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A Single Flaw Broke Every Layer of Security in MacOS
By
Matt Burgess
β August 12
th
2022 at 23:00
An injection flaw allowed a researcher to access all files on a Mac. Apple issued a fix, but some machines may still be vulnerable.
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Zoomβs Auto-Update Feature Came With Hidden Risks on Mac
By
Lily Hay Newman
β August 12
th
2022 at 20:34
The popular video meeting app makes it easy to keep the software up to dateβbut it also introduced vulnerabilities.
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The US Offers a $10M Bounty for Intel on Conti Ransomware Gang
By
Matt Burgess
β August 11
th
2022 at 18:09
The State Department organization has called for people to share details about five key members of the hacking group.
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Sloppy Software Patches Are a βDisturbing Trendβ
By
Lily Hay Newman
β August 11
th
2022 at 17:28
The Zero Day Initiative has found a concerning uptick in security updates that fail to fix vulnerabilities.
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Google's Android Red Team Had a Full Pixel 6 Pwn Before Launch
By
Lily Hay Newman
β August 10
th
2022 at 21:38
Before the flagship phone ever landed in usersβ hands, the security team thoroughly hacked it by finding bugs and developing exploits.
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The Hacking of Starlink Terminals Has Begun
By
Matt Burgess
β August 10
th
2022 at 14:00
It cost a researcher only $25 worth of parts to create a tool that allows custom code to run on the satellite dishes.
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One of 5Gβs Biggest Features Is a Security Minefield
By
Lily Hay Newman
β August 9
th
2022 at 22:46
New research found troubling vulnerabilities in the 5G platforms carriers offer to wrangle embedded device data.
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GitHub Moves to Guard Open Source Against Supply Chain Attacks
By
Lily Hay Newman
β August 8
th
2022 at 23:19
The popular Microsoft-owned code repository plans to roll out code signing, which will help beef up the security of open source projects.
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The US Emergency Alert System Has Dangerous Flaws
By
Andrew Couts
β August 6
th
2022 at 13:00
Plus: A crypto-heist extravaganza, a peek at an NSO spyware dashboard, and more.
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A Slack Bug Exposed Some Usersβ Hashed Passwords for 5 Years
By
Lily Hay Newman
β August 5
th
2022 at 22:09
The exposure of cryptographically scrambled passwords isnβt a worst-case scenarioβbut it isnβt great, either.
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An Attack on Albanian Government Suggests New Iranian Aggression
By
Lily Hay Newman
β August 4
th
2022 at 21:30
A Tehran-linked hack of a NATO member marks a significant escalation against the backdrop of US-Iran nuclear talks.
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The Microsoft Team Racing to Catch Bugs Before They Happen
By
Lily Hay Newman
β August 3
rd
2022 at 16:43
What's it like to be responsible for a billion people's digital security? Just ask the company's Morse researchers.
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A New Attack Easily Knocked Out a Potential Encryption Algorithm
By
Dan Goodin, Ars Technica
β August 3
rd
2022 at 13:00
SIKE was a contender for post-quantum-computing encryption. It took researchers an hour and a single PC to break it.
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The January 6 Secret Service Text Scandal Turns Criminal
By
Lily Hay Newman
β July 23
rd
2022 at 13:00
Plus: The FCC cracks down on car warranty robocalls, Thai activists get targeted by NSO's Pegasus, and the Russia-Ukraine cyberwar continues.
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The 2022 US Midterm Elections' Top Security Issue: Death Threats
By
Lily Hay Newman
β July 21
st
2022 at 14:52
While cybersecurity and foreign meddling remain priorities, domestic threats against election workers have risen to the top of the list.
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Instagram Slow to Tackle Bots Targeting Iranian Womenβs Groups
By
Lily Hay Newman
β July 19
th
2022 at 19:40
Despite alerting Meta months ago, feminist groups say tens of thousands of fake accounts continue to bombard them on the platform.
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Amazon Handed Ring Videos to Cops Without Warrants
By
Matt Burgess
β July 16
th
2022 at 13:00
Plus: A wild Indian cricket scam, an elite CIA hacker is found guilty of passing secrets to WikiLeaks, and more of the week's top security news.
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A New Attack Can Unmask Anonymous Users on Any Major Browser
By
Lily Hay Newman
β July 14
th
2022 at 11:00
Researchers have found a way to use the web's basic functions to identify who visits a siteβwithout the user detecting the hack.
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New βRetbleedβ Attack Can Swipe Key Data From Intel and AMD CPUs
By
Dan Goodin, Ars Technica
β July 13
th
2022 at 16:00
The exploit can leak password information and other sensitive material, but the chipmakers are rolling out mitigations.
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Chinese Police Exposed 1B People's Data in Unprecedented Leak
By
Lily Hay Newman
β July 9
th
2022 at 13:00
Plus: A duplicitous bug bounty scheme, the iPhone's new βlockdown mode,β and more of the week's top security news.
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Will These Algorithms Save You From Quantum Threats?
By
Amit Katwala
β July 8
th
2022 at 15:10
Quantum-proof encryption is hereβdecades before it can be put to the test.
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