Never Feed AI Your Financial Documents or Bank Links
Just worked w/ @CNN on a piece about why I wouldn't upload full financial docs (tax docs, statements, etc) to AI tools due to leakage & hacking risk. I don't recommend connecting bank accounts to AI tools. It becomes a 1 stop shop for attackers looking to drain your accounts🤖💸
Canvas Breach Exposes Private Faculty‑student Disclosures
When they say “personal messages between faculty and students may be leaked” due to this breach, that sadly includes sensitive messages including medical situations, accessibility needs, and sexual assault allegations reported to the educator on Canvas 😞 https://t.co/mMGMtJC8mU
Canvas Breach Threatens 230M; Steps to Protect Finals
Canvas is hacked and stressing out 230+ Million students, teachers and staff during finals. What does this mean and how do we stay safe? What are the next steps for the 8,800 affected schools during finals. Answered below in my...
Canvas Ransomware Disrupts Finals, Threatens Student Data
Canvas, the tool teachers and students are using for finals right now, was hit w/ ransomware by (folks who claim to be) ShinyHunters. Lots of students/educators saying this is making finals studying/tests v hard (not even considering the amount of...
Social Media Scams Surge 8‑Fold, Cost $2.1 B
Scams that *start on social media* have increased 8x since 2020, including: - Investment Scams (crypto scams, fraud investments) - Shopping Scams (bogus items via scam ads/listings) - Romance Scams (fake crisis to steal $, fraud investment reccs) Reported losses = $2.1 billion https://t.co/qyYjhuNEae
ChatGPT Image 2.0 Empowers Low‑Skill Scammers
Criminals who aren't good at photoshop and want to scam quickly are rejoicing everywhere thanks to ChatGPT Image 2.0.
Tight Controls Needed to Prevent Mythos Abuse
A lab leak on their hands here. We don't want adversaries using Mythos to expedite the drop of 0days and other malicious AI-powered attacks. Without tight controls, we're may sadly see Mythos used for evil before we get to see everything...
My 2021 Deepfake Timeline Prediction Was Spot On
Looking back I think my prediction about the timeline for realistic deepfakes in 2021 was kind of right. Spooky.
Prompt Injection Hacks Land Interview Phone Screens
lol I’ve seen these resume prompt injections work multiple times to get to phone screen
Beware: Fake Apple Newsroom Headlines Manipulating Markets
You’re going to see a lot of fake Apple Newsroom headlines here that look like this (below), and it may even influence folks/markets until they realize they are all fake tomorrow. Don’t fall for these. It’s a simple manipulation of...
Granting OpenClaw Admin Email Access Invites Disaster
If you give OpenClaw access to your everyday machine, w/ admin privileges on your email, I would expect frustrating outcomes in the best case scenario, embarrassing email blunders in the average case, & catastrophic/mortifying situations in the worst case scenario...
Stay Anonymous When Using AI for Sensitive Queries
If you must, use AI tools with as much anonymity as possible. Ask your medical questions but anonymized and remove all personal details before submitting. OpenAI is increasingly the most interesting target for criminals, keep your account as boring and...