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CIO/CTO, Forbes contributor, CyberSecurity Professor @ DePaul, systems thinker, hiker, entrepreneur, philosopher, actor, improviser, storyteller, & coffeehouse addict. 📍Chicago, IL 🦋🥾☕️🎭🤖🪴✍️ https://linktr.ee/brian.greenberg https://briangreenberg.net
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Brian Greenberg @briangreenberg.net · Aug 25
Proud to share my new @forbes.com article: Deepfakes And Social Engineering: A Growing Threat To Everyone.
These aren’t future risks—they’re here now. MFA and layered verification are our best defense.
www.forbes.com/councils/for...
#cybersecurity #deepfakes #Forbes #leadership
Deepfakes And Social Engineering: A Growing Threat To Everyone
Deepfakes and social engineering are real, they're happening today, and they are an immediate threat to organizations and families.
www.forbes.com
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Brian Greenberg @briangreenberg.net · 1d
ICE is back to buying mass phone tracking data — billions of location pings daily. 🤬

TL;DR
📱 Tracks hundreds of millions
⚙️ Updated daily from SDK + ad tech
⚠️ Reverses Biden-era ban

www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...

#Privacy #Surveillance #ICE #GRC #Cybersecurity
ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day
Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.
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Brian Greenberg @briangreenberg.net · 1d
Gen AI “actress” Tilly Norwood isn’t a breakthrough, she’s a psyop to make fake actors feel normal. robot

TL;DR
⚠️ Marketing stunt, not innovation
🎭 Human oversight still needed
🧠 Goal: normalize AI in Hollywood

www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

#AI #Hollywood #Ethics #deepfakes
Tilly Norwood is a gen AI psyop
The point is to normalize generative AI in your mind.
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Brian Greenberg @briangreenberg.net · 1d
Deloitte’s $290K AI-generated report to the Australian gov included fake citations and even a made-up judge quote. 🤦🏻‍♂️

TL;DR
⚠️ AI hallucinations caught
🔍 Researcher flagged errors
💸 Partial refund issued

fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...

#AIethics #Deloitte #Accountability #GRC
Deloitte was caught using AI in $290,000 report to help the Australian government crack down on welfare after a researcher flagged hallucinations | Fortune
The updates “in no way impact” the report’s findings and recommendations, the Big Four firm said.
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Brian Greenberg @briangreenberg.net · 1d
LinkedIn is feeding your data to Microsoft’s AI—unless you say no.

TL;DR
⚠️ Auto opt-in for AI training
🔐 Opt out in Settings > Data Privacy
🧠 Deadline: Nov 3, 2025

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
#Privacy #AIethics #LinkedIn
LinkedIn will use your data to train its AI unless you opt out now
LinkedIn has changed its Terms to include users data for Microsoft's AI training. Read here how you can opt out
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Brian Greenberg @briangreenberg.net · 3d
Brian’s Substack -- Trying a thing...
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My personal Substack. Click to read Brian’s Substack, by Brian Greenberg, a Substack publication. Launched 4 hours ago.
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Brian Greenberg @briangreenberg.net · 3d
Check out my new post!
I wrote a piece that breaks down the deepfake threat. It's easy to get lost in the tech, but what's really happening is that AI is supercharging the oldest hack in the book, social engineering.

open.substack.com/pub/briangre...

#AI #SocialEngineering #cybersecurity
Deepfakes And Social Engineering: A Growing Threat To Everyone
Deepfakes—AI‑generated video or audio—are used by attackers to impersonate executives, family members, and government officials, convincing victims to send money or share sensitive information.
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Brian Greenberg @briangreenberg.net · 6d
Rewriting federal workers’ OOO replies to pin the shutdown on Dems
🔎 Wired reports OOO replies were changed without consent
⚖️ Hatch Act violations
🧑‍💼 Staff tried to revert and saw changes return
www.wired.com/story/govern...
#Security #GovTech #Ethics #PublicSector #Governance
Government Workers Say Their Out-of-Office Replies Were Forcibly Changed to Blame Democrats for Shutdown
Some employees at the Department of Education changed their responses back to the more neutral language, only to have it changed yet again to the partisan response, multiple sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
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Brian Greenberg @briangreenberg.net · 6d
It's a new kind of misinformation: bogus quotes invented by sloppy AI assisted reporting.

TL;DR
🧪 AI tools forged attributions
📨 Editor admitted 'AI slop'
🔍 Verify quotes and sources
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

#AI #Misinformation #Ethics #cybersecurity
Wave of Phony News Quotes Affects Everyone—Including EFF
Whether due to generative AI hallucinations or human sloppiness, the internet is increasingly rife with bogus news content—and you can count EFF among the victims. WinBuzzer published a story June 26 ...
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Brian Greenberg @briangreenberg.net · 6d
The other shoe just dropped. Meta is now officially using your conversations with its AI to target ads, and there's no way to opt out.
TL;DR
AI chat data for ads 🤖
No user opt-out 🚫
Your chats = ad revenue 💰
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
#Privacy #AI #security #cloud #cybersecurity
Meta won’t allow users to opt out of targeted ads based on AI chats
US users stuck with AI ad targeting as EU users win more control over their feeds.
arstechnica.com
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Brian Greenberg @briangreenberg.net · 6d
Zero day flaws in $20 YoLink hub let attackers control smart locks

TL;DR
🔐 Authorization bypass
📡 Unencrypted MQTT leaks creds
⏳ Session management flaw

hackread.com/20-yolink-io...

#IoT #IoTSecurity #YoLink #security #privacy #cloud #infosec #cybersecurity
$20 YoLink IoT Gateway Vulnerabilities Put Home Security at Risk
Follow us on Bluesky, Twitter (X), Mastodon and Facebook at @Hackread
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Brian Greenberg @briangreenberg.net · 6d
This Red Hat data breach is all about the keys to their customers' kingdoms. Attackers got the blueprints.

TL;DR
🗺️ Customer network maps stolen
🔑 Auth tokens compromised
🎯 Downstream risk is huge

www.theregister.com/2025/10/02/c...
#RedHat #CyberSecurity #DataBreach #SupplyChain
Red Hat repos raided, claims cybercrew, files stolen
: 570GB of data claimed to be stolen by the Crimson Collective
www.theregister.com
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Brian Greenberg @briangreenberg.net · 7d
Google Patches “Gemini Trifecta” Vulnerabilities in Gemini AI Suite

TL;DR
⚠️ Injects prompts via history
☁️ Hijacks AI with logs
🌍 Browsing tool leaks data

hackread.com/google-gemin...
#AIsecurity #PromptInjection #Cybersecurity #security #privacy #cloud #infosec
Google Patches “Gemini Trifecta” Vulnerabilities in Gemini AI Suite
Follow us on Bluesky, Twitter (X), Mastodon and Facebook at @Hackread
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Brian Greenberg @briangreenberg.net · 9d
Well, this is a big one. CISA ending its agreement with CIS is going to send some serious shockwaves through state and local government IT shops.
TL;DR
💰 Ends free tools for SLTTs
🛡️ Creates a major defense gap

www.theregister.com/2025/09/30/c...
#CISA #Cybersecurity #GovTech #SLTT #SLED
CISA kills agreement with nonprofit that runs MS-ISAC
: The federal government's not the only thing shutting down on Oct. 1
www.theregister.com
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Brian Greenberg @briangreenberg.net · 9d
This article nails a problem I've seen play out for years: unmanaged digital asset sprawl. Marketing's forgotten microsite is security's next breach.

TL;DR
👻 Unpatched systems
⚖️ Compliance violations

www.cmswire.com/digital-mark...
#Cybersecurity #AssetManagement #Marketing #Risk
Trick or Threat? The Hidden Footprint That Spooks Your Digital Team
Forgotten pages rise from the grave, bringing security, compliance and reputational nightmares for brands.
www.cmswire.com
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Brian Greenberg @briangreenberg.net · 9d
Those who control the infrastructure control the narrative. Taliban shuts down the complete internet in Afghanistan 🇦🇫

TL;DR
⚠️ Total internet blackout
☎️ Telecom services cut
🔇 Information isolation

www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Afghanistan #InternetBlackout #Cybersecurity
Afghanistan hit by internet blackout as Taliban cuts fibre optic cables
Phone and internet connections are down nationwide after the Taliban cut fibre-optic connections to prevent "immorality".
www.bbc.com
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Brian Greenberg @briangreenberg.net · 10d
Trusting the firewall itself is the new risk. This isn't just a breach, it's a crisis of confidence in core infrastructure.
TL;DR
🕵️ State actors exploit Cisco
👻 Persistent access via FW
⚠️ CISA issues emergency order
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
#CyberSecurity #CISA #SupplyChainRisk
U.S. government scrambles to stop new hacking campaign blamed on China
U.S. cybersecurity officials ordered civilian federal agencies to check for vulnerable Cisco equipment being exploited by attackers targeting the government.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Brian Greenberg @briangreenberg.net · 12d
One of my favorite AI applications is NotebookLM. The developers jumped ship about a year ago, and their new AI-infused app has launched: Huxe
Looks really interesting.
www.huxe.com
Huxe | Content that exists because you do
Huxe transforms your daily information into personalized audio intelligence. While you commute, exercise, or just need a screen break — stay ahead without the endless scroll.
www.huxe.com
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Brian Greenberg @briangreenberg.net · 13d
 macOS Tahoe is more than a UI refresh. The real updates are structural.

TL;DR
💡 Final Intel Mac release
🛠️ Spotlight gets pro features
🔐 Adds quantum-safe cryptography

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
#macOS #Apple #Cybersecurity
macOS 26 Tahoe: The Ars Technica review
Liquid Glass brings translucent sheen to the typical batch of iterative changes.
arstechnica.com
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Brian Greenberg @briangreenberg.net · 13d
The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers: This WIRED investigation is a stunning account.

TL;DR
💥 Tech culture deployed as a weapon
😨 Mass firings dismantled agencies
📉 The result: Chaos, not savings

www.wired.com/story/oral-h...
#GovTech #DOGE #PublicService #cybersecurity
The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers
WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.
www.wired.com
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Brian Greenberg @briangreenberg.net · 13d
“Since 1990, far-right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists”

www.snopes.com/fact-check/d...
DOJ removed study from website showing most domestic terrorism is right-wing
The study was still on the website as of Sept. 11, 2025, but was removed by the following day, two days after the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk.
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Victoria McIntosh @vmcntosh.bsky.social · 14d
Every time I read the news.
a cartoon character holding a sign that says the end is near
Alt: a cartoon character holding a sign that says the end is near
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Brian Greenberg @briangreenberg.net · 15d
This is a big one. A nation-state op in NYC.
TL;DR
⚠️ 100k SIM cards found
🏙️ Could shut down network
arstechnica.com/security/202...
#Cyber #security #privacy #cloud #infosec #cybersecurity
US uncovers 100,000 SIM cards that could have “shut down” NYC cell network
A “nation-state” is said to be involved.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21d
Surrendering to tyranny only invites more of it.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 21d
TIMELINE:

- Kimmel makes late-night joke

- FCC chair threatens companies running Kimmel

- Nexstar throws Kimmel off its stations as it begs FCC chair for merger approval

- Disney suspends Kimmel as it begs Trump DOJ to approve Fubo deal

FOLLOW THE MONEY👇

www.levernews.com/the-real-rea...
The Real Reason They Pulled Jimmy Kimmel Off Late-Night
This censorship isn’t about jokes — it’s about serving corporate interests.
www.levernews.com
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Brian Greenberg @briangreenberg.net · 22d
Customer experience isn't a department, it's a growth strategy. The C-suite needs to own it, otherwise it is just a cost center.
📈 CX ↗️ shareholder value
🤝 Aligns strategy with comms
📊 Makes customer data accessible
ceoworld.biz/2025/09/17/c...
#CX #CustomerExperience #Leadership
Customer Experience is a Growth Lever for C-Suiters - CEOWORLD magazine
For many executives, customer experience (CX) is often equated with customer service, the operational support involved with customers’ orders, returns and complaints. But CX is far more than a back-of...
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Brian Greenberg @briangreenberg.net · 22d
Most companies treat the FBI as a last resort, but that’s a strategic mistake.
TL;DR
🤝 Build FBI relationships now
📈 Early reporting helps everyone
💰 Never pay the ransom
www.corporatecomplianceinsights.com/cyber-risk-m...
#CyberSecurity #RiskManagement #FBI
Cyber Risk Mitigation, Courtesy the FBI
Most companies treat FBI engagement like a root canal — something to endure only when absolutely necessary. That's backward thinking,
www.corporatecomplianceinsights.com
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