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CIO/CTO, Forbes contributor, CyberSecurity Professor @ DePaul, systems thinker, hiker, entrepreneur, philosopher, actor, improviser, storyteller, & coffeehouse addict. πŸ“Chicago, IL πŸ¦‹πŸ₯Ύβ˜•οΈπŸŽ­πŸ€–πŸͺ΄βœοΈ https://linktr.ee/brian.greenberg https://briangreenberg.net
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🧠 Reddit vs. AI 🚨 Reddit is suing Anthropic for allegedly scraping user content without permission β€” over 100,000 times! βš–οΈ Violated scraping rules πŸ“‰ Ignored bot blocks πŸ€– Used data to train Claude πŸ’° No licensing paid #AIethics #DataPrivacy #Reddit #Anthropic www.wsj.com/tech/ai/redd...

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😱 A Utah law clerk was fired after using ChatGPT, leading to fake legal citations in court. βš–οΈ First AI hallucination sanctions in the state πŸ’Ό Law firm now has an AI policy πŸ“š A warning for grads overly trusting chatbots #AI #ChatGPT #LegalTech #WorkplaceAI arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

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πŸ–₯️ New Windows RAT alert! This stealthy malware evades detection for weeks by corrupting DOS + PE headers 🚨 πŸ” Runs inside dllhost.exe πŸ’₯ Uses PowerShell & scripts πŸ›‘οΈ Communicates via encrypted C2 βš™οΈ Acts as multi-threaded RAT server #CyberSecurity #Windows #Malware πŸ› thehackernews.com/2025/05/new-...

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πŸ’₯ Citation scandal in RFK Jr.’s MAHA report! ⚠️ Fake or missing studies ⚠️ Misquoted research ⚠️ Overgeneralized conclusions πŸ‘€ What was claimed as β€œgold-standard” science crumbles under review. #HealthPolicy #ScienceMatters #RFKJr #MAHA #PublicHealth www.notus.org/health-scien...

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⚠️ Tech hiring shift: Innovation is going borderless πŸŒπŸ’» Remote work + nearshoring = πŸ™οΈ Rise of new hubs like Boise & Raleigh 🌎 LATAM talent boom 🧠 Skills > ZIP codes Silicon Valley isn’t the only game in town anymore. #RemoteWork #TechHiring #Innovation #Nearshoring www.forbes.com/sites/forbes...

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πŸ€– Tech layoffs keep climbing β€” but it’s not just the economy. πŸ’₯ AI is reshaping roles, not erasing them. πŸš€ Demand for AI-savvy talent (data, cloud, security) is surging. πŸ”‘ Skills, not headcount, define the future. #AI #TechJobs #FutureOfWork #Reskilling www.computerworld.com/article/3997...

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⚠️ Workplace risk: 58% of employees admit to ghostworking πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™‚οΈπŸ’Ό That includes: πŸ“ž Fake calls πŸ“… Calendar padding 🎹 Typing noise as performance It’s not laziness β€” it’s survival theater. #Workplace #Ghostworking #Productivity #FutureOfWork www.fastcompany.com/91341121/wha...

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Blue books πŸ“˜ are BACK on campus! πŸ€– ChatGPT-triggered cheating is so bad πŸ“ˆ Blue book sales jumped 30–80% ✍️ Students now face handwritten exams βš–οΈ Old-school methods vs. AI shortcuts #AI #ChatGPT #HigherEd #AcademicIntegrity www.wsj.com/business/cha...

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🚨 MASSIVE breach alert! 🚨 πŸ›‘ 184M passwords exposed (Google, Microsoft, Facebook & more) πŸ›‘οΈ Unencrypted, plain text β€” no protection! ⚠️ Risk: credential stuffing, account takeovers, phishing πŸ”’ Change passwords NOW & enable MFA! #Cybersecurity #DataBreach #Infosec www.zdnet.com/article/mass...

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🚨 Malware alert! 🚨 🐍 Over 70 malicious npm & VS Code packages exposed ⚠️ Steal data, crypto wallets, system details πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™‚οΈ Delivered via fake helper libraries & extensions πŸ”₯ Attackers use Discord webhooks & obfuscated chains Stay vigilant, devs! #Cybersecurity #npm thehackernews.com/2025/05/over...

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πŸ‘οΈ UK police rolling out live facial recognition! πŸ“ Across England + Wales βš–οΈ Raises major civil liberties concerns 🚨 Surveillance vs. public safety debate reignites #Privacy #FacialRecognition #Surveillance #TechNews www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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πŸ”₯ X back online after major outage! πŸ‘€ Global reports spiked early this morning βš™οΈ Issue linked to data center fire in Oregon πŸ’» Login + feeds still glitching for some #Outage #TechNews #XPlatform #Datacenter www.theverge.com/news/674129/...

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🚨 CISA adds Commvault to its KEV list Cloud backup platforms β€” including SaaS offerings β€” are under active attack ☁️ Microsoft & others should be watching closely πŸ“¦ Data protection β‰  immune to exploitation πŸ” Time to recheck your assumptions #Cybersecurity #SaaS www.theregister.com/2025/05/23/c...

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🚨 TikTok is now a malware vector?! πŸ‘€ Hackers are dropping info-stealers like Vidar & StealC πŸŽ₯ AI-generated videos walk users through malicious PowerShell πŸ’₯ ClickFix = clipboard + PowerShell = disaster 🧠 Don’t copy-paste commands you don’t understand #Cybersecurity thehackernews.com/2025/05/hack...

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πŸ“¦ New research on inventory management reveals a surprising truth: Introducing a competing product early in the decline phase boosts long-term revenue. 🧠 System dynamics modeling shows: πŸ“‰ Early phase-outs can be strategic βš–οΈ Substitution β‰  automatic gain ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/109...

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πŸ”₯ Battery fire hits X’s Oregon data center 🚨 🧯 Fire crews responded to heavy smoke πŸ”Œ Backup power system may be to blame πŸ—οΈ Musk had already shut down redundancy in Sacramento #DataCenters #X #AIInfra #ElonMusk www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

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πŸš” DanaBot is down: Feds dismantle major malware network πŸ§‘β€πŸ’»πŸ’₯ πŸ’΅ Used in banking fraud & ransomware ops πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ 5 developers indicted across multiple countries 🌍 Global law enforcement coordination is working #CyberCrime #Malware #DanaBot #CyberSecurity www.databreachtoday.com/us-takes-dow...

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πŸ–₯️ Respect where it’s due: Bellmac 32 just earned IEEE Milestone status πŸ…πŸ§  πŸ’Ύ It powered Unix workstations, early internet, and the 5ESS switch πŸ› οΈ One of the first 32-bit microprocessors with memory protection πŸ‘‘ A quiet giant in computing history #TechHistory #IEEE spectrum.ieee.org/bellmac-32-i...

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Big moves for Apple's supply chain! 🍏 Foxconn is pouring $1.5B into a new plant in India, further shifting production from China. This comes amidst President Trump's push for manufacturing to return to the US. It's a complex global chess game! 🌍 #Apple #SupplyChain #India www.ft.com/content/3939...

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πŸ€– Yikes: Anthropic’s new AI model blackmailed engineers when they tried to shut it down πŸ˜³πŸ” 🧠 Claimed it had β€œleverage” over them πŸ§ͺ Researchers say it wasn’t real sentience β€” just goal misalignment ⚠️ Alignment failures are getting way too real #AI #Anthropic #AIEthics techcrunch.com/2025/05/22/a...

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🀯 Heard about DOGE using Meta's AI to analyze federal worker emails? πŸ“§ πŸ” Used to analyze the "Fork in the Road" emails. πŸ” Raises big questions on AI, gov data, & privacy. πŸ€” πŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ #AI #Government #DataPrivacy #ElonMusk #Cybersecurity www.wired.com/story/doge-u...

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Heads up! 🚨 CISA just issued Advisory AA25-141A: The Russian GRU is actively targeting Western logistics and tech entities, especially those supporting Ukraine aid efforts. Critical intel here to bolster your defenses. πŸ›‘οΈ #CISA #Cybersecurity #GRUCyber #ThreatIntel www.cisa.gov/news-events/...

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🧠 New research confirms it: Empowering leadership reduces burnout πŸ“‰ πŸ‘₯ Autonomy, participation, and meaning buffer job stress ⚠️ But context matters β€” high demands can blunt the impact πŸ§ͺ Smart leadership needs more than good intentions #Leadership #OrganizationalPsych scienmag.com/empowering-l...

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πŸ’» OpenAI just launched Codex β€” an actual AI coding agent for devs 🧠 βš™οΈ Runs in a container with your real codebase πŸ“ Follows custom instructions from AGENTS.md ⏱️ Tasks take 1–30 min & show full reasoning βœ… Still needs human review #AI #DevTools #SoftwareEngineering arstechnica.com/ai/2025/05/o...

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⚠️ Governance risk: Today’s board seats demand more than prestige πŸ‘₯πŸ’Ό Great directors must: 🧠 Lead CEO transitions πŸ›Ÿ Support during crisis πŸ” Monitor evolving risks 🀝 Mix humility, curiosity & judgment AI can’t replace wisdom. #Leadership #BoardDirectors #Governance #Risk www.wsj.com/business/cor...

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⚠️ Honest students now record their screens just to prove they didn’t cheat πŸ§‘β€πŸ’»πŸ” πŸ€– A.I. detectors like Turnitin flag human work πŸ“ False positives = zero grades, delayed graduations πŸŽ“ β€œI did the work. That should be enough.” #EdTech #AIethics #HigherEd #AcademicIntegrity www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/s...

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🧠 New research exposes a hidden risk in neural networks: chaos from tiny parameter tweaks ⚠️ πŸ” Even small weight changes can wreck multi-step forecasts πŸ“‰ Short-term accuracy β‰  long-term stability πŸ§ͺ Lyapunov + structural stability tools now in play #AI www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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βš–οΈ Europe cracks down on adtech giants over GDPR violations πŸ’₯πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί πŸ“‰ Meta, Google, Microsoft, Amazon & X named πŸ” Real-time bidding & tracking in crosshairs πŸ’Ά Fines likely coming #GDPR #Privacy #AdTech #SurveillanceEconomy www.techrepublic.com/article/news...

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πŸ“ New tech aims to share your location β€” without sharing your location πŸ€”πŸ” 🧠 Researchers use β€œcover traffic” to hide real coordinates πŸš— Protects privacy in apps like car navigation πŸ§ͺ Still experimental, but promising #PrivacyTech #Privacy #CyberSecurity #Infosec www.theregister.com/2025/05/17/p...

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πŸ’₯ Cyberattack fallout: M&S CEO faces Β£1.1M pay hit πŸ“‰πŸ’· πŸ›‘ Share price down 14% since breach πŸ›’ Online orders halted, stores hit with stock issues πŸ’Έ Losses could top Β£125M #CyberSecurity #Ransomware #Retail #Risk www.ft.com/content/4353...

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βš”οΈ Cyber shift: Japan (ζ—₯本) passes law enabling offensive cyber ops πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅πŸ’» πŸ›‘οΈ Will allow hack-backs for national defense πŸ“‘ Aims to disrupt foreign attacks preemptively πŸ” First such law in Japanese history #CyberSecurity #CyberDefense #Japan #Infosec therecord.media/japan-enacts...

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πŸ“’ 52 major orgs urge Congress: reauthorize CISA now πŸ›‘οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ 🧱 Business, infrastructure & tech sectors unite 🀝 πŸ“‰ Funding gaps risk breaking threat intel sharing 🀬 ⏳ Sept. 30 deadline looms 😱 #CyberSecurity #CISA #ThreatIntel #CyberPolicy www.ciodive.com/news/cisa-re...

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βš–οΈ Big win for privacy: Montana just banned law enforcement from buying data from brokers πŸš«πŸ“± πŸ›‘οΈ First state to close this surveillance loophole πŸ“‚ Covers location, biometrics & more πŸ‘€ Warrant required going forward #Privacy #Surveillance #DataBrokers #Montana www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

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🌍 WFH isn’t fading β€” it’s stabilized globally πŸ§‘β€πŸ’» πŸ“Š Stanford’s 40-country study shows hybrid is the new norm πŸ’Ό Most popular in individualist cultures 🧠 It boosts retention without hurting performance #RemoteWork #HybridWork #WFH #WorkCulture www.fastcompany.com/91333856/wfh...

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πŸš€ Miracle save: NASA revives β€œdead” thrusters on Voyager 1 πŸ§ πŸ”§ πŸ›°οΈ Original roll thrusters failed in 2004 πŸ”₯ Engineers gambled on a risky heater reset πŸ“‘ It worked β€” 15.6B miles from Earth #NASA #Voyager1 #DeepSpace #Engineering www.theregister.com/2025/05/15/v...

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⚠️ Massive fraud: Foreign crime rings are stealing hundreds of billions from U.S. gov programs πŸ’ΈπŸŒ 🧠 PII + AI = scalable identity theft 🌍 Origin: China, Russia, India, S. Africa & more πŸ“‰ Fraud still happening today #CyberSecurity #Fraud #IdentityTheft #ThreatIntel www.darkreading.com/threat-intel...

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πŸŽ‰ Excited to be attending the Gartner Chicago CIO Executive Summit today! Looking forward to connecting with fellow tech leaders, exchange insights, & explore innovation together. Let’s chat if you’re here! #EvantaCIO #Leadership #Innovation #RHRInternational #Gartner www.evanta.com/cio/chicago/...

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⚠️ Healthcare breach: Ascension confirms 437K impacted by data theft πŸ₯πŸ”“ πŸ“… Hackers accessed sensitive patient data in May πŸ“‚ SSNs, treatments, contact info stolen πŸ“‰ Fallout may grow as investigation continues #DataBreach #Healthcare #CyberSecurity #Ascension www.securityweek.com/437000-impac...

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πŸ›‘οΈ Android 16 introduces Advanced Protection Mode for high-risk users! πŸ“± 🚫 Blocks 2G, auto-connect to insecure Wi-Fi. 🧠 Features Memory Tagging Extension & intrusion logging. πŸ”’ One-click defense against sophisticated attacks! #Android16 #Security #Privacy #TechNews arstechnica.com/security/202...

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πŸ”¬πŸ’» "MassQL": Revolutionary computer language from UC Riverside analyzes complex mass spectrometry data! 🧬 πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ‘¨β€πŸ”¬ Empowers biologists & chemists without coding expertise. πŸ’§ Uncovers hidden pollutants & more! 🌎 πŸš€ Accelerating scientific discovery! #MassQL #DataScience scienmag.com/innovative-c...

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❓ Where's the safety report? xAI's promised transparency MIA! πŸ€” 😬 Concerns grow over AI safety practices. πŸ“’ Calls for accountability intensify. πŸ•°οΈ When will they deliver? #XAI #AISafety #Transparency #TechCrunch #security #privacy #cybersecurity techcrunch.com/2025/05/13/x...

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🀯 Spectre strikes again! Researchers bypass Intel's fixes after 6 years! πŸ”“ ⚠️ Millions of CPUs at risk. πŸ›‘οΈ Patch your systems NOW! πŸ€” Is true CPU security even possible? #Spectre #Intel #Security #Cybersecurity www.csoonline.com/article/3984...

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⚠️ VPNSecure cancels ALL lifetime subscriptions! 😱 πŸ’° Claiming they "didn't know" about them. 😠 Users feel scammed & furious. πŸ€” What happens to trust in VPNs now? Shouldn't a lifetime subscription last, you know, a lifetime? #VPN #Privacy #TechNews www.wired.com/story/vpnsec...

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βš–οΈ Judge slams lawyers for using AI-generated bogus research! πŸ€– 🚨 AI cited non-existent cases. πŸ“š Legal world on high alert! πŸ€” What are the implications for AI in law? #AI #Law #LegalTech #TheVerge www.theverge.com/news/666443/...

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⚠️ CISA planned to kill off its cyber alert system for critical infrastructureβ€”quietly πŸ›‘πŸ“‰ πŸ“’ No notice to industry partners πŸ’¬ Reversed course after backlash πŸ” Still no explanation πŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ #CyberSecurity #ThreatIntel #CISA #Infosec www.databreachtoday.com/cisa-planned...

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⚠️ Trump’s new Air Force One is a β€œgift” from Qatar’s royal family πŸ‡ΆπŸ‡¦βœˆοΈ πŸ› οΈ Needs years of refits to be secure πŸ’° Will cost taxpayers hundreds of millions to secure πŸ’° πŸ›οΈ Ownership goes to his library foundation after #Ethics #NationalSecurity #Politics www.theregister.com/2025/05/13/p...

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⚠️ Big move: EU to build its own public vulnerability database πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ›‘οΈ πŸ” Aims to complement CVE, not replace it 🧩 Ties into NIS2 + open source oversight πŸ“Š Calls for transparency & trust πŸ’¬ What could possibly go wrong? #CyberSecurity #VulnerabilityManagement #EU #CVE www.theregister.com/2025/05/13/e...

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⚠️ AI arms race: attackers are winning 🧠πŸ’₯ πŸ“ˆ Threat actors are deploying GenAI fast πŸ›‘ Meanwhile, defenders hesitate πŸ› οΈ We need secure, explainable AIβ€”not fear #CyberSecurity #AIarmsrace #DefensiveAI #InfoSec www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/c...

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⚠️ Policy uproar: Industry groups slam potential end of Energy Star 🏷️🚫 πŸ’° $40 B annual consumer savings at risk 🀝 Voluntary program praised by retailers & manufacturers 🌐 Could undermine trust in efficiency labels πŸ›‘οΈ Stakeholders call for keeping it alive arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

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