The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

As small businesses increasingly depend on digital technologies to operate and grow, the risks associated with cyber threats also escalate. 2 – Keeping the files on 2 different media types to protect against different types of hazards. Cary, NC, Oct. 1 – Storing 1 copy offsite (e.g.,

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2023

Social media giants have long held too much power over our digital identities. By making people feel like mere products- this exploitative digital environment further encourages a bubble of distrust amongst social media users. The fine was the largest ever imposed on a social media company for privacy violations.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

based technology companies. A review of EDR vendors across many cybercrime forums shows that some fake EDR vendors sell the ability to send phony police requests to specific social media platforms, including forged court-approved documents. ” An ad from Pwnstar for fake EDR services. “Unlimited Emergency Data Requests.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 11, 2024

wtf, and PQHosting ; -sites selling aged email, financial, or social media accounts, such as verif[.]work Sanders said he first encountered some of these services while investigating Kremlin-funded disinformation efforts in Ukraine, as they are all useful in assembling large-scale, anonymous social media campaigns. work and kopeechka[.]store

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Jane Frankland

JANUARY 19, 2025

In it, she highlighted a fascinating shift in social media behaviour: the most common action people are now taking isnt liking or commenting on public postsits actually having private conversations in direct messages or small, private groups. A few minutes earlier, Id been scrolling through LinkedIn when a video caught my attention.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Senators have reintroduced the EARN IT Act, requiring social media companies (among others) to administer a massive surveillance operation on their users: A group of lawmakers led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Sen. It’s a framework for private actors to scan every message sent online and report violations to law enforcement.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Deepfakes are media content—such as videos, images, or audio—created using GAI to realistically manipulate faces, voices, or even entire events. The increasing sophistication of these technologies has made it harder than ever to distinguish real content from fake. As the technology evolves, so will its misuse.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 30, 2025

With the acquisitions of DOSarrest in 2021 and Reblaze Technologies in 2024, Link11 has expanded its market position. Maximum security through proprietary, sovereign cloud infrastructure and artificial intelligence Link11 is setting new standards in protection against DDoS attacks by using its own AI-based technology.

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Javvad Malik

APRIL 15, 2025

Now, I’m all for technological advancement. We’re using cutting-edge technology to solve a problem that wouldn’t exist if we used technology properly in the first place. – Thanks to Joseph Cox over at 404 Media for finding this gem of a story. I maybe out of a job if I wasn’t. Be a human.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The Government of Canada ordered the TikTok Technology Canada Inc. s operations in Canada through the establishment of TikTok Technology Canada, Inc. This does not mean Canadians will no longer have access to the popular social media platform. That law is currently being challenged in court by the popular social media platform.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

technology companies between 2021 and 2023, including LastPass , MailChimp , Okta , T-Mobile and Twilio. The feds then obtained records from Virgin Media, which showed the address was leased for several months to Tyler Buchanan , a 22-year-old from Dundee, Scotland. A Scattered Spider phishing lure sent to Twilio employees.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Anne Neuberger, the US deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technologies stated the “Chinese access was broad in terms of potential access to communications of everyday Americans” but she said the hackers only targeted prominent individuals.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2025

This low-power technology is designed for edge and power-constrained terminal deployments in which conventional AI inferencing requires the compression of ultra-high-definition video for real-time processing. on the advancement of this LSI in relation to its proprietary Attribute-Based Encryption (ABE) technologies. TOKYO, Apr.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 27, 2024

And as long as we have been waiting for AI technology to become commonplace, if AI has taught us one thing this year, then its that when humans and AI cooperate, amazing things can happen. A lot of AI related stories this year dealt with social media and other public sources that were scraped to train an AI model.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The companies that were ordered to respond own some of the household social media and streaming service names. Some of the specific information that the FTC was looking for included: How social media and video streaming services collect, use, track, estimate, or derive personal and demographic information.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 7, 2025

Joining MISA represents a significant milestone, demonstrates the company’s ability to deliver impactful security solutions while increasing adoption of their SCALR XDR offering and helping clients maximize their investment in Microsoft Security technologies. Philadelphia, Pa., To learn more: [link].

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Schneier on Security

MAY 31, 2022

Underlying these expectations are broadly shared assumptions that information technology increases operational effectiveness. Qualitative analysis leverages original data from field interviews, leaked documents, forensic evidence, and local media. The reason for this shortfall is their subversive mechanism of action.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The social media giant is testing the use of video selfies and facial recognition to help users get their hijacked accounts back. Social media accounts are often lost when users forget their password, switch devices, or when they inadvertently or even willingly give their credentials to a scammer. Is a comparison always possible?

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Countries trying to influence each other’s elections entered a new era in 2016, when the Russians launched a series of social media disinformation campaigns targeting the US presidential election. It’s not clear how these technologies will change disinformation, how effective they will be or what effects they will have.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

A paradigm shift in technology is hurtling towards us, and it could change everything we know about cybersecurity. When ChatGPT was unveiled to the public in late 2022, security experts looked on with cautious optimism, excited about the new technology but concerned about its use in cyberattacks. Uhh, again, that is.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 3, 2025

SyncUP uses a combination of GPS technology, Wi-Fi, and T-Mobile’s LTE nationwide network to locate registered devices and comes in the form of a small tag, a car tracker or a kids watch. According to our friends at 404 Media , several users reported receiving information that came from another tracker, not their own.

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SecureList

MARCH 25, 2025

In mid-March 2025, Kaspersky technologies detected a wave of infections by previously unknown and highly sophisticated malware. However, Kaspersky’s exploit detection and protection technologies successfully identified the zero-day exploit that was used to escape Google Chrome’s sandbox.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 25, 2021

News from Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology: China Claims Its AI Can Beat Human Pilots in Battle: Chinese state media reported that an AI system had successfully defeated human pilots during simulated dogfights. Last year, for example, an AI agent defeated a U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 22, 2025

As AI technology advances, attackers are shifting their focus from technical exploits to human emotions using deeply personal and well-orchestrated social engineering tactics. Typically, the attacker collects authentic media samples of their target, including still images, videos, and audio clips, to train the deep learning model.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 23, 2021

To evade detection, the malware makes use of the company’s so-called “invisible low stealth technology” and its Android product is advertised as having “low data and battery consumption” to prevent people from suspecting their phone or tablet has been infected.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2025

The CVE program is supported by a network of CVE Numbering Authorities (CNAs), which include major technology companies, research organizations, and government agencies. cybersecurity agency told media [ 1 , 2 ]. The 25-year-old program has assigned over 274,000 CVE IDs for public security vulnerabilities.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 26, 2020

For the second time in as many years, Google is working to fix a weakness in its Widevine digital rights management (DRM) technology used by online streaming sites like Disney , Hulu and Netflix to prevent their content from being pirated. “L3 is usually used on desktops because of the lack of hardware trusted zones.”

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 24, 2021

In the following chapters, we describe various aspects of these challenges and point out how today’s dominant model of online advertising is a threat to consumers, democratic societies, the media, and even to advertisers themselves. Press release. Press coverage. I signed their open letter.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

19, 2025, CyberNewswire — 2025 marks a time of unprecedented volatility in the technology job market. On one hand, dependence on technology is soaring. The growth of AI and machine learning is propelling a surge in new technologies, tactics, and ideas. Cary, NC, Feb.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 15, 2025

15, 2025, CyberNewswire — Quantum computing is set to revolutionize technology, but it also presents a significant security risk for financial institutions. “Wultra has cutting-edge technology that solves the nightmare of every banker in the world,” says Martin Drdul, co-founder of Tensor Ventures.

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Joseph Steinberg

JULY 8, 2021

This article is sponsored by iBynd which enables MSP’s, Cybersecurity companies, Cloud providers and other technology and Financial Service companies to seamlessly integrate a Cyber Liability Insurance product offering to their Small and Medium sized business customers.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The personal information of technology and culture website Mashable.com users has been discovered in a leaked database online. Mashable announced the leak late November 8, in an announcement on its website. “[W]e The company specified that no user passwords or financial information had been compromised.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 7, 2025

These technologies bypass signature-based defenses and mimic legitimate behavior, making detection more challenging. This simulation underscored the importance of adopting advanced technologies to address modern cyber challenges.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2020

By far the largest group of companies exposing their Zoom meetings are in the technology sector, and include a number of security and cloud technology vendors. These include at least one tech company that’s taken to social media warning people about the need to password protect Zoom meetings! Image: SecKC. This is extreme.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 2, 2020

For at least the third time in its existence, OGUsers — a forum overrun with people looking to buy, sell and trade access to compromised social media accounts — has been hacked. An offer by the apparent hackers of OGUsers, offering to remove account information from the eventual database leak in exchange for payment.

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Joseph Steinberg

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

He is also the inventor of several information-security technologies widely used today; his work is cited in over 500 published patents. Sepio’s hardware fingerprinting technology discovers all managed, unmanaged and hidden devices that are otherwise invisible to all other security tools. Learn more: www.sepio.systems.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Atrium Health launched an investigation into the security breach and discovered that from January 2015 to July 2019, certain online tracking technologies were active on its MyAtriumHealth (formerly MyCarolinas) Patient Portal, accessible via web and mobile. The company notified the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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