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Trump 2.0 Brings Cuts to Cyber, Consumer Protections

February 28, 2025 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, bruce schneier, bybit, christopher stanley, Coinbase, conservative political action conference, consumer financial protection bureau, cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency, davi ottenheimer, department of government efficiency, department of homeland security, Department of Justice, edward coristine, gavin kliger, global investigative journalism network, hunter labs, internal revenue service, jacob silverman, jacob williams, katie arrington, kleptocapture task force, kleptocracy asset recovery initiative, Latest Warnings, leland dudek, lizardstresser, michelle king, natalya martynova, national institute of standards and technology, national treasury employees union, office of management and budget, office of personnel management, organized crime and corruption reporting project, president donald trump, project 2025, rep. andy ogles, russia's war on ukraine, sean cairncross, social security administration, starlink, The Coming Storm, treasury department, u.s. agency for international development, u.s. foreign corrupt practices act, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, valery martynov, vladimir putin, volodymyr zelensky

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.

Independent Krebs Security

How Phished Data Turns into Apple & Google Wallets

February 28, 2025 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, All About Skimmers, andy chandler, Apple, csis security group, ford merrill, ghost tap, Google, grant smith, imessage, m3aawg, rcs, resecurity, secalliance, smishing, The Coming Storm, threatfabric, Web Fraud 2.0, znfc

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 18:37:26 +0000

Carding — the underground business of stealing, selling and swiping stolen payment card data — has long been the dominion of Russia-based hackers. Happily, the broad deployment of more secure chip-based payment cards in the United States has weakened the carding market. But a flurry of innovation from cybercrime groups in China is breathing new life into the carding industry, by turning phished card data into mobile wallets that can be used online and at main street stores.

Independent Krebs Security

Nearly a Year Later, Mozilla is Still Promoting OneRep

February 28, 2025 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, dimitiri shelest, firefox, Mozilla, mozilla monitor plus, nuwber, onerep, radaris

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 20:14:47 +0000

In mid-March 2024, KrebsOnSecurity revealed that the founder of the personal data removal service Onerep also founded dozens of people-search companies. Shortly after that investigation was published, Mozilla said it would stop bundling Onerep with the Firefox browser and wind down its partnership. But nearly a year later, Mozilla is still promoting it to Firefox users.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2025 Edition

February 28, 2025 0 Comments adam barnett, Adobe, Apple, cve-2024-38193, cve-2025-21377, cve-2025-21391, cve-2025-21418, Google Chrome, microsoft 365 copilot, microsoft patch tuesday february 2025, other, rapid7, sans internet storm center, satnam narang, tenable, Time to Patch

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2025 04:58:37 +0000

Microsoft today issued security updates to fix at least 56 vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software, including two zero-day flaws that are being actively exploited.

Security Wired

TVs at HUD Played an AI-Generated Video of Donald Trump Kissing Elon Musk’s Feet

February 28, 2025 0 Comments politics / politics news, Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: David Gilbert| Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 16:54:46 +0000

On Monday morning, TV sets at the headquarters of the Department of Housing and Urban Development played the seemingly AI-generated video on loop, along with the words “LONG LIVE THE REAL KING.”

Security Wired

$1.4 Billion Stolen From ByBit in Biggest Crypto Theft Ever

February 28, 2025 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / Privacy, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:30:00 +0000

Plus: Apple turns off end-to-end encrypted iCloud backups in the UK after pressure to install a backdoor, and two spyware apps expose victim data—and the identities of people who installed the apps.

Security Wired

DOGE’s USDS Purge Included the Guy Who Keeps Veterans’ Data Safe Online

February 28, 2025 0 Comments Security, Security / National Security

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:58:10 +0000

The cybersecurity lead for VA.gov was fired last week. He tells WIRED that the Veterans Affairs digital hub will be more vulnerable without someone in his role.

Security Wired

The US Is Considering a TP-Link Router Ban—Should You Worry?

February 28, 2025 0 Comments gear, gear / gear news and events, gear / products / computers, Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks

Credit to Author: Simon Hill| Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:30:00 +0000

Several government departments are investigating TP-Link routers over Chinese cyberattack fears, but the company denies links.

Security Wired

The National Institute of Standards and Technology Braces for Mass Firings

February 28, 2025 0 Comments Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, business / computers and software, business / national affairs, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security

Credit to Author: Will Knight, Paresh Dave, Leah Feiger| Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:19:27 +0000

Approximately 500 NIST staffers, including at least three lab directors, are expected to lose their jobs at the standards agency as part of the ongoing DOGE purge, sources tell WIRED.

Security Wired

Google Ad-Tech Users Can Target National Security ‘Decision Makers’ and People With Chronic Diseases

February 28, 2025 0 Comments Security, Security / National Security, Security / Privacy, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Dell Cameron, Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:21:41 +0000

Google enables marketers to target people with serious illnesses and crushing debt—against its policies—as well as the makers of classified defense technology, a WIRED investigation has found.