Author: HackWatchit
Tapping your phone at the cash register makes for a smooth trip to the store. Far smoother than fumbling for your card at the checkout or dealing with a bunch of change. That’s the beauty of the digital wallet on your phone. And with that convenience comes something plenty important — keeping that digital wallet secure. All the personal info, photos, and banking apps we already have on our phones already make them plenty valuable. A digital wallet makes them that much more valuable. A few steps can keep your phone and digital wallet more secure. Further, other steps can…
President Trump has fired the top watchdog for the US Agency for International Development (USAID) — just as details resurfaced that the controversial agency had bankrolled the college education of an al Qaeda terrorist with ties to 9/11 hijackers. Paul Martin, who had served as the inspector general since 2023, was informed by a White House official via email Tuesday that his termination was “effective immediately.” Martin wasn’t given a reason for his firing, a copy of the email shows. The White House wouldn’t comment on his termination. Read the rest of the story at New York Post.
It’s not always easy to tell the difference between one VPN and another, at least at first glance. When so many VPN services claim to offer strong encryption, fast connections, and a no-logs policy, choosing a VPN can be all the more challenging. Mullvad and Private Internet Access (PIA) are established providers with a few things in common. The question is, what separates them, and which is better? This comprehensive VPN comparison gets into the nitty gritty of Mullvad and PIA. Whether you’re looking to find out about their server locations, connection speed, security features, or something else, chances are…
As a Developer Advocate, it’s challenging to keep up with user forum messages and understand the big picture of what users are saying. There’s plenty of valuable content — but how can you quickly spot the key conversations? In this tutorial, I’ll show you an AI hack to perform semantic clustering simply by prompting LLMs! TL;DR 🔄 this blog post is about how to go from (data science + code) → (AI prompts + LLMs) for the same results — just faster and with less effort! 🤖⚡. It is organized as follows: Inspiration and Data Sources First, I’ll give props…
The holiday season often brings a rush of new gadgets—smartphones, tablets, laptops, and smart home devices—into households. One survey revealed that nearly 199 million U.S. adults planned to purchase tech products and services as gifts for the holiday season. For the tech-savvy among us, it also means becoming the go-to person for setting up, troubleshooting, and securing those shiny new devices. But while it’s great to help your loved ones get the most out of their tech, it’s just as important to ensure they’re protected from digital threats like malware, phishing, and privacy breaches. This year, step up as the…
A California man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his involvement in a fraudulent scheme that saw over 50 individuals and organisations lose millions of dollars.59-year-old Allen Giltman, of Irvine, California, pleaded guilty to charges that he and his co-conspirators built a network of fraudulent websites impersonating legitimate financial institutions.According to a US Department of Justice (DOJ) press release, between 2012 and October 2020, Giltman and others created a series of at least 150 bogus websites that posed as real financial institutions.Websites like saddleriveradvisors[dot]]net and sra-llc[dot]com were created to mimic the design, logos, and wording of a…
In an age when cyber threats loom large, the dedication and passion of cybersecurity professionals are more crucial than ever. Each year, Cisco makes a point of selecting and recognizing a standout cybersecurity advocate who has earned the title of cybersecurity defender. This year, it was impossible to choose just one individual. This is why Cisco’s 2025 EMEA Cybersecurity Defender of the Year award goes out to a team of practitioners at SAP Enterprise Cloud Services (ECS) whose contributions displayed an uncommon ability to raise the bar for overall security posture. The recipients are: Boris Mäck, Head of Technology and…
Pro-Russia collective NoName057(16) launched a new wave of DDoS attacks on Italian sites Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2025 Pro-Russia collective NoName057(16) launched DDoS attacks on Italian sites, targeting airports, the Transport Authority, major ports, and banks. The pro-Russia hacker group NoName057(16) launched a new wave of DDoS attacks this morning against multiple Italian entities. The group targeted the websites of Linate and Malpensa airports, the Transport Authority, the bank Intesa San Paolo, and the ports of Taranto and Trieste. The attacks had a minor impact on the targets, the Italian National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) promptly operated to support the impacted…
This article was originally published in the second edition of the InfoSec Survival Guide. Find it free online HERE or order your $1 physical copy on the Spearphish General Store. It is no surprise that growing your social network can help get your name out there and provide opportunities to advance your career. LinkedIn, one of the original career-focused networking sites, launched in 2003, making it older than Twitter (or “X”), Facebook, and Myspace (by just 2 months). LinkedIn became so popular that it was purchased in 2018 by Microsoft for a cool $26 Billion dollars. Capital B. LinkedIn might…