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Aug 10, 2023 • 5min
New ‘Downfall’ Flaw Exposes Valuable Data in Generations of Intel Chips
The vulnerability could allow attackers to take advantage of an information leak to steal sensitive details like private messages, passwords, and encryption keys.Read this story here.
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Aug 9, 2023 • 8min
Criminals Have Created Their Own ChatGPT Clones
Cybercriminals are touting large language models that could help them with phishing or creating malware. But the AI chatbots could just be their own kind of scam.Read this story here.
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Aug 8, 2023 • 5min
How to Automatically Delete Passcode Texts on Android and iOS
Here’s one simple way to reduce your security risk while logging in.
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Aug 7, 2023 • 5min
Hackers Could Have Scored Unlimited Airline Miles by Targeting One Platform
Flaws in the Points.com platform, which is used to manage dozens of major travel rewards programs, exposed user data—and could have let an attacker snag some extra perks.
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Aug 4, 2023 • 6min
Norway Took On Meta’s Surveillance Ads and Won
Meta has long fought Europe's demands that it get people's consent before using their data for targeted ads. Then a Norwegian regulator threatened fines of $100,000 per day.
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Aug 3, 2023 • 9min
It’s Getting Harder for the Government to Secretly Flag Your Social Posts
Social apps prioritize content moderation tips from governments and online watchdogs. A US court ruling and a new EU law could restrict the practice, but they still leave loopholes.
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Aug 2, 2023 • 8min
A New Attack Impacts Major AI Chatbots—and No One Knows How to Stop It
Researchers found a simple way to make ChatGPT, Bard, and other chatbots misbehave, proving that AI is hard to tame.
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Aug 1, 2023 • 8min
It's Hot Zero-Day Summer for Apple, Google, and Microsoft Security Fixes
Plus: Mozilla fixes two high-severity bugs in Firefox, Citrix fixes a flaw that was used to attack a US-based critical infrastructure organization, and Oracle patches over 500 vulnerabilities.
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Jul 31, 2023 • 7min
US Spies Are Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance 'Loophole'
The National Security Agency has urged top lawmakers to resist demands that it obtain warrants for sensitive data sold by data brokers.
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Jul 28, 2023 • 10min
Twitter Scammers Stole $1,000 From My Friend—So I Hunted Them Down
After scammers duped a friend with a hacked Twitter account and a “deal” on a MacBook, I enlisted the help of a fellow threat researcher to trace the criminals’ offline identities.
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