Author: HackWatchit
Saudi Arabia is harnessing advanced technologies to power its national digital transformation guided by a five-pillar framework, according to Aramco’s senior vice president of digital and information technology. “Saudi Arabia is undergoing a profound transformation,” said Aramco’s Sami Ajmi, during a speech at recently held Vivatech 2025 conference in Paris. “Vision 2030 places technology at the heart of the kingdom’s national strategy. We, at Aramco, stand at the intersection of those national ambitions and the world’s industrial challenges.” Aramco is one of the world’s largest integrated energy and chemicals companies and is owned by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It…
AT&T has launched a new security feature called “Wireless Lock” that protects customers from SIM swapping attacks by preventing changes to their account information and the porting of phone numbers while the feature is enabled. This new feature has been available for some customers for almost a year and has now been rolled out to all AT&T customers. SIM swap attacks are when cybercriminals port, or move, a targeted phone number to a device under their control. This allows them to intercept the target’s calls, texts, and multi-factor authentication codes to breach further accounts, such as email, banking, and cryptocurrency wallets.…
Public companies bought 245,510 Bitcoin (BTC) in the first half of the year, more than 2x higher than the 118,424 BTC absorbed by exchange-traded funds (ETFs) during the same period.The year-to-date figure marks a 375% jump from the 51,653 BTC corporations acquired in the first half of 2024. ETFs, by contrast, purchased 56% less BTC than they did a year earlier, when funds added 267,878 BTC during their launch-driven debut. Since the underlying asset backs every ETF share, fund creations reflect demand from retail investors, hedge funds, and registered investment advisers. Corporate treasury activity represents direct strategic decisions made by management teams.…
We are pleased to feature a guest post from Jaime Halscott, Senior Technology Evangelist at IGEL. With a unique background that blends deep technical expertise, C-level experience, and a law degree, Jaime plays a key role in IGEL’s global alliances, including its work with Dispersive Stealth Networking. In this piece, he explores how stateless endpoints, secure virtual desktops, and stealth networking come together to support Zero Trust strategies in the field. Part One: The Operator The rain hadn’t stopped in days. In a cramped apartment nestled in the heart of a bustling foreign capital, the man sat quietly, sifting through a…
If you haven’t recently updated the Sudo utility on your Linux box(es), you should do so now, to patch two local privilege escalation vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-32462, CVE-2025-32463) that have been disclosed on Monday. What is Sudo? Sudo is command-line utility in Unix-like operating systems that allows a low-privilege user to execute a command as another user, typically the root/administrator user. The utility effectively grants temporary elevated privileges without requiring the user to log in as root. The user needs to authenticate themselves with their password and, if they are permitted by the configuration file (typically /etc/sudoers), the system will execute the…
My mom called the other day. It started out, “Honestly, your father.” Which, isn’t a strange way for her to start a conversation about my dad. “What did he do this time?” I asked … It all started out rather honestly, the poor guy belongs to a photo club. He decided he’d go out and buy an expensive Canon color photo printer. He just wanted to print his photos to share with the club. It didn’t even cross his mind that something bad could happen. So, he got his printer, hooked it up and started working with his photos to…
Esse Health data breach impacted 263,000 individuals Pierluigi Paganini July 01, 2025 A cyberattack on healthcare provider Esse Health in April 2025 exposed data of 263K+ patients, including SSNs and medical info. In April 2025, Missouri-based healthcare provider Esse Health suffered a cyberattack that disrupted its systems and led to the theft of personal data from over hundreds of thousands individuals. Esse Health is an independent physician group based in the Greater St. Louis area, Missouri. Founded in 1996 through the merger of two physician-led organizations, it has grown to include over 100 doctors operating across 45–50 locations. The group…
In episode 57 of The AI Fix, our hosts discover an AI “dream recorder”, Mark Zuckerberg tantalises OpenAI staff with $100 million signing bonuses, Graham finds out why robot butlers sit in chairs, Wikipedia holds the line against AI slop, an AI cat collar can tell you if your cat is annoyed by its AI cat collar, and some German scientists accidentally create a new AI Fix slogan. Graham reveals that an AI is now the most successful bug bounty hunter in the USA, and Mark discovers an AI that can retrain itself. All this and much more is discussed…
Online dating scams involve fraudsters posing as potential partners to steal money or personal data. They use fake profiles, emotional manipulation, and urgent requests to lure victims into wiring cash or sharing sensitive info like account logins or financial data. This guide covers the 10 most common online romance scams (and their variations), signs to watch out for, and how to avoid getting trapped in the first place. It also explains what you can do if you or a loved one (such as an elderly parent) gets caught in such a scheme. 10 online dating scams to watch out for…