Bruce Schneier examines fake CAPTCHA scams that abuse human-verification prompts as social engineering lures against users.
Bruce Schneier's blog post covers fake CAPTCHA scams, a social engineering technique in which attackers pose as CAPTCHA verification checks to manipulate users. The available page text is largely site navigation, and no specific campaign, victim, or malware family is named in the source.
Philadelphia activists rally against AI data center construction amid energy and pollution concerns, joining a wave of U.S. city moratoriums.
Residents of Philadelphia's Grays Ferry, home to a former oil refinery, launched the 'No Data Centers in Philly' campaign over pollution, noise, and resource concerns. BloombergNEF projects U.S. data centers will consume more natural gas than Germany and Japan combined by 2035. New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order pausing permits for large data center projects, and moratoriums have passed in Denver, Indianapolis, Asheville, Charlotte, and Reno.