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Trump Revenge Tour Targets Cyber Leaders, Elections

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 03:27:51 +0000

President Trump last week revoked security clearances for Chris Krebs, the former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) who was fired by Trump after declaring the 2020 election the most secure in U.S. history. The White House memo, which also suspended clearances for other security professionals at Krebs’s employer SentinelOne, comes as CISA is facing huge funding and staffing cuts.

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China-based SMS Phishing Triad Pivots to Banks

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 15:31:58 +0000

China-based purveyors of SMS phishing kits are enjoying remarkable success converting phished payment card data into mobile wallets from Apple and Google. Until recently, the so-called “Smishing Triad” mainly impersonated toll road operators and shipping companies. But experts say these groups are now directly targeting customers of international financial institutions, while dramatically expanding their cybercrime infrastructure and support staff.

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Patch Tuesday, April 2025 Edition

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2025 03:09:36 +0000

Microsoft today released updates to plug at least 121 security holes in its Windows operating systems and software, including one vulnerability that is already being exploited in the wild. Eleven of those flaws earned Microsoft’s most-dire “critical” rating, meaning malware or malcontents could exploit them with little to no interaction from Windows users.

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Trump 2.0 Brings Cuts to Cyber, Consumer Protections

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2025 23:02:14 +0000

One month into his second term, President Trump’s actions to shrink the government through mass layoffs, firings and withholding funds allocated by Congress have thrown federal cybersecurity and consumer protection programs into disarray. At the same time, agencies are battling an ongoing effort by the world’s richest man to wrest control over their networks and data.

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Trump 2.0 Brings Cuts to Cyber, Consumer Protections

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2025 23:02:14 +0000

One month into his second term, President Trump’s actions to shrink the government through mass layoffs, firings and withholding funds allocated by Congress have thrown federal cybersecurity and consumer protection programs into disarray. At the same time, agencies are battling an ongoing effort by the world’s richest man to wrest control over their networks and data.

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Experts Flag Security, Privacy Risks in DeepSeek AI App

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 21:12:30 +0000

New mobile apps from the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek have remained among the top three “free” downloads for Apple and Google devices since their debut on Jan. 25, 2025. But experts caution that many of DeepSeek’s design choices — such as using hard-coded encryption keys, and sending unencrypted user and device data to Chinese companies — introduce a number of glaring security and privacy risks.

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Chinese Innovations Spawn Wave of Toll Phishing Via SMS

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 21:18:48 +0000

Residents across the United States are being inundated with text messages purporting to come from toll road operators like E-ZPass, warning that recipients face fines if a delinquent toll fee remains unpaid. Researchers say the surge in SMS spam coincides with new features added to a popular commercial phishing kit sold in China that makes it simple to set up convincing lures spoofing toll road operators in multiple U.S. states.

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