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
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Behind the Blog: Exercises in OSINT and Storage Pains
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss OSINT for chat groups, Russell Crowe films, and storage problems. JOSEPH: On Wednesday we recorded a subscribers podcast about the second anniversary of 404 Media. That should…
Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger Buys Nvidia Shares, Sees AI Market Expansion
Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger disclosed purchasing Nvidia shares and other AI-related stocks.
Comic-Con Bans AI Art After Artist Pushback
San Diego Comic-Con changed an AI art friendly policy following an artist-led backlash last week. It was a small victory for working artists in an industry where jobs are slipping away as movie and video game studios adopt generative AI tools to save time and money. Every year, tens of thousands of people descend on…
Podcast: OpenAI’s Studio Ghibli AI Is ‘An Insult to Life Itself’
Jason, Sam, and Emanuel talk about Miyazaki being turned into a meme, the guys suing OnlyFans after being surprised to learn they were not actually talking to models, and the depravity of “brainrot” AI. Articles discussed: Hayao Miyazaki, Who Said AI Is ‘Insult to Life Itself,” Reduced to AI-Generated Meme by OpenAIOnlyFans Sued After Two…
DeepSeek’s growing popularity renews concerns about protecting U.S. data from Beijing
Security concerns alone are enough for the biggest U.S. companies to pump the brakes on using DeepSeek’s models right now.
‘Dogequest’ Site Claims to Dox Tesla Owners Across the U.S.
A website called “DOGEQUEST” has posted on a searchable map what it claims to be the names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of Tesla owners across the United States, and says it will remove the data if an individual proves that they have sold their Tesla. The map also includes the addresses of Tesla…
Underground Facial Recognition Tool Unmasks Camgirls
An underground site uses facial recognition to reveal the site a camgirl streams on, potentially letting someone take a woman’s photo from social media, then use the site to out their sex work. The site presents a serious privacy risk to sex workers, some who may not want stalkers, harassers, or employers to discover their…
Behind the Blog: Party Vibes and Spilling Tea
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss messy Tea and our first livestreamed event. SAM: We had an awesome time hanging out with a couple hundred of our Angeleno friends at Rip.Space on Wednesday!…
UK engineering firm Smiths Group hit by cyber attack
British engineering firm Smiths Group said on Tuesday it was managing a cyber security incident that involved unauthorised access to its systems.