Security, Spoken
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Apr 5, 2024 • 9min
A Vigilante Hacker Took Down North Korea’s Internet. Now He’s Taking Off His Mask
As “P4x,” Alejandro Caceres single-handedly disrupted the internet of an entire country. Then he tried to show the US military how it can—and should—adopt his methods.Read this story here.
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Apr 4, 2024 • 8min
The Mystery of ‘Jia Tan,’ the XZ Backdoor Mastermind
The thwarted XZ Utils supply chain attack was years in the making. Now, clues suggest nation-state hackers were behind the persona that inserted the malicious code.Read this story here.
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Apr 3, 2024 • 4min
The Incognito Mode Myth Has Fully Unraveled
To settle a years-long lawsuit, Google has agreed to delete “billions of data records” collected from users of “Incognito mode,” illuminating the pitfalls of relying on Chrome to protect your privacy.Read this story here.
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Apr 2, 2024 • 5min
The White House Puts New Guardrails on Government Use of AI
Vice President Kamala Harris says new rules for government AI deployments, including a requirement that algorithms are checked for bias, will “put the public interest first.”Read this story here.
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Apr 1, 2024 • 13min
Jeffrey Epstein's Island Visitors Exposed by Data Broker
A WIRED investigation uncovered coordinates collected by a controversial data broker that reveal sensitive information about visitors to an island once owned by Epstein, the notorious sex offender.Read this story here.
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Mar 29, 2024 • 10min
Hackers Found a Way to Open Any of 3 Million Hotel Keycard Locks in Seconds
The company behind the Saflok-brand door locks is offering a fix, but it may take months or years to reach some hotels.Read this story here.
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Mar 28, 2024 • 6min
‘Malicious Activity’ Hits the University of Cambridge's Medical School
Multiple university departments linked to the Clinical School Computing Service have been inaccessible for a month. The university has not yet revealed the nature of the “malicious activity.”Read this story here.
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Mar 27, 2024 • 10min
Julian Assange Won’t Be Extradited to the US Yet
A high court in London says the WikiLeaks founder won’t be extradited “immediately” and the US must provide more “assurances” about any extradition.Read this story here.
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Mar 26, 2024 • 9min
Chinese Hackers Charged in Decade-Long Global Spying Rampage
US and UK officials hit Chinese hacking group APT31 with sanctions and criminal charges after they targeted thousands of businesses, politicians, and critics of China.Read this story here.
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Mar 25, 2024 • 8min
Apple's iMessage Encryption Puts Its Security Practices in the DOJ's Crosshairs
Privacy and security are an Apple selling point. But the DOJ's new antitrust lawsuit argues that Apple selectively embraces privacy and security features in ways that hurt competition—and users.
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