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 […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]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 […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]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, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.Gov Website The web site pulls from a database that anyone can edit. The ultimate definition of full transparency, I guess. It is also not hosted on a government server. Credit: 404 Media VP Calls for Less AI Regulation at Summit The Veep spoke at the Paris AI Action […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Musk Aides With No Government or Cybersecurity Expertise Play Critical Roles at OPM Six young engineers, all under age 24 and one just out of high school, with no government or cybersecurity experience, are now playing critical roles in Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) project, gaining unrestricted access to computer systems at the Office […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Google has revealed that just in the past year dozens of hacking groups in two dozen countries have been detected using Google’s AI agent Gemini to write malware, look for vulnerabilities and target organizations for attack. Among other nefarious tasks. Hackers have used regular Google for years to profile organizations, so that is not really […]
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