Credit to Author: Aarian Marshall| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Newly published research finds that the flashing lights on police cruisers and ambulances can cause “digital epileptic seizures” in image-based automated driving systems, potentially risking wrecks.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000
In a first, Russia’s APT28 hacking group appears to have remotely breached the Wi-Fi of an espionage target by hijacking a laptop in another building across the street.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2024 11:30:00 +0000
Plus: An “AI granny” is wasting scammers’ time, a lawsuit goes after spyware-maker NSO Group’s executives, and North Korea–linked hackers take a crack at macOS malware.
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Credit to Author: Eric Geller| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Experts expect Donald Trump’s next administration to relax cybersecurity rules on businesses, abandon concerns around human rights, and take an aggressive stance against the cyber armies of US adversaries.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 19:07:15 +0000
Three technologists in India used a homemade Faraday cage and a microwave oven to get around Apple’s location blocks.
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Credit to Author: Caroline Haskins| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement put out a fresh call for contracts for surveillance technologies before an anticipated surge in the number of people it monitors ahead of deportation hearings.
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Credit to Author: Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 11:30:00 +0000
Plus: Hot Topic confirms a customer data breach, Germany arrests a US citizen for allegedly passing military secrets to Chinese intelligence, and more.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Tess Owen| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 21:04:35 +0000
Along with other foreign influence operations—including from Iran—Kremlin-backed campaigns to stoke division and fear have gone into overdrive.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 18:36:22 +0000
Alexander “Connor” Moucka was arrested this week by Canadian authorities for allegedly carrying out a series of hacks that targeted Snowflake’s cloud customers. His next stop may be a US jail.
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Credit to Author: Joseph Cox| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000
When you download a piece of pirated software, you might also be getting a piece of infostealer malware, and entering a highly complex hacking ecosystem that’s fueling some of the biggest breaches on the planet.
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