Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2025 11:30:00 +0000
Plus: WhatsApp discloses nearly 100 targets of spyware, hackers used the AT&T breach to hunt for details on US politicians, and more.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 21:34:22 +0000
China-based DeepSeek has exploded in popularity, drawing greater scrutiny. Case in point: Security researchers found more than 1 million records, including user data and API keys, in an open database.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 22:10:34 +0000
Amid ongoing fears over TikTok, Chinese generative AI platform DeepSeek says it’s sending heaps of US user data straight to its home country, potentially setting the stage for greater scrutiny.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 11:40:16 +0000
“Yahoo Boy” scammers are impersonating CNN and other news organizations to create videos that pressure victims into making blackmail payments.
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Credit to Author: Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 11:30:00 +0000
Plus: A hacker finds an issue with Cloudflare’s systems that could reveal app users’ rough locations, and the Trump administration puts a wrench in a key cybersecurity investigation.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000
Now-fixed web bugs allowed hackers to remotely unlock and start millions of Subarus. More disturbingly, they could also access at least a year of cars’ location histories—and Subaru employees still can.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess| Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2025 05:39:26 +0000
TikTok is now unavailable in the United States—and getting around the ban isn’t as simple as using a VPN. Here’s what you need to know.
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Credit to Author: Caitlin Chandler| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +0000
Behind the scenes, companies and governments are feeding a trove of data about international travelers into opaque AI tools that aim to predict who’s safe—and who’s a threat.
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Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 15:21:46 +0000
Data WIRED collected during the 2024 Democratic National Convention strongly suggests the use of a cell-site simulator, a controversial spy device that intercepts sensitive data from every phone in its range.
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Credit to Author: Joseph Cox| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2025 21:05:24 +0000
A hack of location data company Gravy Analytics has revealed which apps are—knowingly or not—being used to collect your information behind the scenes.
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