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Sep 8, 2023 • 10min
How China Demands Tech Firms Reveal Hackable Flaws in Their Products
Some foreign companies may be complying—potentially offering China’s spies hints for hacking their customers.Read this story here.
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Sep 7, 2023 • 7min
Generative AI’s Biggest Security Flaw Is Not Easy to Fix
Chatbots like Open AI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard are vulnerable to indirect prompt injection attacks. Security researchers say the holes can be plugged—sort of.Read this story here.
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Sep 6, 2023 • 9min
The Strange Afterlife of Wagner’s Yevgeny Prigozhin
Posts praising the Wagner Group boss following his death in a mysterious plane crash last month indicate he was still in control of his "troll farm," researchers claim.Read this story here.
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Sep 5, 2023 • 5min
How to Use Proton Sentinel to Keep Your Accounts Safe
Learn about Proton Sentinel, a new feature by Proton that provides advanced protection for user accounts including strict challenges, detailed security logs, and escalated support for the highest possible level of protection.

Sep 4, 2023 • 6min
Apple's Decision to Kill Its CSAM Photo-Scanning Tool Sparks Fresh Controversy
Child safety group Heat Initiative plans to launch a campaign pressing Apple on child sexual abuse material scanning and user reporting. The company issued a rare, detailed response on Thursday.Read this story here.
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Sep 1, 2023 • 10min
Nvidia Chip Shortages Leave AI Startups Scrambling for Computing Power
Trimming profits, delaying launches, begging friends. Companies are going to extreme lengths to make do with shortages of GPUs, the chips at the heart of generative AI programs.Read this story here.
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Aug 31, 2023 • 9min
The Low-Stakes Race to Crack an Encrypted German U-Boat Message
A ramshackle team of American scientists scrambled to decode the Nazi cipher before the time ran out. Luckily, they had a secret weapon.Read this story here.
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Aug 30, 2023 • 9min
The Weird, Big-Money World of Cybercrime Writing Contests
The competitions, which are held on Russian-language cybercrime forums, offer prize money of up to $80,000 for the winners.Read this story here.
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Aug 29, 2023 • 6min
The Cheap Radio Hack That Disrupted Poland's Railway System
The sabotage of more than 20 trains in Poland by apparent supporters of Russia was carried out with a simple “radio-stop” command anyone could broadcast with $30 in equipment.Read this story here.
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Aug 28, 2023 • 9min
The Last Hour of Prigozhin’s Plane
The podcast discusses the crash of Yevgeny Pragosen's plane and the speculation of it being shot down due to his attempted coup. It explores the challenges of obtaining reliable information in Russia where the government controls the narrative and discusses Russia's reputation for disinformation campaigns. The theories and reports surrounding the crash are also explored, highlighting the significance of context and motives in shaping the narrative and the strategic goals of the Russian state.