Gootloader inside out
Open-source intelligence reveals the server-side code of this pernicious SEO-driven malware – without needing a lawyer afterward
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Wolf Haldenstein law firm says 3.5 million impacted by data breach
Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP (“Wolf Haldenstein”) reports it has suffered a data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 3.5 million individuals to hackers. […]
Why This OnlyFans Model Posts Machine Learning Explainers to Pornhub
Zara Dar’s six-minute explainer video “So what are Integrals?” has a little over half a million views with 450 likes and an 87 percent positive “thumbs up” review rate. Commenters have said the video, which is a short introduction to one of the fundamental operations of calculus, is “educational,” “great,” and “just incredible.” “I have…
FTC Sues John Deere Over Its Repair Monopoly
The Biden administration and the states of Illinois and Minnesota sued tractor and agricultural manufacturer John Deere Wednesday, arguing that the company’s anti consumer repair practices have driven up prices for farmers and have made it difficult for them to get repairs during critical planting and harvesting seasons. The lawsuit alleges that Deere has monopoly…
Podcast: Total Chaos at Meta
We’ve got much more on what is happening inside Meta with the company’s recent speech policy changes. Jason runs us through it. After the break, Joseph explains how thousands of apps have been hijacked to steal your location data, possibly without the app developers’ knowledge. In the subscribers-only section, we talk about various stories intersecting…
Instagram Ads Send This Nudify Site 90 Percent of Its Traffic
An AI app for creating nonconsensual nude images of anyone is getting the vast majority of its traffic directly from Meta platforms, where the app is buying thousands of explicit ads featuring nonconsensual nudity of celebrities and influencers. The blatant and repeated violation of Meta’s policies over the course of months is making a mockery…
159-CVE January Patch Tuesday smashes single-month record
Brace yourselves… and consider reading your email in plaintext for now
Telegram Hands U.S. Authorities Data on Thousands of Users
Telegram, the popular social network and messaging application which has also become a hotbed for all sorts of serious criminal activity, provided U.S. authorities with data on more than 2,200 users last year, according to newly released data from Telegram. The news shows a massive spike in the number of data requests fulfilled by Telegram…
Violent Hackers Are Using U-Haul To Dox Targets
Members of an underground criminal community that hack massive companies, steal swathes of cryptocurrency, and even commission robberies or shootings against members of the public or one another have an unusual method for digging up personal information on a target: the truck and trailer rental company U-Haul. With access to U-Haul employee accounts, hackers can…