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☐ ☆ ✇ WIRED

Cybersecurity Industry Baffled by FBI’s Lack of Action on Ransomware Gang

By Andy Greenberg, Andrew Couts — December 17th 2023 at 01:02
Plus: Hackers reveal flaws in crypto wallets holding $1 billion, a massive breach of Danish electric utilities, and more.
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Inside the Race to Secure the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix

By Lily Hay Newman — November 18th 2023 at 12:00
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.
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The Bin Laden Letter Is Being Weaponized by the Far Right

By David Gilbert — November 17th 2023 at 15:57
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.
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HavocC2 Exploit

By /u/syncwithali — November 17th 2023 at 01:35

Releasing a POC of a vulnerability in HavocC2 that allows a remote unauthenticated DOS against the team server which results in a crash. It targets the authentication implementation!

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US Congress Report Calls for Privacy Reforms After FBI Surveillance 'Abuses'

By Dell Cameron — November 16th 2023 at 17:38
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.
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Running Signal Will Soon Cost $50 Million a Year

By Andy Greenberg — November 16th 2023 at 16:00
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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How to Turn Off Facebook’s Two-Factor Authentication Change

By Reece Rogers — March 5th 2024 at 22:28
With Meta’s updated 2FA process, the company now automatically trusts devices you often use.
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A Spy Agency Leaked People's Data Online—Then the Data Was Stolen

By Matt Burgess — November 16th 2023 at 11:00
The National Telecommunication Monitoring Center in Bangladesh exposed a database to the open web. The types of data leaked online are extensive.
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Google’s New Titan Security Key Adds Another Piece to the Password-Killing Puzzle

By Lily Hay Newman — November 15th 2023 at 18:15
The new generation of hardware authentication key includes support for cryptographic passkeys as Google pushes adoption of the more secure login alternative.
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The QAnon Shaman Isn’t Even the Most Extreme Candidate in His Race for Congress

By David Gilbert — November 15th 2023 at 15:43
Jacob Chansley, the January 6 rioter known as the QAnon Shaman, will run for Congress in Arizona. The most remarkable thing about his campaign so far is how unremarkable it is in a state that’s embraced election conspiracies.
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Social Media Sleuths, Armed With AI, Are Identifying Dead Bodies

By Deidre Olsen — November 15th 2023 at 11:00
Poverty, fentanyl, and lack of public funding mean morgues are overloaded with unidentified bodies. TikTok and Facebook pages are filling the gap—with AI proving a powerful and controversial new tool.
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Asian Americans Raise Alarm Over ‘Chilling Effects’ of Section 702 Surveillance Program

By Dell Cameron — November 14th 2023 at 16:53
More than 60 groups advocating for Asian American and Pacific Islander communities are pushing the US Congress to reform the Section 702 surveillance program as Senate leaders move to renew it.
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CISA Has a New Road Map for Handling Weaponized AI

By Lily Hay Newman — November 14th 2023 at 15:51
In its plans to implement a White House executive order, CISA aims to strike a balance between promoting AI adoption for national security and defending against its malicious use.
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Here’s the Proof There’s No Government Alien Conspiracy Around Roswell

By Garrett M. Graff — November 14th 2023 at 14:31
Roswell, New Mexico, remains synonymous with the “discovery” of alien life on Earth—and a US government coverup. But history shows the reality may be far less out of this world—and still fascinating.
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The Mirai Confessions: Three Young Hackers Who Built a Web-Killing Monster Finally Tell Their Story

By Andy Greenberg — November 14th 2023 at 11:00
Netflix, Spotify, Twitter, PayPal, Slack. All down for millions of people. How a group of teen friends plunged into an underworld of cybercrime and broke the internet—then went to work for the FBI.
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US Privacy Groups Urge Senate Not to Ram Through NSA Spying Powers

By Dell Cameron — November 13th 2023 at 21:12
An effort to reauthorize a controversial US surveillance program by attaching it to a must-pass spending bill has civil liberties advocates calling foul.
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Signal Is Finally Testing Usernames

By Dhruv Mehrotra, Dell Cameron — November 11th 2023 at 14:00
Plus: A DDoS attack shuts down ChatGPT, Lockbit shuts down a bank, and a communications breakdown between politicians and Big Tech.
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Senate Leaders Plan to Prolong NSA Surveillance Using a Must-Pass Bill

By Dell Cameron — November 10th 2023 at 21:54
Top senate officials are planning to save the Section 702 surveillance program by attaching it to a crucial piece of legislation. Critics worry a chance to pass privacy reforms will be missed.
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The NSA Seems Pretty Stressed About the Threat of Chinese Hackers in US Critical Infrastructure

By Lily Hay Newman — November 10th 2023 at 21:42
US government officials continue to warn that the public and private sectors need to identify and root out China-backed attackers lurking in industrial control systems.
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This New Tool Aims to Keep Terrorism Content Off the Internet

By David Gilbert — November 10th 2023 at 08:00
Small platforms without resources to handle takedown requests have been weaponized by terrorist groups that share their content online. A free new tool is coming to help clean house.
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Here’s How Violent Extremists Are Exploiting Generative AI Tools

By David Gilbert — November 9th 2023 at 23:00
Experts are finding thousands of examples of AI-created content every week that could allow terrorist groups and other violent extremists to bypass automated detection systems.
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Omegle Was Forced to Shut Down by a Lawsuit From a Sexual Abuse Survivor

By Amanda Hoover — November 9th 2023 at 21:55
Omegle connected strangers to one another and had a long-standing problem of pairing minors with sexual predators. A legal settlement took it down.
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How to Get Facebook Without Ads—if It’s Available for You

By Reece Rogers — November 9th 2023 at 16:18
Meta now offers users an ad-free option, but it’s only available in Europe for those who can afford the €10-a-month subscription.
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