News
Inside the Face Fraud Factory
An underground site is selling videos and photos of real people to bypass selfie checks for online services. In essence, these individuals have been turned into stock models for services specifically designed for fraud.
AI
A Beloved Tech Blog Is Now Publishing AI Articles Under the Names of Its Old Human Staff
TUAW, a site that was shut down 10 years ago, was sold to a private equity firm, then to a company in Hong Kong, and has now stolen its old workers' identities and is running their old work through AI summarizers.
nato
The '25-Year-Old Bachelor Living In Washington, D.C.' Is a NATO Influencer Now
Tony P is the new face of NATO.
Ticketmaster
The Ticketmaster Hack Is Becoming a Logistical Nightmare for Fans and Brokers
The latest dump includes ticket data, which means fans' tickets can be stolen if Ticketmaster doesn't reissue them. "This is really really really really bad," one broker told 404 Media.
FOIA
U.S. Nuke Agency Buys Internet Backbone Data
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has bought access to netflow data. The tool covers more than 90 percent of the world's internet data and can trace activity through virtual private networks.
News
Vape Shop Owners Face Federal Charges for Selling Boner Pills as 'Amazing Honey'
Z Smoke Shop in Florida was allegedly selling mislabeled Viagra and Cialis, as well as candy and snack that violated major brands' trademarks, a federal indictment says.
Tickets
Scalpers Work With Hackers to Liberate Ticketmaster's ‘Non-Transferable’ Tickets
Scalpers have reverse-engineered how Ticketmaster creates tickets, and are now generating and selling them on their own parallel infrastructure.
News
Players Celebrate Mod That Deletes Homeless People in Cities: Skylines II
“Bye Bye Homeless” fixes a bug in the city building game by deleting homeless people that players couldn’t evict or find new housing for.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Dogs, Fireworks, and Gaming
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss turning our brains off with some gaming for the long weekend, dogs and fireworks, and the staying power of a meme.
r/SecurityClearance Is the Best Subreddit
An unhinged subreddit of people sharing their secrets before they share them with the U.S. government.
News
Google: AI Potentially Breaking Reality Is a Feature Not a Bug
“While these uses of GenAI are often neither overtly malicious nor explicitly violate these tools’ content policies or terms of services, their potential for harm is significant.”
Podcast
Podcast: Your Identity Hacked, Yet Verified
An ID verification service for TikTok, Uber, and X exposed drivers' licenses; the FBI think it knows who is behind a Zoom Bombing ring; and Fiverr freelancing are offering to dox people for $30.
News
Figma Disables AI App Design Tool After It Copied Apple’s Weather App
“Ultimately it is my fault for not insisting on a better QA process for this work and pushing our team hard to hit a deadline,” Figma’s CEO said.