Joseph Cox

The source of a long mysterious 17-second snippet of music; a service that scraped and sold Discord server messages; and influencers using fake, AI-powered livestream apps.

After 404 Media reported on the service last week, Discord has now shut down a mass of scraping accounts and says it is considering legal action.

An attacker requires physical access, but it’s possible to sideload Chrome onto some Android TVs which then gives access to the users’ email inbox. Google says it’s now fixing the issue.

Bitcoin, Telegram, and Instagram. All were involved in a recent murder-for-hire and extortion plot in New York City.

Why we can, we must, dunk on the Humane Ai Pin; how Instagram is running ads for nudify apps; and a tool that pushes AI-generated product placements into Reddit threads.

A site that is scraping Discord en masse and selling access to some users’ server messages and activity is linked to notorious harassment site Kiwi Farms.

This week we cover a 'world war' inside nebulous crime culture the Com; Google's miss on AI science; and a sex box.

While sports betting has opened up for fans around the country, it has also introduced a greater attack surface for money laundering.

In a crude but potentially effective attack, a hacker sends a malicious link which quickly sets up call forwarding for a target’s phone number. The result is the interception of 2FA calls, including for Gmail.

We introduce our new 404 Media fellow Jules Roscoe; go long on fake AI Instagram influencers; talk about the couple making porn for the Apple Vision Pro; and the bizarre sight at a particular New York City chicken shop.