Wisconsin Governor Hacks the Veto Process
In my latest book, A Hacker’s Mind, I wrote about hacks as loophole exploiting. This is a great example: The…
Security
Emotet: sold or on vacation? – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Originally a banking trojan, Emotet later evolved into a full-blown botnet and went on to become one of the most…
Weekly Update 355
Presently sponsored by: EPAS by Detack. No EPAS protected password has ever been cracked and won’t be found in any…
Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Nebula
Pretty: A mysterious squid-like cosmic cloud, this nebula is very faint, but also very large in planet Earth’s sky. In…
The AI Dividend
For four decades, Alaskans have opened their mailboxes to find checks waiting for them, their cut of the black gold…
What’s up with Emotet?
A brief summary of what happened with Emotet since its comeback in November 2021 The post What’s up with Emotet?…
Belgian Tax Hack
Here’s a fascinating tax hack from Belgium (listen to the details here, episode #484 of “No Such Thing as a…
Class-Action Lawsuit for Scraping Data without Permission
I have mixed feelings about this class-action lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming that it “scraped 300 billion words from…
Deepfaking it: What to know about deepfake‑driven sextortion schemes
Criminals increasingly create deepfake nudes from people’s benign public photos in order to extort money from them, the FBI warns…
The Password Game
Amusing parody of password rules. BoingBoing: For example, at a certain level, your password must include today’s Wordle answer. And…