Category «Cybercrime»

The Governance Gap That Moltbook Reveals and OpenAI Just Made Urgent

Tech Policy: “When Matt Schlicht instructed his AI agent to create a social network for other AI agents, the result, Moltbook, was initially treated as a novelty. But by late February, more than 2.8 million AI agents had signed up and begun posting about Star Trek, debating morality and developing a religion called “Crustafarianism.” Amid …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements

404 Media [no paywall]: “Customs and Border Protection (CBP) bought data from the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples’ precise movements over time, in a process that often involves siphoning data from ordinary apps like video games, dating services, and fitness trackers, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) document obtained by 404 …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy

Tracking ICE contracts with over 6,000 different entities

ICE Contracts Published on 2026-03-01 – Your Taxpayer Dollars Spent on the Following: Source: Department of Peace Countries: United States Download Size: 17.04 MB Download: Link Magnet: Link Torrent: Link This posting was done by anonymous person or persons: “Details on ICE contracts with over 6,000 different entities ranging from private businesses to government agencies …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Defense, E-Records, Education, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

Major Data Brokers Tried to Hide Their Opt-Out Pages From Search Engines

PC Mag: “Four data brokers have made their opt-out pages easier for internet users to find after a US senator’s investigation found the pages had been hidden from search engines.  Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) made the announcement on Friday after she pressured data brokers to make changes. “Hiding or burying opt-out options for data collection” …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Digital Rights, Financial System, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 28, 2026

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 28, 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: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Defense, E-Government, E-Records, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy

The Government Just Made it Harder to See What Spy Tech it Buys

404 Media: “It might look like something from the early days of the internet, with its aggressively grey color scheme and rectangles nested inside rectangles, but FPDS.gov is one of the most important resources for keeping tabs on what powerful spying tools U.S. government agencies are buying. It includes everything from phone hacking technology, to …

Subjects: AI, Civil Liberties, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Government, E-Records, Economy, Financial System, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Privacy

Tracking The Trackers: Commercial Surveillance Occurring on U.S. Army Networks

ARMY CYBER INSTITUTE TECHNICAL REPORT – Tracking The Trackers: Commercial Surveillance Occurring on U.S. Army Networks – May 4, 2025. “Despite current security implementations, Internet activity on DoD networks is susceptible to web trackers and commercial data collection, which have the potential to expose information about service members and unit operations. This report documents the …

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

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 21, 2026

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 21, 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: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy, Social Media

AI-Generated Passwords Are Apparently Quite Easy to Crack

Gizmodo: “The era of AI has not been particularly great for cybersecurity. We know that vibe-coded websites and apps have been a hotbed of security flaws that leave the platforms vulnerable to attacks. It turns out that vibe-generating your passwords also puts you at risk. New research from cybersecurity firm Irregular found that passwords generated …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Internet

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 14, 2026

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 14, 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: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Mail, E-Records, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines