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Russian Hackers’ Lawsuit Reveals Weaknesses In Apple’s iOS 16

Russian Hackers’ Lawsuit Reveals Weaknesses In Apple’s iOS 16 04/12/2023 at 22:03 By Thomas Brewster, Forbes Staff A Moscow legal battle strongly indicates that phone forensics tools used by both the FBI and FSB are exploiting security loopholes in Apple’s operating system. This article is an excerpt from Forbes – Cybersecurity View Original Source React […]

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Israeli Hostages’ Family Members Are Being Threatened By Suspicious Texts

Israeli Hostages’ Family Members Are Being Threatened By Suspicious Texts 29/11/2023 at 15:17 By Alexandra S. Levine, Forbes Staff Unknown senders are weaponizing text, WhatsApp and Facebook messages to try to harass or manipulate the families of Israelis kidnapped by Hamas on October 7. This article is an excerpt from Forbes – Cybersecurity View Original

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A Hacker Faked His Own Death–Then Claimed To Have Sold Marriott Customer Data To Russians, FBI Says

A Hacker Faked His Own Death–Then Claimed To Have Sold Marriott Customer Data To Russians, FBI Says 20/11/2023 at 19:32 By Thomas Brewster, Forbes Staff A hacker told the FBI earlier this year that he sold access to the personal data of Marriott hotel customers on a Russian forum, according to a search warrant obtained…

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Apple Announces Surprise New iPhone Move, Starting 2024

Apple Announces Surprise New iPhone Move, Starting 2024 20/11/2023 at 19:32 By Kate O’Flaherty, Senior Contributor Apple has announced it will adopt the rich communication services (RCS) messaging standard for all iPhones in a surprise move. Here’s what you need to know. This article is an excerpt from Forbes – Cybersecurity View Original Source React

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ChatGPT Has Been Turned Into A Social Media Surveillance Assistant

ChatGPT Has Been Turned Into A Social Media Surveillance Assistant 16/11/2023 at 14:32 By Thomas Brewster, Forbes Staff Social Links, a surveillance company that had thousands of accounts banned for mass-scraping Facebook and Instagram, is now using ChatGPT to make sense of data it grabs from social media. This article is an excerpt from Forbes

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Israel Has Asked Meta And TikTok To Remove 8,000 Posts Related To Hamas War

Israel Has Asked Meta And TikTok To Remove 8,000 Posts Related To Hamas War 14/11/2023 at 14:03 By Thomas Brewster, Forbes Staff Israel says its takedown requests to social media companies have increased 10-fold since the start of the war. Ninety-four percent of the content was removed. This article is an excerpt from Forbes –

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Omegle Was ‘The Perfect Storm’ For Child Abuse Problems. Now It’s Dead

Omegle Was ‘The Perfect Storm’ For Child Abuse Problems. Now It’s Dead 10/11/2023 at 22:47 By Thomas Brewster, Forbes Staff It did so for more than a decade, drawing scores of lawsuits over alleged child grooming on the app. This article is an excerpt from Forbes – Cybersecurity View Original Source React to this headline:

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A Green Energy Giant Was Defrauded Of $800,000–The Hackers Sent $50,000 To A Nigerian Oil Official, FBI Says

A Green Energy Giant Was Defrauded Of $800,000–The Hackers Sent $50,000 To A Nigerian Oil Official, FBI Says 07/11/2023 at 23:32 By Thomas Brewster, Forbes Staff Nigerian oil and gas regulator protests innocence after FBI says $50,000 in funds stolen from a wind turbine provider ended up in his account. This article is an excerpt

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Oracle Employee Helped Cocaine Dealers Hide $54 Million In Crypto, DOJ Says

Oracle Employee Helped Cocaine Dealers Hide $54 Million In Crypto, DOJ Says 07/11/2023 at 19:35 By Thomas Brewster, Forbes Staff A long-time Oracle engineer was allegedly hiding crypto for imprisoned cocaine dealers who were shifting millions of dollars every month, the DOJ says. One of the dealers protests that the crypto was legitimately acquired. This

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For Less Than $1, Anyone Can Buy A Military Vet’s Financial And Health History

For Less Than $1, Anyone Can Buy A Military Vet’s Financial And Health History 06/11/2023 at 15:02 By Thomas Brewster, Forbes Staff Data brokers are collecting and selling reams of sensitive personal information about members of the military, according to Duke University research. That could put national security at risk, the researchers say. This article

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Ex/Ante, VC Firm Focused On Online Disinformation And Safety, Raises $33 Million

Ex/Ante, VC Firm Focused On Online Disinformation And Safety, Raises $33 Million 02/11/2023 at 17:32 By Alex Konrad, Forbes Staff Led by Zoe Weinberg and spun out of a public-benefit venture arm of Eric Schmidt’s, ex/ante’s “agentic tech” thesis is backed by Marc Andreessen and the Ford Foundation. This article is an excerpt from Forbes

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Israel Calls In Hackers And Spyware Companies To Break Into Abductees’ Phones

Israel Calls In Hackers And Spyware Companies To Break Into Abductees’ Phones 31/10/2023 at 17:33 By Thomas Brewster, Forbes Staff The whole of Israel’s hacker ecosystem “is devoted to the effort to gather any kind of information,” one analyst tells Forbes. This article is an excerpt from Forbes – Cybersecurity View Original Source React to

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Amazon Paid Employee $350,000 In Expenses For Non-Existent Meals And Fake Happy Hours, FBI Says

Amazon Paid Employee $350,000 In Expenses For Non-Existent Meals And Fake Happy Hours, FBI Says 24/10/2023 at 19:02 By Thomas Brewster, Forbes Staff Amazon staffer running events for new execs filed “fictitious” expenses, including $50,000 in UberEats vouchers. This article is an excerpt from Forbes – Cybersecurity View Original Source React to this headline:

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Israeli War Evacuees Fear Hamas Stole Their Phones. Cyber Volunteers Are Helping Protect Them.

Israeli War Evacuees Fear Hamas Stole Their Phones. Cyber Volunteers Are Helping Protect Them. 23/10/2023 at 23:02 By Thomas Brewster, Forbes Staff Hamas stole phones and laptops, using them to harass war victims, Israeli cyber experts say. Volunteers are helping them recover their accounts and supplying them with free security aid. This article is an

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Cops Can Now Fly Drones From Anywhere In The World Using Just A Web Browser

Cops Can Now Fly Drones From Anywhere In The World Using Just A Web Browser 18/10/2023 at 14:02 By Thomas Brewster, Forbes Staff Easy-to-use drones with gunshot and license plate detection are spreading across the U.S. and can be flown from anywhere in the world. This article is an excerpt from Forbes – Cybersecurity View

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On TikTok, White Supremacist ‘Active Club’ Recruitment Videos May Have Reached Millions

On TikTok, White Supremacist ‘Active Club’ Recruitment Videos May Have Reached Millions 17/10/2023 at 23:17 By Emily Baker-White, Forbes Staff The videos juxtapose traditional fitness and martial arts imagery with white supremacist flags, symbols, and messages. TikTok is now rushing to remove them. This article is an excerpt from Forbes – Cybersecurity View Original Source

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Israel Hospital Uses Facial Recognition To Identify Dead And Wounded From Hamas War

Israel Hospital Uses Facial Recognition To Identify Dead And Wounded From Hamas War 11/10/2023 at 19:18 By Thomas Brewster, Forbes Staff When family members send in photos of their missing loved ones, Corsight AI’s technology checks for matches against images of patients. This article is an excerpt from Forbes – Cybersecurity View Original Source React

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Fearing Hamas Execution Videos, Schools Urge Families To Delete TikTok And Instagram

Fearing Hamas Execution Videos, Schools Urge Families To Delete TikTok And Instagram 11/10/2023 at 13:32 By Alexandra S. Levine, Forbes Staff Schools are encouraging parents to have their kids delete social media, anticipating Hamas will use the apps to broadcast the terrorists’ gruesome killing of hostages. This article is an excerpt from Forbes – Cybersecurity

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Exclusive: FBI Hunts School ‘Swatter’ Who Sent A Bomb Hoax To Sandy Hook

Exclusive: FBI Hunts School ‘Swatter’ Who Sent A Bomb Hoax To Sandy Hook 07/10/2023 at 15:34 By Thomas Brewster, Forbes Staff FBI identifies suspect in Riverside, California, who targeted elementary schools, suicide help lines and Nashville Airport. It comes after a barrage of “swatting” calls has caused chaos across America. This article is an excerpt

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A Hollywood-Backed Nonprofit’s App Promises To Identify Sex Traffickers. But Critics Say It Endangers Survivors

A Hollywood-Backed Nonprofit’s App Promises To Identify Sex Traffickers. But Critics Say It Endangers Survivors 04/10/2023 at 21:32 By Thomas Brewster, Forbes Staff Cofounded by an ex-CIA agent and former NavySeal, DeliverFund was gaining plaudits and big-name donors for its work to prevent trafficking. But critics have accused it of endangering victims of the same

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