Security News
![Facebook Cracks Down on Deepfake Videos](/static/build/img/news/alt/data-breach-stats-small.jpg)
Despite the difficulties of identifying deepfakes, social media sites are recognizing the need to crack down on the manipulated, misleading videos. Facebook is banning deepfake videos, which stem from a technique of human-image synthesis based on artificial intelligence to create fake content.
![Internet of crap (encryption): IoT gear is generating easy-to-crack keys](/static/build/img/news/alt/IoT-Cybersecurity-Predictions-2-small.jpg)
Poor entropy in embedded devices leading to weaker certificates: study A preponderance of weak keys is leaving IoT devices at risk of being hacked, and the problem won't be an easy one to solve.…
![Feds Crack Down on Money Mules, Warn of BEC Scams](/static/build/img/news/alt/Phishing-small.jpg)
Authorities say they have halted over 600 domestic money mules – exceeding the 400 money mules stopped last year.
![FTC Cracks Down on Stalkerware With Retina-X App Bans](/static/build/img/news/alt/Data-Cybersecurity-Predictions-small.jpg)
The FTC has banned the sale of three apps - marketed to monitor children and employees - unless the developers can prove that the apps will be used for legitimate purposes.
![Darknet Markets: As Police Crack Down, Cybercriminals Adapt](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybersecurity-breach-statistics-small.jpg)
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report discusses the shutdown of DeepDotWeb. Plus, dealing with breach fatigue and the Pitney Bowes ransomware attack.
![Computing enthusiast cracks ancient Unix code](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybersecurity-attacker-small.jpg)
Old passwords never die... they just become easier to decode.
![Checkm8 jailbreak and AltStore put cracks in Apple’s walled garden](/static/build/img/news/alt/mac-stats-small.jpg)
People are taking different tacks to get around Apple's tightly controlled phone rules.
![Germany Cracks 'Cyber Bunker' Hosting Darknet Sites](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyberattack-statistics-1-small.jpg)
German police said Friday they had busted a network hosting so-called Darknet platforms illegally trading drugs, stolen data and child pornography online on servers hidden in a former NATO bunker....
![US senators green-light recruitment of crack infosec teams, both public and private](/static/build/img/news/alt/Geopolitical-Cybersecurity-Predictions-small.jpg)
Cyber-terrorists, your game is through, 'cause now you have to answer to: America, fsck yeah! The US Congress has, near enough, approved a law bill to create a new set of dedicated cyber-security...
![Researchers crack digital safe using HSM flaw](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyberattack-statistics-1-small.jpg)
French researchers have found a bug in a hardware security module (HSM) that could enable an attacker to steal highly prized secrets.