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Security News Bites for March 14, 2025

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% […]

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Did Someone Tell You iPhones Are Secure? Not Really!

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 […]

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Trump Coin Scam Delivers Malware That Hijacks Device

Note that this is not a political post; they are only using that coin because it gained popularity and therefore is a good attack method for scammers. It will work just as well on any cryptocurrency if there is enough interest. It took scammers TWO MINUTES to exploit Trump’s crypto launch to spread malware and […]

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Firings and Staff Cuts at CISA Imperil Efforts to Stop Chinese Hacking

In testimony before Congress about Chinese cyberattacks, Rob Joyce, former cybersecurity director at the NSA, told Congress that he had  “grave concerns that the aggressive threats to cut U.S. government probationary employees will have a devastating impact on cybersecurity and national security.”  The government already has a LOT of trouble hiring competent cybersecurity staff because […]

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2,665 Percent Increase in Deep Fake Camera Scams

Is that person staring at you on Zoom really your boss? Or, is it a deep fake trying to get you to “gift” some hacker your company’s money? Last year that is exactly what happened to one Hong Kong company — to the tune of $25 million. iProov, a company that sells facial recognition identity […]

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Security News Bites for February 28, 2025

Screens at HUD Display AI Video of Donald Trump Sucking … Okay, I know that was click bait. As Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) employees walked into headquarters on Monday, they were greeted by large television screens showing video of the President sucking Elon Musk’s toes. Staff could not initially turn off the […]

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