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FBI warns of malicious free online document converters spreading malware

Security Affairs

The FBI warns of a significant increase in scams involving free online document converters to infect users with malware. The FBI warns that threat actors use malicious online document converters to steal users sensitive information and infect their systems with malware. ” reads the alert. ” reads the alert.

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GUEST ESSAY: Going beyond watermarks to protect sensitive documents from illegal access

The Last Watchdog

They also enrich documents with metadata and place them in crypto-containers, access to which is only granted by permission. However, all of these solutions are powerless when it comes to photographing a document with a smartphone and compromising printed copies of documents. There are more exotic ways of protecting documents.

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Former CIA analyst pleaded guilty to leaking top-secret documents

Security Affairs

Rahman has access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI). On October 17, 2024, Rahman stole and leaked Top-Secret documents on a U.S. The CIA analyst photographed the classified documents and transmitted them to individuals he knew were not authorized to view them. “After Oct.

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Expert used ChatGPT-4o to create a replica of his passport in just 5 minutes bypassing KYC

Security Affairs

The document is realistic enough to bypass automated Know Your Customer (KYC) checks, the expert states. Experts are calling for stronger defenses, including broader use of NFC-based verification and electronic identity documents (eIDs), which offer more resilient, hardware-level authentication. ” Musielak wrote on X.

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Apple indeed added a feature called “inactivity reboot” in iOS 18.1 that reboots locked devices

Security Affairs

Law enforcement warned that securely stored iPhones awaiting forensic examination are mysteriously rebooting, making them much harder to unlock, per a document obtained by 404 Media. 404 Media obtained the document from a mobile forensics source and verified it with another source. Three iPhones running iOS 18.0

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iPhones in a law enforcement forensics lab mysteriously rebooted losing their After First Unlock (AFU) state

Security Affairs

Law enforcement warns that securely stored iPhones awaiting forensic examination are mysteriously rebooting, making them much harder to unlock, per a document obtained by 404 Media. 404 Media obtained the document from a mobile forensics source and verified it with another source. security feature addition.”

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Cisco states that data published on cybercrime forum was taken from public-facing DevHub environment

Security Affairs

It provides a range of development resources, including SDKs (Software Development Kits), documentation, sample code, and learning materials for networking, security, and cloud infrastructure. Below is an update published on October 18, 2024: Based on our investigations, we are confident that there has been no breach of our systems.