AI chatbots are serial liars. If they don’t know something, they’ll often make up an answer and respond so confidently you’ll want to believe them. This landed their makers in hot water when they made false claims about a radio host, an Australian mayor, and a former politician. But have you ever asked an AI […]
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If you think you’ve been scammed, it’s natural to want to ask for help or just vent on social media. Unfortunately, doing so will probably attract dozens of recovery scammers. In this post, I’ll explain how their scam works and how to avoid falling for it. How recovery scams work Recovery scammers target people who
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In T-Mobile related news this week, a faulty update exposed customer data, and T-Mobile authorized retailer Connectivity Source suffered a data breach. Faulty update mix-up The faulty T-Mobile update resulted in customers seeing other users’ sensitive data when logged in to their T-Mobile accounts. According to The Verge, who first broke the story on Wednesday,
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Ransomware gang 8Base declared yesterday in an X (formerly Twitter) post that “hospitals, non-profit organizations, social funds, and schools” were “NO LONGER of interest” to the criminal group. Instead, the gang claimed it would “leave NOTES with safety recommendations” if it accessed such organizations, presumably to help them beef up their cyber defenses. The gang’s
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According to data from eCrime.ch, 390 organizations were listed on ransomware leak sites in August. This is approximately an 18% decrease from July, which saw 478 organizations listed. The top five most targeted sectors in August were law (21), IT (18), construction (15), education (12), and government (11). 125 of the victim organizations, 32% of
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Note: I was not paid to write this review, and this post does not contain affiliate links Using an authenticator app is a great way to protect your online accounts. But which authenticator app should you choose? While apps like Google Authenticator and Authy are popular, it’s worth exploring some lesser-known alternatives. In this post, I’ll be focusing on
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Scammers have been busy impersonating the United States Postal Service in fake text messages this week. The texts are designed to trick recipients into revealing their personal and financial information, putting their identity and hard earned cash at risk. The scam The text messages, many examples of which have been posted on the subreddit r/scams,
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Update February 11th: Skiff has been acquired by Notion and will be shutting down its suite of products within 6 months. If you use Skiff, you need to make plans to export your data and migrate to another service. Skiff Mail is unique among privacy-focused email providers as it allows you to connect a custom
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Educational organizations are often at the top of a cybercriminal’s list of potential targets. That’s because they hold a lot of valuable data but rarely have much budget for cybersecurity. Ransomware gangs, in particular, have been aggressively targeting the sector. In this post, I’ll dive into ransomware and the threat it poses to educational institutions,
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On Wednesday, ransomware gang Cl0p began leaking the data it stole from Pension Benefits Information (PBI). The stolen data contains personal information, including SSNs, of customers of insurance and pension companies that work with PBI. Cl0p’s publication of this data puts these customers at risk of identity theft. So far, California Public Employees’ Retirement System
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Raivo OTP is a popular free and open source authenticator app for iOS that is well-respected in the privacy community. However, in a surprise announcement on Monday, Raivo declared it had been acquired by a little known app development company called Mobime. While Raivo’s announcement claimed “nothing will change for you, except for more support
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