In light of the Supreme Court saying that it it not invasive for web sites to collect your government ID to verify your age before letting you see their site, Google is trying a different, very interesting, tactic instead of requiring you to upload your government ID. The problems with web sites collecting your ID […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Tea app, apparently, is a women-only dating safety app where members can share reviews about men, with access to the platform requiring a selfie and a government ID. The app, apparently, had a security problem. On Friday a user posted that there was an unsecured Firebase storage bucket with driver’s licenses, selfies and photos […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]DOGE Staffer Leaked Private xAI API Key This does not appear to be malicious but both careless and of questionable judgement. Marko Elez, a special government employee who recently worked on systems at Treasury, Social Security and Homeland, published code to his GitHub. The code contained a private API key that exposed dozens of models […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Okay, so you may want to take a shower after reading this, but it is important. Nudify apps do just that. You upload a picture of someone, say a high school girl you want to bully. Enter your (stolen) credit card. Click a few buttons and you download a deepfake nude image of the picture […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]People who suspect their partner of cheating usually use traditional methods to figure out whether their suspicion is real – like looking at their phone calls, text messages and emails. Sometimes they even hire a PI to follow their spouse. Suspicion is aroused when the spouse has new habits like paying more attention to personal […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Fake DMV Texts Scam Thousands This is a variation of the text scams we have seen before. These attacks impersonate DMV authorities and have tricked thousands into handing over sensitive info. The texts point to a scam website that looks like real DMV web sites and threatens license suspension and other legal penalties if people […]
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