Lumma Stealer, coming and going
The high-profile information stealer switches up its TTPs, but keeps the CAPTCHA tactic; we take a deep dive
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Watch an AI-Generated Recruiter Make a Job Interview Even Worse
Job hunting can be a dehumanizing, demoralizing experience even if you’re interacting with an empathetic recruiter on the other end. For the 1.7 million people slogging through long-term unemployment in the U.S., the process is grueling at best. Add to this the advent of AI-generated recruiter avatars that glitch out on you before you even…
NICKEL TAPESTRY expands fraudulent worker operations
The North Korean IT worker scheme grows to include organizations in Europe and Asia and industries beyond the technology sector
‘I Loved That AI:’ Judge Moved by AI-Generated Avatar of Man Killed in Road Rage Incident
An AI avatar made to look and sound like the likeness of a man who was killed in a road rage incident addressed the court and the man who killed him: “To Gabriel Horcasitas, the man who shot me, it is a shame we encountered each other that day in those circumstances,” the AI avatar…
Signal Clone TeleMessage Deleted Video About How It Works—Here’s What It Said
Earlier this week TeleMessage, the company that creates modified versions of messaging apps like Signal and adds an archiving ability to them, made a video private on its YouTube channel that explained how its Signal message archiving tool worked, and how the company says it is able to copy messages securely. The hiding of the…
Dora the Explorer Teaches About ‘Sigma,’ an Extremely Toxic Male Aspiration
Dora the Explorer, the cute Nickelodeon cartoon character, is teaching kids what it means to be “Sigma,” a slang term describing an extremely toxic male archetype which originates in the darkest corners of the so-called “manosphere.” “Hola, grown-ups! Today I have a super cool word for you! Sigma,” a 3D rendered version of Dora says…
The AI Slop Presidency
Trump has found an aesthetic to define his second term: grotesque AI slop. Over the weekend, the Trump administration posted at least seven different pieces of AI generated or AI altered media, ranging from Trump imagining himself as a pope and a Star Wars Jedi (or Sith?) to Obama-esque “Hope” posters featuring people the administration…
Podcast: The Trump Admin’s Signal Clone Was Hacked
We start this week’s episode with our massive story on TeleMessage, the Signal clone the Trump administration uses to archive messages which was hacked. We have more detail than anyone else on that story. After the break, Jason tells us about another hack, this time GlobalX Air, one of the airlines used by ICE for…
Senator Demands Investigation into Trump Admin Signal Clone After 404 Media Investigation
On Tuesday a Senator demanded the Department of Justice investigate “the serious threat to U.S. national security” posed by TeleMessage, a company that makes aa Signal clone used by the Trump administration which 404 Media revealed was hacked on Sunday, with the hacker obtaining the content of some users’ messages and group chats. The news…