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Security Roundup: Leak of Top-Secret US Intel Risks a New Wave of Mass Surveillance

By Dhruv Mehrotra, Andrew Couts — April 15th 2023 at 13:00
Plus: Hackers claim to have stolen 10 TB from Western Digital, a new spyware has emerged, and WhatsApp gets a fresh security feature.
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Pinduoduo, a Top Chinese Shopping App, Is Laced With Malware

By Lily Hay Newman — April 8th 2023 at 13:00
Plus: 119 arrested during a sting on the Genesis dark-web market, the IRS aims to buy an online mass surveillance tool, and more.
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‘Vulkan’ Leak Offers a Peek at Russia’s Cyberwar Playbook

By Andrew Couts, Andy Greenberg — April 1st 2023 at 13:00
Plus: A major new supply chain attack, Biden’s spyware executive order, and a hacking campaign against Exxon’s critics.
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Apple's iOS 16.4: Security Updates Are Better Than New Emoji

By Kate O'Flaherty — March 31st 2023 at 06:00
Plus: Microsoft Outlook and Android patch serious flaws, Chrome and Firefox get fixes, and much more.
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The US Is Sending Money to Countries Devastated by Cyberattacks

By Lily Hay Newman — March 30th 2023 at 00:08
The White House is providing $25 million to Costa Rica, after giving Albania similar aid following aggression by hackers linked to Iran.
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India Shut Down Mobile Internet in Punjab Amid Manhunt for Amritpal Singh

By Lily Hay Newman — March 25th 2023 at 13:00
Plus: The “Clop” gang's ransomware spree, the DC Health Link breach comes into focus, and more.
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Security News This Week: Ring Is in a Standoff With Hackers

By Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg — March 18th 2023 at 13:00
Plus: A SpaceX supplier ransom, critical vulnerabilities in dozens of Android phones, and more.
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How a Catholic Group Doxed Gay Priests

By Lily Hay Newman, Dhruv Mehrotra — March 11th 2023 at 14:00
Plus: A data breach exposes Washington, Ring camera footage has a new problem, and the George Santos scandal slips into the world of cybercrime.
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The LastPass Hack Somehow Gets Worse

By Lily Hay Newman — March 4th 2023 at 14:00
Plus: The US Marshals disclose a “major” cybersecurity incident, T-Mobile has gotten pwned so much, and more.
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What to Do When Your Boss Is Spying on You

By Omar L. Gallaga — March 4th 2023 at 13:00
Employee monitoring increased with Covid-19’s remote work—and stuck around for back-to-the-office.
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Apple Users Need to Update iOS Now to Patch Serious Flaws

By Kate O'Flaherty — February 28th 2023 at 12:00
Plus: Microsoft fixes several zero-day bugs, Google patches Chrome and Android, Mozilla rids Firefox of a full-screen vulnerability, and more.
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Security News This Week: Sensitive US Military Emails Exposed

By Dhruv Mehrotra, Andrew Couts — February 25th 2023 at 14:00
Plus: Iran’s secret torture black sites, hacking a bank account with AI-generated voice, and Lance Bass’ unhinged encounter in Russia.
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A New Kind of Bug Spells Trouble for iOS and macOS Security

By Matt Burgess — February 21st 2023 at 13:00
Security researchers found a class of flaws that, if exploited, would allow an attacker to access people’s messages, photos, and call history.
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Hackers Ran Amok Inside GoDaddy for Nearly 3 Years

By Andy Greenberg, Andrew Couts — February 18th 2023 at 12:00
Plus: The FBI got (at least a little bit) hacked, an election-disruption firm gets exposed, Russia mulls allowing “patriotic hacking,” and more.
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North Korean Hackers Are Attacking US Hospitals

By Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman — February 11th 2023 at 14:00
Plus: Deepfake disinformation spotted in the wild, Android privacy problems in China, Reddit gets phished, and more.
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Googling for Software Downloads Is Extra Risky Right Now

By Lily Hay Newman, Andrew Couts — February 4th 2023 at 14:00
Plus: The FTC cracks down on GoodRx, Microsoft boots “verified” phishing scammers, researchers disclose EV charger vulnerabilities, and more.
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Enter the Hunter Satellites Preparing for Space War

By Mark Harris — February 1st 2023 at 12:00
True Anomaly, a startup backed by US senator JD Vance's VC firm, plans to launch prototype pursuit satellites on a SpaceX flight later this year.
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You Really Need to Update Firefox and Android Right Now

By Kate O'Flaherty — January 31st 2023 at 12:00
January saw a slew of security patches for iOS, Chrome, Windows, and more.
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A Link to News Site Meduza Can (Technically) Land You in Russian Prison

By Andy Greenberg, Andrew Couts — January 28th 2023 at 14:00
Plus: Hive ransomware gang gets knocked offline, FBI confirms North Korea stole $100 million, and more.
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The Biggest US Surveillance Program You Didn’t Know About

By Dhruv Mehrotra, Andrew Couts — January 21st 2023 at 14:00
Plus: A leaked US “no fly” list, the SCOTUS leaker slips investigators, and PayPal gets stuffed.
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Russian Ransomware Gang Attack Destabilizes UK Royal Mail

By Lily Hay Newman — January 14th 2023 at 14:00
Plus: Joe Biden’s classified-documents scandal, the end of security support for Windows 7, and more.
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Slack Discloses Breach of Its Github Code Repository

By Matt Burgess — January 7th 2023 at 14:00
Plus: Russian spies uncovered in Europe, face recognition leads to another wrongful arrest, a new porn ID law, and more.
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Twitter Data Leak: What the Exposure of 200 Million User Emails Means for You

By Lily Hay Newman — January 6th 2023 at 14:00
The exposure of hundreds of millions of email addresses puts pseudonymous users of the social network at risk.
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Update Android Right Now to Fix a Scary Remote-Execution Flaw

By Kate O'Flaherty — December 31st 2022 at 12:00
Plus: Patches for Apple iOS 16, Google Chrome, Windows 10, and more.
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Russians Hacked JFK Airport Taxi Dispatch in Line-Skipping Scheme

By WIRED Staff — December 24th 2022 at 14:00
Plus: An offensive US hacking operation, swatters hacking Ring cameras, a Netflix password-sharing crackdown, and more.
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An Alleged Russian Smuggling Ring Was Uncovered in New Hampshire

By Lily Hay Newman — December 17th 2022 at 14:00
Plus: An FBI platform got hacked, an ex-Twitter employee is sentenced for espionage, malicious Windows 10 installers circulate in Ukraine, and more.
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Attackers Keep Targeting the US Electric Grid

By Andy Greenberg — December 10th 2022 at 14:00
Plus: Chinese hackers stealing US Covid relief funds, a cyberattack on the Met Opera website, and more.
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China’s Police State Targets Zero-Covid Protesters

By Dhruv Mehrotra — December 3rd 2022 at 14:00
Plus: ICE accidentally doxes asylum seekers, Google fails to uphold a post-Roe promise, and LastPass suffers the second breach this year.
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Drop What You're Doing and Update iOS, Android, and Windows

By Kate O'Flaherty — November 30th 2022 at 12:00
Plus: Major patches dropped this month for Chrome, Firefox, VMware, Cisco, Citrix, and SAP.
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Apple Tracks You More Than You Think

By Matt Burgess — November 26th 2022 at 14:00
Plus: WikiLeaks’ website is falling apart, tax websites are sending your data to Facebook, and cops take down a big phone-number-spoofing operation.
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A Destabilizing Hack-and-Leak Operation Hits Moldova

By Lily Hay Newman — November 19th 2022 at 14:00
Plus: Google’s location snooping ends in a $391 million settlement, Russian code sneaks into US government apps, and the World Cup apps set off alarms.
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Elon Musk Introduces Twitter Mayhem Mode

By Dhruv Mehrotra — November 12th 2022 at 14:00
Plus: US midterms survive disinformation efforts, the government names the alleged Lockbit ransomware attacker, and the Powerball drawing hits a security snag.
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TikTok Admits Staff in China Can Access Europeans’ Data

By Lily Hay Newman, Andrew Couts — November 5th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: Liz Truss’ phone-hacking trouble, Cash App’s sex-trafficking problem, and the rising cost of ransomware.
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You Need to Update Google Chrome, Windows, and Zoom Right Now

By Kate O'Flaherty — October 31st 2022 at 11:00
Plus: Important patches from Apple, VMWare, Cisco, Zimbra, SAP, and Oracle.
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China Operates Secret ‘Police Stations’ in Other Countries

By Matt Burgess — October 29th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: The New York Post gets hacked, a huge stalkerware network is exposed, and the US claims China interfered with its Huawei probe.
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TikTok’s Security Threat Comes Into Focus

By Lily Hay Newman — October 22nd 2022 at 13:00
Plus: A Microsoft cloud leak exposed potential customers, new IoT security labels come to the US, and details emerge about Trump’s document stash.
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Bails on Starlink Funding for Ukraine

By Andrew Couts — October 15th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: Hackers hit the Mormon Church, Signal plans to ditch SMS for Android, and a Fat Bear election erupts in scandal.
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Binance Hackers Minted $569M in Crypto—Then It Got Complicated

By Lily Hay Newman, Andy Greenberg — October 8th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: The US warns of a mysterious military contractor breach, a "poisoned" version of the Tor Browser is tracking Chinese users, and more.
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Microsoft Exchange Server Has a Zero-Day Problem

By Lily Hay Newman, Dhruv Mehrotra — October 1st 2022 at 13:00
Plus: CIA failures allegedly got US informants killed, a former NSA worker is charged under the Espionage Act, and more.
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Go Update iOS, Chrome, and HP Computers to Fix Serious Flaws

By Kate O'Flaherty — September 30th 2022 at 11:00
Plus: WhatsApp plugs holes that could be used for remote execution attacks, Microsoft patches a zero-day vulnerability, and more.
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This Chatbot Aims to Steer People Away From Child Abuse Material

By Matt Burgess — September 28th 2022 at 06:00
Pornhub is trialing a new automated tool that pushes CSAM-searchers to seek help for their online behavior. Will it work?
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How to Advocate for Data Privacy and Users' Rights

By Omar L. Gallaga — September 27th 2022 at 12:00
Want to speak up against Big Tech, unjust data collection, and surveillance? Here's how to be an activist in your community and beyond.
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Child Predators Mine Twitch to Prey on Kids

By Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess — September 24th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: A leaked trove illuminates Russia’s internet regulator, a report finds Facebook and Instagram violated Palestinian rights, and more.
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US Border Agents May Have a Copy of Your Text Messages

By Andrew Couts — September 17th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: An AI artist exposes surveillance of Instagram users, the US charges Iranians over a ransomware campaign, and more.
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Hackers Target Los Angeles School District With Ransomware

By Matt Burgess — September 10th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: Albania cuts ties with Iran, claims of a TikTok data breach that didn’t happen, and much more.
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Police Across US Bypass Warrants With Mass Location-Tracking Tool

By Lily Hay Newman — September 3rd 2022 at 13:00
Plus: An unsecured database exposed face recognition data in China, ‘Cuba’ ransomware knocks out Montenegro, and more.
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Apple Fixed a Serious iOS Security Flaw—Have You Updated Yet?

By Kate O'Flaherty — August 31st 2022 at 11:00
Plus: Chrome patches another zero-day flaw, Microsoft closes up 100 vulnerabilities, Android gets a significant patch, and more.
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A US Propaganda Operation Hit Russia and China With Memes

By Matt Burgess — August 27th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: An Iranian hacking tool steals inboxes, LastPass gets hacked, and a deepfake scammer targets the crypto world.
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Janet Jackson’s ‘Rhythm Nation’ Can Crash Old Hard Drives

By Lily Hay Newman — August 20th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: The Twilio hack snags a reporter, a new tool to check for spyware, and the Canadian weed pipeline gets hit by a cyberattack.
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The Feds Gear Up for a Privacy Crackdown

By Matt Burgess, Andrew Couts — August 13th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: Cisco gets hit by ransomware, Twilio gets phished, a new way to fight email spammers, and much more.
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A Phone Carrier That Doesn’t Track Your Browsing or Location

By Lily Hay Newman — August 8th 2022 at 17:17
The new Pretty Good Phone Privacy service for Android hides the data linking you to your mobile device.
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The US Emergency Alert System Has Dangerous Flaws

By Andrew Couts — August 6th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: A crypto-heist extravaganza, a peek at an NSO spyware dashboard, and more.
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Apple Just Patched 39 iPhone Security Bugs

By Kate O'Flaherty — July 31st 2022 at 11:00
Plus: A Google Chrome patch licks the DevilsTongue spyware, Android’s kernel gets a tune-up, and Microsoft fixes 84 flaws.
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You Pay More When Companies Get Hacked

By Matt Burgess — July 30th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: Google delays the end of cookies (again), EU officials were targeted with Pegasus spyware, and more of the top security news.
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The January 6 Secret Service Text Scandal Turns Criminal

By Lily Hay Newman — July 23rd 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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Amazon Handed Ring Videos to Cops Without Warrants

By Matt Burgess — July 16th 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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Chinese Police Exposed 1B People's Data in Unprecedented Leak

By Lily Hay Newman — July 9th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: A duplicitous bug bounty scheme, the iPhone's new “lockdown mode,” and more of the week's top security news.
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Will These Algorithms Save You From Quantum Threats?

By Amit Katwala — July 8th 2022 at 15:10
Quantum-proof encryption is here—decades before it can be put to the test.
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