Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 23:51:38 +0000
WIRED recently demonstrated how to cheat at poker by hacking the Deckmate 2 card shufflers used in casinos. The mob was allegedly using the same trick to fleece victims for millions.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 09:30:00 +0000
The Universe Browser is believed to have been downloaded millions of times. But researchers say it behaves like malware and has links to Asia’s booming cybercrime and illegal gambling networks.
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Credit to Author: Caroline Haskins| Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 20:31:57 +0000
A federal contracting database lists an ICE payment for $61,218 with the payment code for “guided missile warheads and explosive components.” But it appears ICE simply entered the wrong code.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:31:33 +0000
Experts say outages like the one that Amazon experienced this week are almost inevitable given the complexity and scale of cloud technology—but the duration serves as a warning.
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Credit to Author: Paolo Armelli| Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 18:18:18 +0000
In just seven minutes, the thieves took off with crown jewels containing with thousands of diamonds along with other precious gems.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 14:22:46 +0000
Amazon Web Services experienced DNS resolution issues on Monday morning, taking down wide swaths of the web—and highlighting a long-standing weakness in the internet’s infrastructure.
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Credit to Author: Jacob Roach| Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000
Every VPN says it’s the best, but only some of them are telling the truth.
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Credit to Author: Matthew Gault| Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000
Anthropic partnered with the US government to create a filter meant to block Claude from helping someone build a nuke. Experts are divided on whether its a necessary protection—or a protection at all.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Matt Burgess| Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: A secret FBI anti-ransomware task force gets exposed, the mystery of the CIA’s Kryptos sculpture is finally solved, North Koreans busted hiding malware in the Ethereum blockchain, and more.
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Credit to Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica| Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 20:42:29 +0000
Networking software company F5 disclosed a long-term breach of its systems this week. The fallout could be severe.
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