Enter the substitute teacher
Welcome to this week’s threat source newsletter with Jon out, you’ve got me as your substitute teacher. I’m taking you back to those halcyon days of youth and that moment when you found out that you had a sub that day...
“Pig butchering” is an evolution of a social engineering tactic we’ve seen for years
In the case of pig butchering scams, it’s not really anything that can be solved by a cybersecurity solution or sold in a package.
Not everything has to be a massive, global cyber attack
There are a few reasons why we’re so ready to jump to the “it’s a cyber attack!”
You’re going to start seeing more tax-related spam, but remember, that doesn’t actually mean there’s more spam
It’s important to be vigilant about tax-related scams any time these deadlines roll around, regardless of what country you’re in, but it’s not like you need to be particularly more skeptical in March and April.
Why Apple added protection against quantum computing when quantum computing doesn’t even exist yet
Apple’s newest encryption technology, called PQ3, now secures iMessages with end-to-end encryption that is quantum-resistant.
TikTok’s latest actions to combat misinformation shows it’s not just a U.S. problem
Fake news, disinformation, misinformation – whatever label you want to put on it – will not just go away if one election in the U.S. goes one way or the other.
Why the toothbrush DDoS story fooled us all
There was about a 24-hour period where many news outlets reported on a reported DDoS attack that involved a botnet made up of thousands of internet-connected toothbrushes.
Spyware isn’t going anywhere, and neither are its tactics
For their part, the U.S. did roll out new restrictions on the visas of any foreign individuals who misuse commercial spyware.
The many ways electric cars are vulnerable to hacks, and whether that matters in a real-world
Researchers recently discovered 49 zero-day vulnerabilities, including a two-vulnerability exploit chain in Tesla cars that could allow an attacker to take over the onboard infotainment system.