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☐ ☆ ✇ WIRED

A Vending Machine Error Revealed Secret Face Recognition Tech

By Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica — February 24th 2024 at 22:02
A student investigation at the University of Waterloo uncovered a system that scanned countless undergrads without consent.
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A Mysterious Leak Exposed Chinese Hacking Secrets

By Matt Burgess — February 24th 2024 at 14:00
Plus: Scammers try to dupe Apple with 5,000 fake iPhones, Avast gets fined for selling browsing data, and researchers figure out how to clone fingerprints from your phone screen.
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Here Are the Secret Locations of ShotSpotter Gunfire Sensors

By Dhruv Mehrotra, Joey Scott — February 23rd 2024 at 01:18
The locations of microphones used to detect gunshots have been kept hidden from police and the public. A WIRED analysis of leaked coordinates confirms arguments critics have made against the technology.
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Leak Reveals the Unusual Path of ‘Urgent’ Russian Threat Warning

By Dell Cameron — February 22nd 2024 at 19:57
The US Congress was preparing to vote on a key foreign surveillance program last week. Then a wild Russian threat appeared.
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Apple iOS 17.4: iMessage Gets Post-Quantum Encryption in New Update

By Matt Burgess — February 21st 2024 at 14:00
Useful quantum computers aren’t a reality—yet. But in one of the biggest deployments of post-quantum encryption so far, Apple is bringing the technology to iMessage.
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Anne Neuberger, a Top White House Cyber Official, Sees the 'Promise and Peril' in AI

By Garrett M. Graff — February 21st 2024 at 12:00
Anne Neuberger, the Biden administration’s deputy national security adviser for cyber, tells WIRED about emerging cybersecurity threats—and what the US plans to do about them.
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Signal Finally Rolls Out Usernames, So You Can Keep Your Phone Number Private

By Andy Greenberg — February 20th 2024 at 18:00
We tested the end-to-end encrypted messenger’s new feature aimed at addressing critics’ most persistent complaint. Here’s how it works.
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The Danger Lurking Just Below Ukraine's Surface

By Justin Ling — February 19th 2024 at 07:00
The widespread use of mines has left Ukrainians scrambling to find ways to clear the explosives. New efforts to develop mine-clearing technology may help them push back Russia's invading forces.
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How to Not Get Scammed Out of $50,000

By Andrew Couts — February 17th 2024 at 14:00
Plus: State-backed hackers test out generative AI, the US takes down a major Russian military botnet, and 100 hospitals in Romania go offline amid a major ransomware attack.
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SpaceX Launched Military Satellites Designed to Track Hypersonic Missiles

By Stephen Clark, Ars Technica — February 16th 2024 at 22:45
The prototype satellites hitched a ride on a Falcon 9 rocket.
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Leak of Russian ‘Threat’ Part of a Bid to Kill US Surveillance Reform, Sources Say

By Dell Cameron — February 16th 2024 at 20:30
A surprise disclosure of a national security threat by the House Intelligence chair was part of an effort to block legislation that aimed to limit cops and spies from buying Americans' private data.
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Elon Musk’s X Gave Check Marks to Terrorist Group Leaders, Report Says

By Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica — February 15th 2024 at 23:17
A new report cited 28 “verified” accounts on X that appear to be tied to sanctioned groups or individuals.
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Section 702 Surveillance Fight Pits the White House Opposite Reproductive Rights

By Dell Cameron, Andrew Couts — February 14th 2024 at 16:05
Prominent advocates for the rights of pregnant people are urging members of Congress to support legislation that would ban warrantless access to sensitive data as the White House fights against it.
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‘AI Girlfriends’ Are a Privacy Nightmare

By Matt Burgess — February 14th 2024 at 09:00
Romantic chatbots collect huge amounts of data, provide vague information about how they use it, use weak password protections, and aren’t transparent, new research from Mozilla says.
☐ ☆ ✇ /r/netsec - Information Security News & Discussion

Google chronicle - query by subnet

By /u/BurkeSooty — February 13th 2024 at 18:19

Hi,

How would I build a query to filter by source or destination subnet in chronicle, i'm guessing the only way to do this is via regex but I cannot get it to work, is this possible in Chronicle?

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A Backroom Deal Looms Over Section 702 Surveillance Fight

By Dell Cameron — February 12th 2024 at 19:15
Top congressional lawmakers are meeting in private to discuss the future of a widely unpopular surveillance program, worrying members devoted to reforming Section 702.
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Satellite Images Point to Indiscriminate Israeli Attacks on Gaza’s Health Care Facilities

By Vittoria Elliott — February 12th 2024 at 13:34
New research finds that Israel’s attacks on Gaza damaged hospitals and other medical facilities at the same rate as other buildings, potentially in violation of international law.
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