Fighting back against potentially harmful voice cloning
If a call sounds like your boss (asking for bank account numbers) or your family member (begging for help in an emergency), you’re more likely to act. That’s why scammers use voice [...]
Google’s Chrome browser – private or not?
If you still hold any notion that Google Chrome’s “Incognito mode” is a good way to protect your privacy online, now’s a good time to stop. Those of us using Chrome's Incognito [...]
Another Data Breach to Worry About!
AT&T has finally confirmed it is impacted by a data breach affecting 73 million current and former customers after initially denying the leaked data originated from them. Back in August 2021 they [...]
Data Aggregators
With all the cyber-attacks and data hacks lately, it's becoming more important that consumers take some proactive actions to protect themselves. Data Aggregators collect, compile, and sell our personal information which is [...]
The Change Healthcare Cyberattack
Three weeks ago, on Wednesday February 21st, Change Healthcare, a division of UnitedHealth Group, was hit by a ransomware attack that was devastating by any measure. That cyberattack shut down the largest [...]
Welcome to the Valley of the Creepy AI Dolls
Hyodol's ChatGPT-enabled dolls Social robots for older adults might not be new, but now they’re recording, listening—and even talking back. Last week at MWC (Mobile World Congress) the winner’s prize [...]
“Pig Butchering” Scams Pose Growing Risks to Individuals and Businesses
Behavioral fraud and social engineering scams are getting more dangerous for everyone. Despite the increasingly sophisticated weapons fraudsters have on hand to execute their scams, social engineering tactics remain one of their [...]
Insurance companies are using drones and satellites to monitor our homes
Over the past decade, insurance companies such as Allstate, Nationwide and Liberty Mutual have been using satellite imagery to gather data on their policy holders with homeowner’s insurance. Why are insurers using [...]
OpenAI released its AI text-to-video generator
Last Thursday OpenAI introduced Sora, its premier text-to-video generator, with beautiful, shockingly realistic videos showcasing the AI model’s capabilities. Sora is now available to a small number of researchers and creative types who will [...]
The Attack of the Electric Toothbrushes!
Last week, a widely reported story that 3 million smart, electric toothbrushes were hacked with malware to conduct distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. A Swiss news site published a story stating [...]
Say Hello to RUFUS
The jury's still out on whether generative AI is really the game-changing technology it promises itself to be, but until we find that out, every tech company in the world wants in [...]
Windows 11 Future
When Windows 11 was first released, Microsoft promised to switch to a one big feature update a year cadence (it was 2 for Windows 10 for a few years, one in Spring, [...]
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