Reports say that a multinational company is out $25 million after an employee was tricked into wiring the money to fraudsters. This would, unfortunately, not be that unusual if it were not for how the hackers did it. Initially, the worker became suspicious after receiving a message supposedly from the CFO, thinking it was a […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The difference of course, is that when Taylor’s attorneys call, even Elon Musk takes the call. While no one should be victimized by deep fake porn, Swift has resources to call on that virtually no one else does, so this is only important if it calls attention to the problem. The people most at risk […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This week it is in England, but next week it could be on this side of the pond. Facebook was flooded with fake ads featuring Rishi Sunak. The UK also has an election for the prime minister this year. Researchers found 143 DIFFERENT ads impersonating the prime minister. They think the ads may have reached […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]No, this is not a “lets beat up Twitter” post. I assume that the person who posted the fake audio selected Twitter because it would be less likely to be taken down. This is not a smear, just the reality of where the Twitter world is today. UK opposition leader Keir Starmer was smeared by […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Google Posts Exploit to Use Spectre to Leak Data The Spectre family of side channel attacks against Intel based CPUs has been downplayed over the last year by some experts because they said there is no practical attack to steal data. Now Google has posted a proof of concept attack that could steal data at […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Senate Passes Legislation to Protect Against Deep Fakes While I agree that deep fakes – photos and videos that use tech to make it look like someone is saying something or doing something that they never did – can be nasty, is that really the best use of the Senate’s time right now? In any […]
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