DHS Denies Its X Account Was Based in Israel as New Location Tracking Creates Chaos

Matt Novak, Gizmodo.com

Elon Musk's big change to X has caused an apocalypse for MAGA influencers, but it's not all good news.

New Twitter Feature Reveals That Profitable “MAGA” Accounts Are Actually Scammers From the Developing World Cashing in on Gullible Americans

Victor Tangermann, Futurism

"This is total armageddon for the online right."

Trump Attacks Leave U.S. Cybersecurity Agencies Hollowed Out And Managed By Useless Zealots

Karl Bode, Techdirt

We’ve noted time and time again that Trump’s attack on U.S. cybersecurity defenses and oversight are utterly indistinguishable from a foreign attack. Perhaps with the exception of more lip filler, spray tans, diabetes, bogus efficiency, and fake piety. That’s…

FCC looks to torch Biden-era cyber rules sparked by Salt Typhoon mess

Connor Jones, Theregister.com

Regulator sides with telcos that claimed new cybersecurity duties were too ‘burdensome’ The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote this week on whether to scrap Biden-era cybersecurity rules, enacted after the Salt Typhoon attacks came to light in …

Hackers, your game is over - US government announces ‘strike force’ to stamp out Southeast Asian cyber scams

Efosa Udinmwen, TechRadar

US Strike Force disrupts Southeast Asian scam centers, seizing cryptocurrency and targeting DKBA and Chinese criminal networks.

China Accuses United States of $13 Billion Bitcoin Mining Pool Hack

Kyle Torpey, Gizmodo.com

Some in the crypto community are skeptical.

Data breach at Chinese infosec firm reveals cyber-weapons and target list

Simon Sharwood, Theregister.com

PLUS: India’s tech services exports growing fast; South Korea puts the bite on TXT spam; NTT gets into autonomous vehicles; and more! Asia In Brief  Chinese infosec blog MXRN last week reported a data breach at a security company called Knownsec that has ties…

Trump Cybersecurity Policy Is Indistinguishable From A Foreign Attack

Karl Bode, Techdirt

Last year almost a dozen major U.S. ISPs were the victim of a massive, historic intrusion by Chinese hackers who managed to spy on public U.S. officials for more than a year. The “Salt Typhoon” hack was so severe, the intruders spent much of the last year roo…

North Korea accuses US of ‘wicked’ hostility over cybercrime sanctions

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

US Treasury accuses Pyongyang of stealing $3bn in digital assets for its nuclear weapons programme over three years.

I Asked 4 Cybersecurity Experts If They Would Still Use a TP-Link Router

Joe Supan, CNET

More than half a dozen US government departments and agencies are reportedly backing a proposal to ban the routers due to alleged ties to Chinese cyberattacks.

How preppers plan to save us if the whole internet collapses

Matthew Sparkes, New Scientist

Recent outages have revealed how vulnerable the internet is, but there seems to be no official plan in the event of a catastrophic failure. Meet the team of hackers who are ready to jump into action

Online harassers are using AI tools to create more realistic death threats, posting hyper-realistic AI-generated images and sounds to social media platforms

nytimes.com, Biztoc.com

A deepfake video of Nvidia’s CEO sent thousands of viewers to a crypto scam

Michael Crider, PCWorld

Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference isn’t making many waves for gamer or PC hardware crowds this year, perhaps because it seems to be exclusively interested in boosting hardware for “AI” and data centers. So it’s almost ironic that a phony version of the keyno…

Biden Admin Blessed UN Surveillance Treaty, Trump Admin Gets To Abuse It

Mike Masnick, Techdirt

The US attended the UN Cybercrime Treaty signing ceremony in Hanoi this weekend, where 72 countries signed on to a Russia-backed framework for global surveillance cooperation. Whether the US actually puts pen to paper (and all the reporting on this is kind of…

He Was a Teen Tech Prodigy. Then He Became the ‘Crypto Godfather’

Jason Maxey, Rolling Stone

Adam Iza built the crypto trading platform Zort. Then he fell in with hackers and started a criminal conspiracy including extortion schemes with cops.

Because Things Just Aren’t Dystopian Enough, Blacklisted Spyware Firm NSO Group Has Just Been Purchased By A Hollywood Producer

Tim Cushing, Techdirt

2025 has delivered almost nothing but bad news. Here’s more of that, as first reported by Israeli press outlet, Calcalist: Control of NSO Group is set to leave Israeli hands. A group of American investors led by Hollywood producer Robert Simonds has agreed to…

TikTok Users Warned As ‘VIP Upgrade’ Attack Strikes

Davey Winder, Senior Contributor, Davey Winder, Senior Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/, Forbes

Experts warn TikTok users not to pay for a VIP Membership Upgrade as hackers strike. Here’s what you need to know about the latest scam.

Study: The World’s Satellite Data Is Massively Vulnerable To Snooping

Karl Bode, Techdirt

For many many years, experts have warned about massive longstanding flaws in Signaling System 7 (SS7, or Common Channel Signaling System 7), a series of protocols used by cellular networks hackers can exploit to track user location, dodge encryption, and even…

Army National Guard soldiers are readying to defend cities from hackers

Kelsey Baker, Business Insider

Amid increasing cyberattack risks, the Army National Guard is testing a pilot program in five cities to help local cybersecurity efforts.

What Salt Typhoon Shows About the Cyber Power of China’s Spy Agency

nytimes.com, Biztoc.com

Hunt for RedNovember: Beijing hacked critical orgs in year-long snooping campaign

Jessica Lyons, Theregister.com

Not to be confused with all the other reports of Chinese intruders on US networks that came to light this week RedNovember, a Chinese state-sponsored cyberspy group, targeted government and critical private-sector networks around the globe between June 2024 a…

Drone activity confirmed at multiple Denmark airports

BBC News

The incidents come after the country's Copenhagen airport was forced to close earlier this week due to a drone incursion.

Flushable wipes and Iran: Water treatment facility adds cyber attacks to worry list

Jenna McLaughlin, NPR

Water treatment workers are grappling with how to protect against a new threat: hackers burrowing into the system and wreaking havoc.

The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Pablos Holman — One of the Scariest Hackers I’ve Ever Met (#827)

Tim Ferriss, Tim.blog

Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Pablos Holman (@pablos), a hacker and inventor and the bestselling author of Deep Future: Creating Technology that Matters, the indispensable guide to deep tech. Previously, Pablos worked on spaceships at Blue…