Category «Cryptocurrency»

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, May 29, 2026

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness. Five highlights from this week: Peter G. Neumann, Who Warned of Computer Security Risks beginning in 2010, Dies at 93; California Sues Owner of Former 23andMe; Troops’ phones leaked location data to foreign adversaries; FBI Warns Companies About Ransom Gang’s Fake IT Support Tactics; and Crypto Security Pioneer: ‘I Now Consider All of Decentralized Finance Unsafe’.

Subjects: AI, Cryptocurrency, Cybersecurity, Healthcare, Privacy

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 28, 2026

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness. Five highlights from this week: DHS Wants a Single Search Engine to Flag Faces and Fingerprints Across Agencies; LinkedIn ID verification data will likely be shared with third parties; AI controls are coming to Firefox; Meta Employee Shares OpenClaw Email-Deletion Nightmare; and This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby.

Subjects: AI, Civil Liberties, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Email Security, Financial System, Legal Research, Search Engines, Social Media

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 14, 2026

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness. Five highlights from this week: Open the wrong “PDF” and attackers gain remote access to your PC; These video doorbells don’t rely on the cloud or subscriptions; Google Warns of Quantum Era Security Risks: Is Your Data Safe?; and Google Handed Over Journalist’s Data to ICE Without Court Order; and CBP to strengthen ‘tactical targeting,’ ‘counter-network analysis’ with Clearview AI.

Subjects: AI, Criminal Law, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Financial System, Government Resources, Legal Research, Privacy

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, January 31, 2026

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness. Six highlights from this week: Google Is Accused of Burying $700M Settlement Emails — They’re Landing in Spam Folders; How ICE is using facial recognition in Minnesota; US Version of TikTok off to Bumpy Start; Competitors Surge; Google ties AI Search to Gmail and Photos, raising new privacy questions; and Activists Say Ring Cameras Are Being Used by ICE.

Subjects: AI, Computer Security, Cryptocurrencies, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Email Security, Financial System, Legal Research, Privacy

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, November 29, 2025

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness. Five highlights from this week: Is Your Android TV Streaming Box Part of a Botnet?; FCC Corrects Course, Outlines Improved Cybersecurity Measures; Social data puts user passwords at risk in unexpected ways; Homeland Security Is Reportedly Probing Bitcoin Mining Giant Bitmain for National Security Reasons; and Senator urges CBP to quit using tech to track and detain ‘suspicious’ drivers.

Subjects: Copyright, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Education, Email Security, Privacy, Social Media, Travel, United States Law

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 25, 2025

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness. Five highlights from this week: Publishers Adopt Aggressive New Tactics to Block AI Scraping; What the Huge AWS Outage Reveals About the Internet; Social Security Administration (SSA) is warning the public about a new government imposter scam; Image Scrubber for obscuring faces, stripping out the identifying metadata attached to your photos; and Clickbait Gives AI Models ‘Brain Rot,’ Researchers Find.

Subjects: AI, Court Resources, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Financial System, Privacy

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, August 16, 2025

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness. Five highlights from this week: Leading AI Agents Like ChatGPT Are Vulnerable to Hacking, Security Firm Finds; FBI Alert: This New Smartphone Scam Can Steal All Your Data; A Bug at Social Security Admin Has Been Rerouting Phone Calls to Random Offices; Leading AI Agents Like ChatGPT Are Vulnerable to Hacking, Security Firm Finds; and Crypto Security and Scams.

Subjects: AI, Congress, Cryptocurrency, Cybersecurity, Economy, Financial System, Legislative, Privacy, Social Media

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, August 3, 2025

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness. Five highlights from this week: Online Scams and Attacks in America Today; You probably should not use link shorteners; Is Your Phone Call Really Private?; Malicious extensions can use ChatGPT to steal your personal data – here’s how; The food supply chain has a cybersecurity problem; and Why Smart People Fall for False Information and What to do About It.

Subjects: AI, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Education, Health, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines, Social Media