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Here’s how deepfake vishing attacks work, and why they can be hard to detect
Precautions for preventing such scams from succeeding can be as simple as parties agreeing to a randomly chosen word or ...
My relative, 80, was about to be scammed out of $40,000. Here’s how I stopped it.
The call came in the middle of the afternoon when I was working—an 80-year-old relative was on the phone with scammers and ...
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Researchers Seize Control of Smart Homes With Malicious Gemini AI Prompts
AI hacks show how Gemini can be secretly used to control lights, heaters and much more, signaling a new evolution in digital vulnerabilities.
Military base shootings have ranged from isolated incidents to workplace violence and terrorism
The shooting of five U.S. Army soldiers at a base in Georgia is the latest in a growing list of violent incidents at American ...
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When States Go Mob: The Criminalization of Modern Statecraft
In the fall of 2021, an FBI informant received a chilling offer: $300,000 to assassinate former U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton. The would-be hitman posed as a drug cartel enforcer. The ...
US military chaplaincy marks 250 years of providing spiritual support to service members
In 1775, a year before there was a United States and six weeks after the Continental Army was formed, George Washington made ...