We start this week with Jason’s article about a CBP official wearing Meta Ray-Bans smart glasses to an immigration raid. A lot of stuff happened after we published that article too. After the break, Sam tells us about the bargain that voice actors are making with AI. In the subscribers-only section, Jason tells us how…
Categories: Sophos Insights Tags: Firewall, Ransomware
With the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the seventh inning of Sunday’s Twins-Orioles game, Twins cleanup hitter Matt Wallner watched a knee-high 3-2 pitch sail directly over the heart of the plate for strike three. Rather than accept his fate, an emotional, frustrated Wallner tapped his helmet, signaling that he was…
We’re back! And holy moly what a start to the year. We just published a bunch of stories. First, Jason talks about blowback inside Meta to its new board member, and Meta’s subsequent censoring of those views. We also chat about those mad Meta AI profiles. After the break, Sam explains why Pornhub is blocked…
The SVG file format can harbor malicious HTML, scripts, and malware
Critical SonicWall zero-day (CVE-2025-23006) in SMA 1000 appliances fixed. Rated 9.8 CVSS; patch now to prevent active exploitation.
Tea, the viral women’s dating safety app, has turned off direct messages after 404 Media revealed that a vulnerability allowed unauthorized parties to gain access to users’ direct messages, including many in which women discussed their abortions, cheating partners, and phone numbers they sent to one another. Kasra Rahjerdi, the independent security researcher who first…
Business resilience must be the ultimate purpose of all the security controls and processes we employ, because we will never conclusively defeat or protect ourselves from social engineering.
In a continued effort to protect Springfield utilities from outside cyber threats, city officials have once again joined a grant program aimed at providing the necessary services for protection against digital attacks. At their monthly meeting last week, the City of Springfield Board of Mayor and Aldermen unanimously approved a resolution authorizing its participation in
We dedicate the whole free section of this episode to Musk’s takeover of the federal government. We got audio from a meeting in which a Musk ally laid out their plans for AI across the government, and revealed who is now the head of HR for DOGE. In the subscribers only section, we talk about…
