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Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 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 complex and …
Ars Technica: “Research shows apparent Iranian state hackers trying to hijack consumer-grade cameras. For decades, satellites, drones, and human spotters have all been part of war’s surveillance and reconnaissance tool kit. In an age of cheap, insecure, Internet-connected consumer devices, however, militaries have gained another powerful set of eyes on the ground: every hackable security …
KrebsOnSecurity: AI-based assistants or “agents” — autonomous programs that have access to the user’s computer, files, online services and can automate virtually any task — are growing in popularity with developers and IT workers. But as so many eyebrow-raising headlines over the past few weeks have shown, these powerful and assertive new tools are rapidly …
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 7, 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 …
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 …
ZDNet: “Looking for a simple way to protect your electronics from power surges and tracking software? These tiny gadgets can make a big difference. There are a myriad of software options for protecting all of your electronic and internet-connected devices. But with it being somewhat of an open secret that our devices are spying on …
CNET: “Your home address may be sensitive information but you’d be amazed at how many places you can find it online — even if you’ve recently moved. There’s a whole industry behind collecting your address and selling it, not to mention all the random places it can crop up online. That may be a concern …
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 …
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 …
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” …
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 …
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 …
