It’s Time to Log Off
Credit to Author: Thor Benson| Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2023 12:00:00 +0000
There’s a devastating amount of heavy news these days. Psychology experts say you need to know your limits—and when to put down the phone.
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DOJ Charges Binance With Vast Money-Laundering Scheme and Sanctions Violations
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 20:49:25 +0000
From Russia to Iran, the feds have charged Binance with conducting well over $1 billion in transactions with sanctioned countries and criminal actors.
Read moreSecretive White House Surveillance Program Gives Cops Access to Trillions of US Phone Records
Credit to Author: Dell Cameron, Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 18:25:08 +0000
A WIRED analysis of leaked police documents verifies that a secretive government program is allowing federal, state, and local law enforcement to access phone records of Americans who are not suspected of a crime.
Read moreTop 10 tips to protect your privacy and safety during the online shopping season and beyond
Credit to Author: Chester Wisniewski| Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 09:56:05 +0000
Digital pick pockets are ready to pounce so use these Sophos security practices on Cyber Monday – and every other day too.
Read moreThe Startup That Transformed the Hack-for-Hire Industry
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +0000
Plus: The FBI’s baffling inaction on a ransomware group, a massive breach of Danish electric utilities, and more.
Read moreInside the Race to Secure the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2023 12:00:00 +0000
Beyond the blinding speeds and sharp turns on new terrain, the teams at this weekend’s big F1 race are preparing for another kind of danger.
Read moreThe Bin Laden Letter Is Being Weaponized by the Far Right
Credit to Author: David Gilbert| Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2023 15:57:07 +0000
Far-right influencers and right-wing lawmakers are using the spread of Osama bin Laden’s “Letter to America” to call for a TikTok ban and boost decades old conspiracies.
Read moreCritical zero-day flaws in Windows, Office mean it's time to patch
We are now in the third decade of Microsoft’s monthly Patch Tuesday releases, which deliver fewer critical updates to browsers and Windows platforms — and much more reliable updates to Microsoft Office — than in the early days of patching. But this month, the company rolled out 63 updates (including fixes for three zero-days in Windows and Office).
Updates to Microsoft Exchange and Visual Studio can be included in standard patch release cycles, while Adobe needs to be included in your “Patch Now” releases for third-party applications.
The team at Readiness has provided a detailed infographic that outlines the risks associated with each of the updates for November.
US Congress Report Calls for Privacy Reforms After FBI Surveillance ‘Abuses’
Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2023 17:38:35 +0000
A new report by an oversight committee in the US House of Representatives says the FBI has routinely violated rules governing FISA’s Section 702 surveillance program and must be reined in.
Read moreRunning Signal Will Soon Cost $50 Million a Year
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2023 16:00:00 +0000
Signal’s president reveals the cost of running the privacy-preserving platform—not just to drum up donations, but to call out the for-profit surveillance business models it competes against.
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