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Age verification vendor Persona left frontend exposed
Behind a basic age check, researchers say Persona’s system runs extensive identity, watchlist, and adverse-media screening ...
ClawBands GitHub Project Looks to Put Human Controls on OpenClaw AI Agents
A software developer has created ClawBands, a project on GItHub that is designed to put human-in-the-loop controls on OpenClaw, the highly popular personal AI assistant that comes with a range of security ...
Discord will limit profiles to teen-appropriate mode until you verify your age
Discord will make all profiles teen-appropriate by default until you prove you’re an adult. What you’d “miss” may not be all that terrible ...
Discord’s New End-to-End Encryption, LinkedIn Using Your Data for AI Training
In episode 348, Tom and Scott discuss Discord’s new end-to-end encryption for audio and video calls, involving the DAVE Protocol, third-party vetting by Trail of Bits, and its impact on users. They ...
Netflix Cracks Down on Password Sharing, AI Legal Research Gone Wrong, Fake Identities and Surveillance Firms
Netflix plans to crack down on the widespread practice of password sharing among households. We discuss their new verification feature and its impact on user experience and security. A lawyer finds himself ...
Malware Families Love Telegram, Discord as Much as Users
Messaging apps like Discord and Telegram have become a conduit for malware, as their popularity grows among users who want to create and share programs on the platforms. These bots may facilitate ...
Fighting Fake EDRs With ‘Credit Ratings’ for Police
When KrebsOnSecurity last month explored how cybercriminals were using hacked email accounts at police departments worldwide to obtain warrantless Emergency Data Requests (EDRs) from social media and technology providers, many security experts ...
Fake Emergency Search Warrants Draw Scrutiny from Capitol Hill
On Tuesday, KrebsOnSecurity warned that hackers increasingly are using compromised government and police department email accounts to obtain sensitive customer data from mobile providers, ISPs and social media companies. Today, one of ...
Hackers Gaining Power of Subpoena Via Fake “Emergency Data Requests”
There is a terrifying and highly effective "method" that criminal hackers are now using to harvest sensitive customer data from Internet service providers, phone companies and social media firms. It involves compromising ...
NitroHack Modifies Windows Discord Client into Infostealing Trojan
Security researchers discovered a new malware threat called “NitroHack” that modifies the Discord client for Windows into an infostealing trojan. MalwareHunterTeam observed malicious actors abusing DM’s from infected Discord users as a ...
