON is canceled, but this year it is real. Sort of. DEF CON is the world’s largest hacking convention and has, for years, been held at Caesars in Las Vegas. You may remember that Caesars had an unfortunate […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As if yesterday’s deep fake post wasn’t enough to scare you, here is another one. Gartner says that attacks using AI-generated deepfakes to bypass facial biometrics will lead a third of organizations to doubt the adequacy of identity verification as standalone protections. Actually, this is good news because biometrics should ***ONLY*** be used to identify […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Reports say that a multinational company is out $25 million after an employee was tricked into wiring the money to fraudsters. This would, unfortunately, not be that unusual if it were not for how the hackers did it. Initially, the worker became suspicious after receiving a message supposedly from the CFO, thinking it was a […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Myanmar Cyber Crime Bosses Handed to China You may remember that a couple of weeks ago I reported that the Myanmar government turned over control of the part of the country where Crime bosses were running various social engineering scams and human trafficking to the rebels who threatened to shut them down. Now there are […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Just to be clear here, the celebrities have nothing to do with this. In one campaign, Canadian celebrity chef Mary Berg shows up in ads. The headlines scream ‘global scandal’. She is depicted in courtrooms, sometimes handcuffed behind her back, etc. Other headlines say her career is over. What is the purpose? Apparently, trying to […]
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