Yes, you heard me right. No, not party balloons, spy balloons. As countries want ever more spy data but don’t have ever more budget, this is an option they are testing. Just last week the UK said it had completed trials of an UNCREWED, high altitude set of balloons. The MoD said they were a […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Drug Cartels Use IT to Kill FBI Informants According to a newly published report, a Sinaloa cartel/El Chapo insider contacted the FBI in 2018 and told it of all the ways in which the cybercrook hired by the cartel helped it track down those who could give up key details about its operation and eliminate […]
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]The FBI released a warning yesterday about a loosely-organized cybercriminal organization called The Com. The Com launches cyberattacks to steal money and information. The FBI released 3 security bulletins about The Com, a group made up of English-speaking minors, but which has expanded to include THOUSANDS of people who commit a variety of crimes. The crimes include ransomware, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Hackers can and are contributing to open-source projects, but their contributions are not benign. Open-source – including AI code generators , are the main stay of software development. Saves time and money. In the second quarter of 2025, data exfiltration remained the top priority for attackers looking to quietly compromise developer environments from the inside out. In […]
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 […]
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