“I’m not a voyeur, I’m a technology enthusiast,” says the creator, who combined deepfake AI with a need for cash to get ka-CHING!
Monthly Archives: June 2019
Mozilla’s bizarre robo-surfer project demonstrates ad snooping
In an effort to show you how advertisers snoop on your surfing activity, Mozilla is offering you the chance to pretend that you’re someone else.
Google Maps shortcut turns into 100-car mud pie in farmer’s field
Trying to save 20 minutes, 100 drivers took a Google Maps shortcut… into a field, where the mud-stuck cars then caused a 2-hour delay.
Cryptocurrency phish dials back the fear, cranks up the politeness
Spammers and scammers are getting better at spelling and grammar – so make sure you aren’t relying on language alone to spot phishes…
Tesla 3 navigation system fooled with GPS spoofing
Cybersecurity researchers have fooled the Tesla Model 3’s automatic navigation system into rapidly braking and taking a wrong turn on the highway.
YouTube’s antics with kids’ data prompts call for FTC to force change
Sen. Markey and 2 consumer groups said the Google-owned service must comply with COPPA and should be held accountable for not doing so.
FTC crackdown targets operators behind 1 billion robocalls
It’s a drop in the “4.7 billion robocalls placed per month” bucket, but hey, it’s better than nothing!
Are heart electrocardiograms the next big thing in biometrics?
After fingers, the iris of the eye, ears and even lips, it was probably inevitable that someone would propose the human heart might be the next big thing in biometric security.
Hacker threw Molotov cocktail, dropped USB drive of his DDoS deeds
Those things drop out of pockets at the worst times. Like, say, when you’re hurling a bomb at a brick-and-mortar that you’ve also DDoSed.
Social engineering forum hacked, user data dumped on rival site
Social Engineered, dedicated to the “Art of Human Hacking,” was gutted, with 55,121 users’ details leaked on the same day as the hack.