The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update.

EP 240.  For this week's update:  
A major employee monitoring tool suffered a data breach, exposing over 21 million sensitive screenshots due to a misconfigured cloud storage bucket. An example of wh…

“Crocodilus” is a new Android malware aimed at cryptocurrency wallet users, notably in Spain and Turkey but potentially worldwide. It impersonates legitimate apps and tricks users into disclosing see…

EP 239. This week:
Emerging Android malware “Crocodilus” is targeting crypto wallet users in Spain and Turkey with deceptive apps that hijack seed phrases and device access through sophisticated acces…

What personal information was compromised in the Hertz breach?

The breach exposed customer names, birth dates, contact info, driver's licenses, payment cards, and some Social Security numbers. It stem…

This week, Hertz lost your driver's license, birthday, and maybe your Social Security number—but don’t worry, it was their vendor’s fault.
Boarding passes and check-ins are going extinct, and your fac…

1. Concerns About AGI Development

DeepMind’s 108-page report outlines four major risks of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI):

Misuse: AGI used maliciously (e.g., creating viruses).

Misalignment: AGI …

EP 237. 

DeepMind just released a 108-page manual on not getting wiped out by our own invention.  Highlighting the fact that planning for an AI apocalypse could now be a core business line function.
Si…

1. What are some recent major cryptocurrency hacks, and how were they carried out?

High-profile crypto breaches include Bybit (~$1.5B), Ronin Network ($625M), and Poly Network ($611M). Attackers explo…

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For the Biggest Crypto Hacks it turns out “HODL” doesn’t protect you from miscreants with social engineering degrees.
Hackers are now coding in Rust and Go, because multilingual malware is hard…

Privacy Risks of 23andMe Bankruptcy

A breach impacting 7 million users, coupled with lawsuits and financial distress, means 23andMe’s 15 million genetic profiles could be sold or misused under a new b…

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The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update and a Gene Genie for the Week Ending March 25th., 2025

3/25/2025

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1. Why Should I Change My Passwords Immediately?

Recent studies show that around 50% of online passwords are already compromised, and 41% of successful logins involve breached credentials. Common pass…

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For the other 50%.  The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending March 18th., 2025

3/18/2025

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Key Cryptocurrency Threats & Scams
In 2025, crypto remains a hotspot for scams like Ponzi schemes, fake ICOs, pump-and-dumps, phishing attacks, and malicious wallets or exchanges designed to …

EP 233

This week...  is seized Crypto Linked to LastPass? Feds pocket $23M in hot crypto—but with hackers still sitting on hundreds of millions, it’s like finding loose change in the couch.
Signal’s bo…

How did Microsoft's Copilot expose private GitHub repositories, and what are the risks?

Copilot accessed over 20,000 private GitHub repositories due to cached data from when they were public. Even aft…

This week:  Microsoft’s Copilot is living up to its name—because apparently, once it gets a glimpse of your code, it just can't unsee it.
Hackers just turned every Bluetooth device into an involuntary…

Which AI chatbots pose the biggest privacy risks, and what data are they collecting and sharing?

A recent study revealed that all top ten AI chatbots on the Apple App Store collect user data, with 30%…

EP 231 This week we wonder which chatbot takes "sharing is caring" a little too far. Turns out some of them are spilling secrets faster than the office gossip at happy hour.
Apple just told the UK, ‘Y…

1. What happened with Elon Musk's DOGE (.gov) website, and why is it significant?

DOGE's official website, doge.gov, suffered a significant security breach due to a glaring vulnerability. The site's d…