Credit to Author: Kim Zetter| Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 15:28:07 +0000
A new report traces the history of the early wave of Chinese hackers who became the backbone of the state’s espionage apparatus.
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Credit to Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica| Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 11:30:00 +0000
Newly published research shows that the domain name system—a fundamental part of the web—can be exploited to hide malicious code and prompt injection attacks against chatbots.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 17:30:00 +0000
The US government has added the DNA of approximately 133,000 migrant children and teens to a criminal database, which critics say could mean police treat them like suspects “indefinitely.”
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 16:21:23 +0000
A trove of 1.1 million records left accessible on the open web shows how much sensitive information can be created—and made vulnerable—during the adoption process.
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Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 19:40:27 +0000
Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Millions of people are accessing harmful AI “nudify” websites. New analysis says the sites are making millions and rely on tech from US companies.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman, Andy Greenberg| Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: An “explosion” of AI-generated child abuse images is taking over the web, a Russian professional basketball player is arrested on ransomware charges, and more.
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Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:23:55 +0000
There is no evidence the footage was deceptively manipulated, but ambiguities around how the video was processed may further fuel conspiracy theories about Epstein’s death.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2025 21:58:09 +0000
DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even skateboarding and livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2025 19:28:50 +0000
Basic security flaws left the personal info of tens of millions of McDonald’s job-seekers vulnerable on the “McHire” site built by AI software firm Paradox.ai.
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