Box CPO Highlights the Evolving Role of Privacy Professionals
Box’s chief privacy officer Leah Perry discusses the expanded role of privacy professionals, and how to tackle AI data protection challenges
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Steam Hosted Malware Game that Stole $32,000 from a Cancer Patient Live on Stream
A cancer patient lost $32,000 in crypto after installing a Steam game on his computer containing malware that drained one of his crypto wallets. Raivo Plavnieks is a 26 year old self-described “crypto degen” from Latvia who streams on the site Pump.fun under the name Rastaland. After a seven hour stream on September 20, Plavnieks…
Hacker Conference HOPE Says U.S. Immigration Crackdown Caused Massive Crash in Ticket Sales
Hackers On Planet Earth (HOPE), the iconic and long-running hacking conference, says far fewer people have bought tickets for the event this year as compared to last, with organizers believing it is due to the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts and more aggressive detainment of travellers into the U.S. “We are roughly 50 percent behind…
Facebook Is Censoring 404 Media Stories About Facebook’s Censorship
In early December I got the kind of tip we’ve been getting a lot over the past year. A reader had noticed a post from someone on Reddit complaining about a very graphic sexual ad appearing in their Instagram Reels. I’ve seen a lot of ads for scams or shady dating sites recently, and some…
The biggest cybersecurity and cyberattack stories of 2024
2024 was a big year for cybersecurity, with significant cyberattacks, data breaches, new threat groups emerging, and, of course, zero-day vulnerabilities. Below are fourteen of what BleepingComputer believes are the most impactful cybersecurity stories of 2024. […]
Union Warns Professors About Posting In the ‘Current Climate’
A union that represents university professors and other academics published a guide on Wednesday tailored to help its members navigate social media during the “current climate.” The advice? Lock down your social media accounts, expect anything you post will be screenshotted, and keep things positive. The document ends with links to union provided trauma counseling…
ENISA addresses proposed role to safeguard cybersecurity of health sector in EU action plan
ENISA announces support of the EU action plan, addresses proposed role to safeguard cybersecurity of health sector.
NICKEL ALLEY strategy: Fake it ‘til you make it
Victimizing software developers via fake companies, jobs, and code repositories to steal cryptocurrency Categories: Threat Research Tags: NICKEL ALLEY, Contagious Interview, North Korea, clickfix
Introducing GhostGPT – the latest criminal malware creator
Hackers are taking advantage of a new, uncensored AI chatbot that “pushes the boundaries of ethical AI use”.