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Month: August 2022
Binance chief says a “sophisticated hacking team” turned him into a deepfake hologram
Deepfakes are back, and causing major problems for people involved in financial circles. Scammers have been targeting people in the cryptocurrency…
ChromeOS vulnerability found by Microsoft
Microsoft recently released a report about a ChromeOS remote memory corruption vulnerability. The issue has already been fixed. In fact, it…
Reset your password now! Plex suffers data breach
In an email sent to its users, Plex has revealed that a cybercriminal accessed some customer data, including emails and encrypted passwords….
Twitter security under scrutiny after former executive turns whistleblower
A former Twitter executive has acted as a whistleblower and alleged some serious problems. Provided these accusations are true, the disclosure…
Google flags man as sex abuser after he sends photos of child to doctor
Mark noticed something was wrong with his son. His penis was hurting and appeared to be swollen. Since it was a…
Reddit users crowdsourcing explicit images and identities
The BBC is warned of a large photograph trading ring which operated on popular group forum site Reddit. These warnings are in…
Cryptojackers growing in numbers and sophistication
With rising energy costs and increased volatility in the value of cryptocurrencies, we were bound to see a rise in malicious cryptomining, aka…
Criminals socially engineer their way to bank details with fake arrest warrants
When an organization experiences a massive data breach, it knows (at least) that it needs to inform the federal government about…
A week in security (August 15 – August 21)
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