Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Google is bringing the password-killing “passkey” tech to its Advanced Protection Program users more than a year after rolling them out broadly.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 07:00:00 +0000
Deepfake scam services. Victim data. Electrified shackles for human trafficking. Crypto tracing firm Elliptic found all were available for sale on an online marketplace linked to Cambodia’s ruling family.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg| Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: Researchers uncover a new way to expose CSAM peddlers, OpenAI suffered a secret cyberattack, cryptocurrency thefts jump in 2024, and Twilio confirms hackers stole 33 million phone numbers.
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Credit to Author: Eric Geller| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 11:00:00 +0000
The US State Department is training diplomats in cybersecurity, privacy, telecommunications, and other technology issues, allowing them to advance US policy abroad.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 10:30:00 +0000
While Kaspersky and TikTok make very different kinds of software, the US has targeted both over national security concerns. But the looming bans have larger implications for internet freedom.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: A cloud company says notorious Russian hacker group APT29 attacked it, Chinese hackers use ransomware to hide their espionage campaigns, and a bank popular with startups discloses a cyberattack.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Matt Giles| Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 10:30:00 +0000
More than a dozen men threatened, assaulted, tortured, or kidnapped 11 victims in likely the worst-ever crypto-focused serial extortion case of its kind in the US.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 13:09:29 +0000
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty to one count of espionage in US court on Wednesday, ending a years-long legal battle between the US government and a controversial publisher.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 09:00:00 +0000
With cyberattacks increasingly targeting health care providers, an arduous bureaucratic process meant to address legal risk is keeping hospitals offline longer, potentially risking lives.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: Alleged Apple source code leaks online, cybercrime group Scattered Spider’s alleged kingpin gets arrested, and more.
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