The Russians, in particular Pravda, which is Russian for truth, has created another interesting disinformation attack. The Russians figured out years ago that most Americans are not critical thinkers and if they can figure out a way to present fake information long enough, many people will believe it. For the last several election cycles, their […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Laws are interesting. You may remember a few years ago when the FCC started fining telecom companies for allowing spam phone calls. Almost overnight the companies were able to flag “suspicious” or “suspected spam” calls. Money talks. In Australia, a new law makes banks, social media and telecom carriers LIABLE for scams. The law, called […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Musk’s Grok AI Says 75%-85% Probability That Trump is a Russian Asset Some of you are probably old enough to remember Art Linkletter’s “Kids Say The Darnedest Things”. Grok is like that, apparently. Responding to a prompt from a journalist, Grok, the Maximally Truth Seeking AI, according to Musk, says that there is a 75% […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Hard coded secrets are things like passwords and API keys that are hard coded into “apps” for anyone to find. Generally considered a bad thing. 🙂 Cybernews researched more than 150,000 iOS apps and found more than 815,000 secrets. This includes thousands that are sensitive. Secrets that could lead to breaches. Now that this information […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Prez Eases Attacks On Moscow to Cozy Up to Putin As the president tries to get Putin to the negotiating table by continuing to make concessions to him, the Pentagon has told the NSA to stop offensive cyberattacks against Russia. This is the exact opposite of what he said he would do during the campaign. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]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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