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☐ ☆ ✇ WIRED

AlphaBay Is Taking Over the Dark Web—Again

By Andy Greenberg — June 6th 2022 at 13:46
Five years after it was torn offline, the resurrected dark web marketplace is clawing its way back to the top of the online underworld.
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The Hacker Gold Rush That's Poised to Eclipse Ransomware

By Lily Hay Newman — June 5th 2022 at 11:00
As governments crack down on ransomware, cybercriminals may soon shift to business email compromise—already the world's most profitable type of scam.
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Google May Owe You a Chunk of $100 Million

By Andrew Couts — June 4th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: The US admits to cyber operations supporting Ukraine, SCOTUS investigates its own, and a Michael Flynn surveillance mystery is solved.
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Your Tim Hortons Coffee App Knew Where You Were at All Times

By Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica — June 4th 2022 at 12:00
The Canada-based company illegally collected “vast amounts of location data,” such as every time a person entered or left their home, workplace, or another coffee shop.
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An Actively Exploited Microsoft Zero-Day Flaw Still Has No Patch

By Lily Hay Newman — June 3rd 2022 at 14:14
The company continues to downplay the severity of the Follina vulnerability, which remains present in all supported versions of Windows.
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The Fight Against Robocall Spam and Scams Heats Up in India

By Varsha Bansal — June 3rd 2022 at 11:00
A new proposal by India's telecom regulator aims to make accurate caller ID mandatory, but critics say it may be fundamentally flawed.
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The Race to Hide Your Voice

By Matt Burgess — June 1st 2022 at 11:00
Voice recognition—and data collection—have boomed in recent years. Researchers are figuring out how to protect your privacy.
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You Need to Update iOS, Chrome, Windows, and Zoom ASAP

By Kate O'Flaherty — May 31st 2022 at 11:00
Plus: Google patches 36 Android vulnerabilities, Cisco fixes three high-severity issues, and VMWare closes two “serious” flaws.
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Good Luck Not Accidentally Hiring a North Korean Scammer

By Lily Hay Newman — May 30th 2022 at 11:00
DPRK hackers are tricking their way into jobs with Western firms. A US government alert reminds employers they're on the front lines—and potentially on the hook.
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DuckDuckGo Isn’t as Private as You Think

By Andy Greenberg — May 28th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: A $150 million Twitter fine, a massive leak from a Chinese prison in Xinjiang, and an ISIS plot to assassinate George W. Bush.
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What Do Those Pesky 'Cookie Preferences' Pop-Ups Really Mean?

By Dorri Olds — May 27th 2022 at 12:00
We asked the engineer who invented cookies what they mean and how to handle them.
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Google Urged to Stop Tracking Location Data Ahead of Roe Reversal

By Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica — May 26th 2022 at 18:00
Lawmakers argue Android phone data could be “weaponized against women” if the US Supreme Court officially overturns abortion protections.
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Linux kernel patches “performance can be harmful” bug in video driver

By Paul Ducklin — February 1st 2022 at 19:59
This bug is fiendishly hard to exploit - but if you patch, it won't be there to exploit at all.

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