Category «Cybercrime»

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, May 15, 2026

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, May 15, 2026 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly …

Subjects: AI, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Search Engines, Social Media

Security researchers use Anthropic’s Mythos AI model to crack Apple’s macOS

Fortune Tech: “Researchers with the Silicon Valley security firm Calif say they were able to use Anthropic’s Mythos AI model to corrupt an Apple Mac’s memory and gain access to parts of the machine that they shouldn’t. It’s called a “privilege escalation exploit,” and it can be used to seize control of a computer. The …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity

GTIG AI Threat Tracker: Adversaries Leverage AI for Vulnerability Exploitation

Fortune Tech: “Google’s Threat Intelligence Group said Monday that it was able to stop an effort by hackers to use AI to “plan a mass vulnerability exploitation operation.” According to Google, the hackers used an AI model to find, then exploit, a zero-day vulnerability, the name for a software flaw that developers aren’t yet aware …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Financial System, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, May 9, 2026

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, May 9, 2026 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy, Social Media

Inside the Chinese Realtime Deepfake Software Powering Scams Around the World

404 Media: “I was on a Microsoft Teams call interacting with this deepfake version of myself in realtime. Ordinarily the other person on the line looks nothing like me, but by using a gaming laptop and a sought-after, cutting edge piece of software for scammers, his face morphed into mine. My deepfake pinched his cheek, …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research

Your browser is leaking your real location even with a VPN – here’s the setting that stops it

MakeUseOf/MUD – “WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication) is the browser technology that powers video calls, voice chat, and peer-to-peer file sharing directly in your browser, without needing a separate app or plugin. Google Meet, Discord in-browser, file transfer tools, and basically anything that connects to other devices — all of them depend on it. It sounds …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Internet, Privacy

Security Researcher Decompiled White House App – Alarming Results

Android Headlines: “A security researcher decompiled the White House’s new official app and found some alarming stuff buried in the code, including a hidden GPS tracking pipeline, JavaScript loaded from a random GitHub account, no SSL certificate pinning, and an in-app browser that silently strips cookie consent dialogs and paywalls from every page you visit. …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Government, E-Records, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy

LLRX April 2026 Issue – Articles and Columns

There are 7 new articles and 6 new columns in the April 2026 issue of LLRX. YIKES! The Bluebook’s Generative AI Is Flawed – Book Review by Prof. Jessica R. Gunder Book Review – How To AI: Cut Through The Hype. Master The Basics. Transform Your Work – In the current publishing cycle, books about AI are …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Education, Financial System, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy, Social Media

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, May 2, 2026

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, May 2, 2026 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Internet, Privacy, Social Media

Over 80% of US government agencies already use AI agents – and it’s only the beginning

ZDNET: “According to IDC research focused on public-sector readiness, agentic AI is no longer in the experimental phase for government; it is a leadership mandate. IDC finds that while many government agencies are implementing agent-driven workflows, few have moved beyond pilots. The rate of agentic AI adoption in government is due to several factors: Budgetary pressures …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Government, E-Records, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Medicare portal database exposed health providers’ Social Security numbers

Washington Post – no paywall: “The Trump administration inadvertently exposed the Social Security numbers of health care providers in a database powering a new Medicare portal, The Washington Post found. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) last year created a directory to help seniors look up which doctors and medical providers accept which …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Government Documents, Legal Research

Maryland property search tool is back online, nearly two weeks after cyber attack

Maryland Matters: “Maryland’s property ownership database is back online as of Monday after a nearly two-week hiatus because of a cybersecurity incident. After state officials detected suspicious activity on their servers, they took down the state officials took the State Department of Assessments and Taxation website on April 14, in order to contain the threat …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents