The Guide #189: Your new celebrity best friend? It’s just a deepfake trying to con you
Date
Source
The Guardian
Categories
Fraud, Scams & Disinformation
DeepSeek. Temu. TikTok. China Tech Is Starting to Pull Ahead.
Date
Source
The New York Times
Categories
International Impact
Technology Impact
IT Security Community Meetings
Access to the slides from past IT Security Community meetings is limited to members of the U-M IT Security Community. Login with a uniqname and UMICH password is required.
Texts Impersonating Duo to Steal Passcodes
Description
A threat actor may impersonate Duo in text messages in order to induce a person to provide Duo passcodes so that they can access the person’s account for malicious purposes. Prior to sending a person text messages to steal Duo passcodes, the threat actor has already stolen a user’s UMICH login credentials and mobile number (possibly through a fake login page or other phishing scam).
This Bracelet Records Everything I Say, Swearing Included
Date
Source
The Wall Street Journal
Categories
Privacy
Technology Impact
Millions of Apple Airplay-enabled devices can be hacked via Wi-Fi
Date
Source
Ars Technica
Categories
Data Breaches & Vulnerabilities
Privacy
Technology Impact
Update that made ChatGPT 'dangerously' sycophantic pulled
Date
Source
BBC News
Categories
Technology Impact
‘This Is What We Were Always Scared of’: DOGE Is Building a Surveillance State
Date
Source
The New York Times
Categories
Laws, Regulations & Compliance
Privacy
Technology Impact