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Nov 15, 2022 • 11min
Russia’s New Cyberwarfare in Ukraine Is Fast, Dirty, and Relentless
Security researchers see updated tactics and tools—and a tempo change—in the cyberattacks Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency is inflicting on Ukraine.
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Nov 14, 2022 • 10min
Elon Musk’s Twitter Is a Scammer’s Paradise
Anyone can get a blue tick on Twitter without proving who they are. And it’s already causing a ton of problems.
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Nov 11, 2022 • 11min
Inside the ‘Election Integrity’ App Built to Purge US Voter Rolls
True the Vote’s IV3 app is meant to catch election cheaters. But it has a fundamental flaw.
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Nov 10, 2022 • 4min
How to Prepare for the End of Card Payments
Cash is safe—for now. Contactless payment methods, like Apple Pay or Google Wallet, are more of a threat to the existence of physical cards.
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Nov 9, 2022 • 6min
IRS Seizes Another Silk Road Hacker's $3.36 Bitcoin Stash
A year after a billion-dollar seizure of the dark web market's crypto, the same agency found a giant trove hidden under a different hacker's floorboards.
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Nov 8, 2022 • 8min
Soccer Fans, You’re Being Watched
Stadiums around the world, including at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, are subjecting spectators to invasive biometric surveillance tech.
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Nov 7, 2022 • 9min
The 'Viral' Secure Programming Language That's Taking Over Tech
Rust makes it impossible to introduce some of the most common security vulnerabilities. And its rise can't come soon enough.
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Nov 4, 2022 • 11min
The Most Vulnerable Place on the Internet
Underwater cables keep the internet online. When they congregate in one place, things get tricky.
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Nov 3, 2022 • 5min
When Your Neighbor Turns You In
Authoritarian societies depend on people ratting each other out for activities that were recently legal—and it’s already happening in the US.
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Nov 2, 2022 • 6min
If Musk Starts Firing Twitter's Security Team, Run
What's next for the social network is anyone's guess—but here's what to watch as you wade through the privacy and security morass.
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