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YouTube channels are being hacked to spread scams and malware

For most, YouTube is a harmless video platform where you can relax and consume content about anything from makeup tutorials to book reviews. Unfortunately, like any other social media platform today, it can also be rife with scams, misinformation, and general bad actors.

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EU “chat control” proposal to break message encryption postponed

A vote on bringing into law a controversial proposal aimed at preventing child sexual abuse material has been postponed by the Council of the European Union. Privacy experts are celebrating that the law has failed to pass yet again since it was first proposed in 2022

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AI deepfakes growing problem for organizations

A recent report from cybersecurity firm Deep Instinct and Sapio Research has looked into how the growth of generative AI is impacting organizations, from conducting business to shielding their companies from harm. 

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Massive Snowflake breach highlights importance of enforcing MFA

Recently, the cybersecurity world was shook by a data breach involving Snowflake, a cloud-based third-party server utilized by many companies to store huge datasets. Around 165 businesses, including Ticketmaster and Santander Bank, are believed to have been impacted. 

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Why old, deleted photos returned to some iPhones

Social media: iPhone users were not happy with this strange development.

Recently, a number of Apple users experienced what many would consider a nightmare scenario — long deleted photos resurfacing on their devices.

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Laundry vendor had security bug that could let millions do laundry for free

Nobody likes to do laundry. Even worse when you have to drag all your dirty clothes to a laundromat and pay for the privilege on top of all everything else. But for a brief moment in time, two students at UC Santa Cruz discovered that maybe you don’t always have to pay. 

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Report shows Southeast Asian online scammers are a growing threat

Ever get a random job offer you didn’t apply for on a messaging app? How about a text from a “wrong number” that then tries to initiate a relationship with you? If so, you may have been the target of a fraud attempt. One of the most common is pig butchering scams, where perpetrators build a fake relationship with a victim, extorting money from them over time, typically through cryptocurrency. 

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