InfoSec News Nuggets 3/13/2025

Beware of Deepfakes: A New Age of Deception Steve was at his desk when he received a frantic video call from his manager, Bela. She looked stressed in the video call, her voice hurried. “I need you to send the confidential client report to this new email right away!” she insisted. Seeing her familiar face and hearing her distinct voice, he didn’t hesitate, he sent the confidential report to the new email address. Hours later,…
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InfoSec News Nuggets 1/28/2025

DeepSeek’s top-ranked AI app is restricting sign-ups due to ‘malicious attacks’ After surging to the top of Apple’s App Store charts in the US, DeepSeek’s AI Assistant is now restricting new user sign-ups. According to an incident report page, registrations are being temporarily limited “due to large-scale malicious attacks on DeepSeek’s services,” though it’s unclear how these limitations are being applied. “Existing users can log in as usual,” DeepSeek said in its update. “Thanks for your…
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